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Extreme iPhone Photo Enlargements: A How-To Guide

I’ve been dying to see how iPhone photos hold up to rather extreme enlargement.

According to Microsoft, the maximum printing size for a 2-megapixel photo is 5×6.7 at 240dpi.

So what did I do? I went ahead and printed this photo at 12×18 at 240dpi!
(The MAXIMUM size you can print at Costco, and it only cost me $2.50.)

The final result?

In one word: Stunning.


Two Excellent iPhone Apps for Photographers: CameraBag & Pano

I don’t openly shill for any kind of product. Never have, never will.

On the other hand I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I didn’t share two iPhone camera apps that dramatically improve your iPhone photo quality, (especially when you want to upload photos directly to a blog or Flickr account.)


iPhone + Cycorder= future of journalism?

Over the last few days I have come to re-affirm a deeply held belief: The end of the newspaper era is the beginning of decentralized news reporting, where ‘timeliness over quality’ is the rule of the day. I have always believed in the Media Singularity which is the ultimate outcome of increasingly cheaper technology combined [...]


Just did it… or… why is this man smiling?

Your humble author. Shot with an iPhone by Robin. Well, I did it. I graduated with a Masters Degree in Digital Media from UW, with perfect grades. summa cum laude! During the last year I: +Consulted companies on Social Media and Digital Content around the country +Taught film making to young students, helping them produce [...]


Two from the 5D, One from the iPhone and an Anouncement.

Rubble, 9th Ward. New Orleans, LA. 2008. This is a photo from my two week trip to New Orleans this year as Director of Photography for the film Independent America: Rising from Ruin. Canon 5D + 50mm. Hair. Coeur D’Alene, ID. 2008. Taken during the annual Car D’Alene Parade in Coeur D’Alene ID. Canon 5D [...]


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