{"id":12613,"date":"2008-01-06T10:32:15","date_gmt":"2008-01-06T10:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2008\/01\/007-in-review-photography-design-and-more.html"},"modified":"2008-01-06T10:32:15","modified_gmt":"2008-01-06T10:32:15","slug":"007_in_review_photography_design_and_more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/06\/007_in_review_photography_design_and_more\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;007 in review: Photography, design, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><br \/>Photography<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2007 was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com\/2009-1041-6222388.html?tag=tb\">the year the digital SLR boomed<\/a>, reports CNET&#8217;s Stephen Shankland, offering links to top stories throughout the year.&#160; He notes that &quot;Adobe released Photoshop Lightroom in March, and in just a few months it <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnack\/2007\/10\/aperture_vs_lightroom.html\">surpassed in popularity<\/a> the earlier Apple rival, Aperture.&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Serious photogs keep <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com\/Wheres-the-SLR-style-compact-camera\/2100-1041_3-6197459.html?tag=st.nl\">seeking a nice compromise<\/a> between SLR quality &amp; compact portability.&#160; A number of folks around Adobe&#8217;s West 10th floor have been intrigued by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usa.canon.com\/consumer\/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&amp;fcategoryid=144&amp;modelid=15669\">Canon G9<\/a>; see Ben Long&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativepro.com\/story\/review\/26221.html\">review<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile a megapixel backlash seems to be building steam. &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/6mpixel.org\/en\/\">The more pixels, the worse the image<\/a>!&quot; says a German camera-testing lab, arguing that splitting a compact sensor into smaller &amp; smaller bits is bad juju.<\/li>\n<li>In terms of the craft itself (which keeps proving itself <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnack\/2007\/12\/would_photograp.html\">death-proof<\/a>), Rob Galbraith rounds up a large group of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robgalbraith.com\/bins\/content_page.asp?cid=7-8746-9204\">pictures of the year<\/a> collections.&#160; The sheer number of galleries is a little daunting (paradox of choice, anyone?), but I can at least vouch for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/22200921\">MSNBC<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpost.com\/multimedia\/photos\/gallery\/index.html?id=180497\">Canada Post<\/a> galleries.&#160; I find the little NatGeo <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2007\/10\/photogalleries\/wildlife-pictures\/photo5.html\">gallery<\/a> underwhelming. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Adobe<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The company was so busy (Creative Suite 3, Lightroom, new CEO&#8230;), it&#8217;s hard to believe that it was just in &#8217;07 that so much went down.&#160; Fortunately Scott Kelby provides a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottkelby.com\/blog\/2007\/archives\/848\">thorough overview<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>Zeroing in just on Photoshop Lightroom, Scott&#8217;s colleague Matt Kloskowski offers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightroomkillertips.com\/2007\/a-look-back-at-lightroom-in-2007\/\">A look back at Lightroom in 2007<\/a>, recalling the year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnack\/2007\/09\/camera_raw_42_lr_12.html\">interviews<\/a>, cool <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnack\/2007\/12\/slideshowpro_fl.html\">add-ons<\/a>, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Design<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The architectural smartasses at Curbed have gathered up the <a href=\"http:\/\/curbed.com\/archives\/2007\/12\/26\/curbed_awards_07_architecture_part_ii_top_10_craziest_architectural_renderings_of_the_year.php\">Top 10 Craziest Architectural Renderings of the Year<\/a>.&#160; Each one links to funny, <a href=\"http:\/\/curbed.com\/archives\/2007\/07\/17\/harlems_box_update_bonus_mindexploding_rendering.php\">wry<\/a> commentary (&quot;<em>Rise<\/em>, massive shadow-inducing cantilever, rise!&quot;).&#160; Aside: Who knew a W Hotel was going into <a href=\"http:\/\/curbed.com\/archives\/2007\/09\/24\/revealed_harlems_w_condohotel_in_all_its_terrifying_glory.php\">Harlem<\/a>? <\/li>\n<li>One of my favorite blogs (frequently pilfered here), Core77, looks back at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/featured_items\/core77_looks_back_what_happened_in_07_8565.asp\">What Happened in &#8217;07<\/a>.  Herewith I&#8217;m gonna need all my pizza <a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/lasercut_pizza_has_preciseest_slices_8108.asp\">laser-cut<\/a>, <i>stat<\/i>. \n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photography: 2007 was the year the digital SLR boomed, reports CNET&#8217;s Stephen Shankland, offering links to top stories throughout the year.&#160; He notes that &quot;Adobe released Photoshop Lightroom in March, and in just a few months it surpassed in popularity the earlier Apple rival, Aperture.&quot; Serious photogs keep seeking a nice compromise between SLR quality [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12613"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}