Blade Runner. The Terminator. The Matrix. I, Robot. Ex Machina. Those are just a smattering of movies that have dealt with the what-if questions surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the humans that develop the technology. These questions go back decades. In 1942, author Isaac Asimov created the three laws of robotics for his short story, …
Last month, A Minecraft Movie was released in theaters. Starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black (along with the hilarious Jennifer Coolidge), the cast brought the video game franchise to the silver screen. Yes, I know what Minecraft is. Yes, I understand the fundamental concepts. Yes, my kids even played it. One of the other men …
Every time I upgrade my iPhone, one of the first settings I change is the typing sound on the digital keyboard. I have to switch this off. The digital representation pales in comparison to the harsh, metallic sounds of the manual typewriters I grew up with. As someone who enjoys writing, typewriters have always held …
For much of the world, April 1st is “celebrated” as April Fool’s Day. A day of hoaxes and pranks. Most people either love it or loathe it. My wife and I have a truce on pulling pranks on each other during the day. It is just a way for us to have some solace and …
Have you ever wondered what makes a movie presented in the IMAX format different than a traditional movie? Behind the scenes, a lot of technology and science goes into capturing, editing, and presenting a movie in the IMAX format. Things from larger film negatives to the overall weight of a movie (Oppenheimer weighed in at …
On this data, WAAAAAAAAY back in 1990, Adobe Photoshop version 1.0 was released. If memory serves me correctly, I started using Photoshop on version 3 at Indiana University. It’s amazing how this one piece of software has transformed visual communication—both for the good and evil. Today, I use Photoshop—or its “cousin” Lightroom—consistently when editing every …
I took advantage of a sunny afternoon today to take the new lens to Swan Lake Iris Gardens to see how it performs in “the real world.” It was easy enough to shoot with, even though the larger diameter of the zoom ring is going to take a little getting used to. Back at the home …
For the past few years, I’ve had what my wife calls a “nose-hair lens.” It is a massive zoom lens that I’ve used for many football, soccer, baseball and softball assignments. I like the extra range it provided over other photographers because it enabled me to capture images others miss out on. But it wasn’t …
After spending a few days with the Nikon Z6 II and doing a photo shoot for Alice Drive Baptist Church, I just couldn’t get comfortable with the handling of the camera body. My experience with camera is to use ones with either a detachable battery pack or one where the body has a larger grip …
Today, the final piece of the new mirrorless camera kit arrived, thanks to the fine folks at UPS. The Nikon FTZ II allows me to use my legacy camera lenses with the new lens mount of the Nikon Z series cameras. It’s funny to be going thru this process again. When I was a student at …
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