Reading up on photography
8 deep · digging since dec 15, 25
- Help I accidentally a wigglegram
A photographer uses perceptual hashing to automatically find sequences of near-identical photos in their iCloud library, turning unintended burst shots into stereo wigglegrams.
- Take Command of Your Powerful New Smartphone Camera
This year's high-end Apple and Google smartphones raise mobile photography standards, but users must learn settings to fully exploit them.
- The Classic American Diner
A Library of Congress photo essay documents the history and architecture of classic American diners, highlighting their train-car design and nostalgic menus.
- Lunar Flyby | Hacker News
Artemis II astronauts captured stunning flyby images of the Moon's far side and an in-space solar eclipse, released April 2026.
- Cameras and Lenses (2020)
An interactive explainer that builds a mental model of how cameras work from photon detection to lens optics, using dynamic simulations and visualizations.
- What an unprocessed photo looks like: (Maurycy's blog)
A camera's raw sensor data is a linear grayscale Bayer-matrix capture that requires demosaicing, white-balancing, and nonlinear curve mapping to produce a viewable photo.
- AI image generators are getting better by getting worse
AI image generators improve realism by mimicking the imperfections of phone camera photos, making fakes harder to detect.
- NYC Snow Days From Past Blizzards Captured in Photos - The New York Times
A collection of photos from historic NYC blizzards depicts the city's beauty and disruption, evoking the magic of snow days.