“Fake It Until You Make It” to Outer Space?

September 6, 2024 2 tags

A popular idiom in the English language is “fake it until you make it,” but, if you are Samsung, it seems like that might be part of a marketing campaign – at least when it comes to showing off your smartphone’s moon capture capabilities. Phases of the moon in red and black. Photo by Zoltan Tasi The Verge is carrying a story today from Reddit of all places that claims Samsung puts its famous moon shots through a ton of processing in order to achieve the dynamic appearance we see in marketing photos. “Space Zoom” is one of Samsung’s more…

How I illuminated a vintage car in a foggy forest

August 28, 2024 2 tags

You can create a great sense of mystery by light painting old vehicles on foggy, misty nights. I describe how I light-painted this old Chevrolet car in six steps. A quick word about light painting Light painting is a term that is often used loosely to describe any addition of light to a night photograph. Really, though, light painting is a technique that uses a handheld light source to illuminate a scene or subject during a long exposure. You are quite literally painting the scene with light. Night photographers have used this technique for many decades. I used