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Around The Horn
19 July 2018
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Thomas Jordan, remastering old film, the Sigma 14-24mm f2.8 Art lens, Alec Baldwin interviews Pete Souza, two nifty fifties, the photo-taking-impairment effect and a free ebook.
- Ellyn Kail presents the Dark and Mysterious Photos Inspired by Dreams of Illinios photographer Thomas Jordan. The Fixed Path "is his attempt to make sense of these subconscious rumblings within the context of his daily life. He made all of the images within a five-mile radius of home," she writes.
- In Peter Jackson Is Remastering Old WWI Film Footage, Jason Kottke shows some before and after stills from the remastering. "The footage has been stabilized, the grain and scratches cleaned up and the pace slowed down to from comedic to lifelike. Jackson's also planning on using colorization to make the people in that old footage seem as contemporary as possible," he writes.
- Roger Cicala (with Aaron Closz, as usual) conducts MTF Tests for the Sigma 14-24mm f2.8 Art Series Lens. "Optically, this one is worth the money and the best overall 14-24mm zoom," he concludes.
- Alec Baldwin finds out Pete Souza, Photographer to Reagan and Obama, Would Turn Down Trump in this radio interview. The Web page has a nice selection of Souza's images of the former president.
- In Lens Battle, Kirk Tuck considers two 50mm primes: the latest Sigma Art and an older Nikkor. He likes them both. For different reasons.
- In Forget in a Flash: A Further Investigation of the Photo-Taking-Impairment Effect, Julia S.Soares and Benjamin C.Storm investigate the phenomenon that you are less likely to remember objects you photograph than objects you only observe. We suspect you never forget photos you edit, though.
- You can get Tony Northrup's Stunning Digital Photography for free (and you might even win a camera).
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