Jef Harris

iPhone 4 photography: how does it perform as a camera?

// June 23rd, 2010 // View Comments // Features

Via Boing Boing
As a camera, the iPhone 4 is really sweet. I hopped on my bike and took the device down to the Venice Skate Park, then out to the ocean pier, then rode back to the office and tested the device out in a variety of lighting conditions with less animated subjects. The images I took in this post (other than the ones I’m in) were snapped on the fourth-generation iPhone with and without built-in flash, and have not been altered in any way other then cropping, resizing, and considerable JPEG compression to keep web file size down for this blog post. No Photoshop, no Hipstamatic, no sweetening or sharpening the image content.
Full Gallery HERE.

Secrets of hole-punch clouds

// June 22nd, 2010 // View Comments // News

Via National Science Foundation

What causes the bizarre “hole-punch” clouds like the one seen above? The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has just published a scientific paper addressing this wonder of nature.

Full article HERE.

Beautiful Photos of Infrared Trees

// June 21st, 2010 // View Comments // photography

Via surfwithberserk.com

In infrared photography, the film or image sensor used is sensitive to infrared light. Because everyday objects reflect infrared in proportions that differ sharply from that of visible light, the tonal relationships are wildly unexpected.

View the entire gallery HERE.