Photography Perfected: From Film and Chemicals to the Digital Darkroom

Here are the materials mentioned in the January 30 Nova lecture:

Presentation:

 

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Link to Presentation


Photography History Timeline

For Fun:

Your Cat is a Better Photobomber than You

iOS Apps:

Snapseed – Free photo editor from Google

DxO Nik Collection – Several powerful, low-cost image editors. Recently updated.

Paper – Drawing and Graphic Tools overlaid with images

Pixelmatr – Powerful image editor that works as an iOS Photos plugin

Waterlogue – Photo editor that converts photos into watercolor paintings

SKRWT – Perspective and lens correction software

Prisma – Transform photos into artworks using styles of famous artists

Color Splash – converts photos to black and white while keeping chosen details in color

Digital Film Tools for iPad – A comprehensive set of editing and filter tools from The Tiffen Company

Adobe Photoshop Express – A free subset of the popular Photoshop graphics editor

Halide – Powerful camera software for the iPhone

Filmic Pro – Professional video camera software

Affinity Photo for iPad – possibly the most capable image editor available for the iPad

Spacecraft 3D – 3d photo simulator from NASA

Hardware:

Moondog Labs – Anamorphic lenses for iPhone

Zhiyun Smooth 4 – 3-axis camera stabilizer

Photo Sharing Services:

Instagram – online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service

Photos.google.com  – Google’s photo sharing service (not the same as Photos for iOS)

iCloud Photo Sharing – Photo sharing service from Apple

Flickr – Photo and video sharing service from Yahoo!

500pix – Photo community

SmugMug – Professional photo sharing service

Other Materials and Software:

Trey Radcliff’s portfolio

Stuck in Customs – High Dynamic Range (HDR) Tutorial by Trey Radcliff

Aurora HDR – HDR photo editor for Mac OS

Photomatix – HDR photo editor for Windows and Mac OS

HDR Pro – HDR photo editor for iOS