Apr
15
2012
DIY Miniature Panorama Collection System
So Google didn’t hire you, but you still want to do cool things like engineer a miniature device to capture indoor 360 degree panoramas. Not to worry. The key to reaching this challenge lies in the art of breaking down goals into manageable pieces. You’ll need to build these pieces separately and then integrate. Finally, […]
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- BeagleBoard,
- C++,
- Control,
- Embedded,
- Linux,
- Maestro,
- Pan,
- panorama,
- Servo,
- ServoCity,
- Tilt,
- Ubuntu,
- USB,
- WIFI
Dec
27
2011
The Longest Panorama
In July of this year (2011), my family took a comprehensive trip to Israel for the grand tour. We hit all the major highlights, and everyone had a blast. I shlepped my Nikon D700 on the trip, and several lenses to cover possibilities. By the flight home, I had taken over 20,000 photos from the […]
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- Boat,
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- Coastline,
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- Jaffa,
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- panorama,
- Port,
- Shore,
- Stitch,
- Tel-Aviv,
- trip,
- Yaffo
Mar
20
2011
To Edit or Not to Edit, That is the Question
I’m often asked to take pictures for a special event. At some point later, I’m requested politely to just send the pictures to an email address “when I can”. I don’t have a quick answer for this, so I’m writing this BLOG entry to address what looks like a straight-forward request… but isn’t. The short […]
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- art,
- bridge,
- calibration,
- camera raw,
- frank,
- Hillel,
- lossy,
- nikon,
- photography,
- photoshop,
- professional,
- spyder elite,
- Steinberg,
- steps,
- technique,
- workflow