Inspired by a recent comment on the Figital Revolution Facebook page, thisĀ Audio Blog explores the concept of Figital and the Figital Revolution. Click on the Audio logo to give a listen.
Archive for the ‘digital photography’ Category
What IS Figital?
Posted in AudioBlogs, analog photography, digital photography, facebook, figital revolution, iphone post, stephen schaub, tagged film digital divide, future of photography, what is figital on March 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Manipulation: The World’s Second Oldest Profession
Posted in alternative process, analog photography, collecting photography, creativity, digital photography, digital printing, digital revolution, photography today, stephen schaub, tagged ethics and digital photography, ethics and journalism, fashion photography retouching, photoshop editing on January 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Click on the audio blog logo to listen to this 7 minute discussion on manipulation and how I feel photography should embrace it as a core belief rather than shy away from admitting something that is at the very nature of our medium. First, however, watch the videos below (full screen with your sound turned [...]
The Flip Flop Decade: The Last Ten Years of Photography
Posted in AudioBlogs, Camera Technologies, alternative process, analog film technology, analog photography, death of film, digital photography, digital printing, digital revolution, figital revolution, film scans, hand-made paper, imacon scanner, indian hill imageworks, inkjet papers, instant film, photo industrial complex, photography today, scanning film, tagged agfa film closed, contax camera closed, hybrid arts, new fuji films, new kodak films, printing digital today, rollei camera closed, scanning film, schaub on December 31, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Click on the audio blog logo to listen to this 14 minute review of the last 10 years of photography from my perspective as a hybrid artist and where the industry is possibly going in the next decade. To everyone I wish a safe and happy New Years and stay tuned for a new post [...]
The Scarlet Disclaimer
Posted in AudioBlogs, digital photography, digital revolution, digital technology, photography today, tagged french law photoshop, photographic manipulation, photographic retouching law on September 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This audio blog focuses on a proposed French law that would require all Photoshop manipulated images of a person to carry a warning label- give a listen. One quick note, in the audio I say that taking two aspirins and eating a banana on one foot will make you 6 inches taller… I meant to [...]
Film Scanning Technique 101
Posted in New Artwork, Print Surface Resolution, analog film technology, digital photography, digital technology, fabriano, film capture, film scans, imacon scanner, indian hill imageworks, kodak, kodak ektar, leica, scanning film, stephen schaub, visualization techniques, zone plate, tagged film scanning technique, film scan to print, how to scan film, film scanning tips, imacon scanner settings, best color space on May 15, 2009 | 12 Comments »
In this audioblog I present a philosophy of scanning film based on the understanding that in the end photographers make prints and our entire process from film capture to scan to Photoshop to printer is all based on making prints. I outline in detail techniques and settings which will apply to most scanners and will [...]




