History of Minolta
…accurately: they blatantly copied the Nikon design) and going one better: In addition to rugged construction and interchangeable finders and focusing screens, Minolta added aperture-priority automatic exposure to the design,…
Pacific Design Center
The Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, CA, used to be nicknamed “The Blue Whale” before this green addendum was built. “(C) Gary L. Friedman. This image is available for…
Windmills – Older design
Part of a wind farm , these older-style design converts wind energy into electricity. California currently gets 20% of its power from renewaable sources like this. This image is available…
Chapter 21: Viewer Mail
…The first secret is that cameras do not see light the same way that the human eye/brain does. (Books have been written about this subject. That is why Hollywood movies…
Chapter 5: Too Many Opportunities
…cell phone channel, all without a human being there. At first I put on my engineering hat and drew a block diagram of the basic system design, a list of…
The Friedman Archives High-impact Photography Seminars
…do a pretty good job with focusing and exposure, but do a miserable job with composition and the art aspect of photography (realms best left for the HUMAN). So the…
California
…Draught Griffith Observatory and Compass Highway 1 near Monterey 2 Bicycles in the Great Outdoors Motel Hi-Lo Palm Silhouettes Against Sunset Girl and Red Towel on Beach Pacific Design Center…
Minolta Maxxum/Dynax 7
…intuitive, can-use-them-in-the-dark-with-gloves-on knobs for all major functions, and dedicated one-button-per-function philosophy for almost everything else. Minolta must have hired somebody who actually takes pictures to design their new cameras. No…
Live Seminars
…aspect of photography (realms best left for the HUMAN). So the first day emphasizes composition, light, art, capturing emotion, and how to get high-impact photos — all without ever leaving…
Latvia
…and Liberty St. Basil’s Cathedral Latvian Cobblestone Street Bride at War Memorial By White Curtains Soviet Mickey Mouse 2 boys peeking around door Boy and Cat Russian Pepsi Cola bottle…