An Interview with Derrick Story (Digital Photo Hacker at Large)
By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Sep 24th, 2007 • Category: News for Creatives (archives)Kathryn Bennet from MacDevCenter reports:
“When Joseph Nicephore Niepce snapped the first photograph of his courtyard in 1826, it required an eight-hour exposure. Suppose that just after beginning the process, Niepce realized he should have moved the table with the flowerpot a few feet to the left to better balance the photo’s composition. The next eight hours would have passed rather slowly. Few things irritate a photographer quite as much as not “getting the shot.” Over the years, photography and the technology behind it have provided plenty of material for inventors and other creative thinkers to toy with, making it a natural fit for the hacker spirit. Today, the arcane knowledge, cumbersome equipment, noxious chemicals, and excruciating amounts of time and planning involved have been supplanted by the digital camera: point — click — instant photograph. But rather than signifying the end of invention, digital photography technology continues to make rapid strides forward. Even more importantly, it’s given millions of amateur photographers tools to experiment and play with. Now they’re discovering for themselves just what their creativity can yield.”
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