Does iPhoto’s Faces Really Work?
After purchasing Apple’s new iLife ’09 suite of software, the first feature I wanted to explore is iPhoto’s Faces. It has been one of the most talked about and anticipated features of iPhoto ’09. Similar to the face recognition technology found in newer digital compact cameras, faces attempts to scan all your images in your iPhoto library and identify individual faces in them. Macworld attendees oohed and awed the feature when Phil Shciller presented it in early January. Read more…
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Book Review: Canon EOS Digital Photography Photo Workshop
Canon EOS Digital Photography Photo Workshop, by Serge Timacheff.
This is a pretty good comprehensive book about Canon cameras, lenses, speed flashes and accessories. If you’re a frequent buyer of Canon equipment or if you looking to build a Canon system, this book will answer many questions you might have, including some information about Canon’s digital processing software that comes with their cameras. Some parts of the book may be too technical for beginners, and I would not recommend this book for those looking for detail information about taking quality photos. This book is more for learning the technical side of photography, helping you understand camera settings, functions, and differences between the various camera and lens models that Canon offers. The book does not cover the recent Canon models—the Canon 50D and the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. The writing in this book is very accessible, and includes assignments/exercises that reflect information presented each chapter. The included video tutorials (not presented by the author, but by another photographer) on a CD-ROM, included with the book, seemed okay, but I think the tutorials are little too fast paced, glossing over techniques rather than going into depth on various topics. The ending chapters of the book provide a nice list of online resources, a glossary of digital photography terms, and an index for quick referencing. The companion website for the book is also useful.
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