tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216352062011-11-15T14:31:18.169-08:00The official blog of West Coast Imaging. Musings on photography, art, digital imaging, Yosemite and the Sierra, and anything else that interests us.Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.comBlogger1261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-28347315033746149752011-04-21T14:31:00.001-07:002011-04-21T14:31:02.291-07:00

When Houghton Mifflin Harcourt wanted to celebrate the 100th anniversary of John Muir’s seminal work My First Summer in the Sierra with an illustrated edition, they turned to Scot Miller, with whom they’d also created illustrated editions of Thoreau’s Walden and Cape Cod.  When Miller wanted to turn his gorgeous 6x7 chromes into digital files he turned to West Coast Imaging, who scanned over 70

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by Rich SeilingSound too good to be true? Well, maybe…I’m not running a contest, but I can tell you how to see if you’ve won. If you have an Apple Cinema Display or an Apple iMac, you probably already have a color-accurate monitor.Apple has a long history of offering top-grade monitors. In particular, their Cinema Displays and some of the large iMacs (24” and up) have been color accurate in the

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Bruce Haley, a Robert Capa Gold Medal Recipient, will premier his latest book SUNDER this Friday in New York City. This is Haley's first monograph produced directly from digital files.  Terrance Reimer and Jeff Grandy of West Coast Imaging produced these files for Haley, working in close collaboration. We recently had a chance to talk with Haley about the book, the experiences photographing

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By Rich SeilingOne of the biggest misconceptions in color management is the belief that you calibrate your monitor and printer to match each other.If you think that’s how it works, you’re not alone. And that belief will cause you problems and frustration at one point or another, if it hasn’t already.Want to break through the misconception and learn how it really works? It’s not hard, it just

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Q:i have a new imac and i have been having some trouble with banding in blue skies. i have inspected certain files on different monitors, and the banding is more obvious on this imac monitor. i was wondering if you could tell me... have you seen this sort of issue arise with the newer imacs? and do you believe it is a result of having a monitor that is that much better than previous

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From Joe Levine of Calypso Imaging:Dear Friends,After careful thought and consideration, we want to recommend to you West Coast Imaging for any and all of your digital imaging projects. WCI has long been a competitor of ours, and has earned our respect and admiration for the quality of their work and the integrity of their business practices. Rich Seiling, the owner of WCI (with wife Susan), is a

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With the closing of our competitor Calypso, many customers are contacting us about alternatives to the 50x50 sheet package that Calypso offered. With their deal, you could build a 50x50 inch sheet of prints (max size 10x15 per print) and you got the whole sheet for $115. For 8x10s, that worked out to $3.83 each, and for 10x15s it was $7.66 each. Of course you had to add your labor to trim the

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A long-time presence in the photographic printing industry, Calypso Imaging, announced they are closing their doors this month. We wish Joe and Barbara Levine and all of their staff much love as they move onto a new chapter.If you're a photographer in need of a new printing studio for this reason (or any other reason), check out our blog post "A Quick Start Guide to Switching to West Coast

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New to West Coast Imaging? Welcome aboard! Whether you need excellent scans, beautiful prints, or a bit of both...we welcome the chance to serve you. Give our staff a call at 800-799-4576 to discuss your needs...or simply place an order! You can also use our live chat support, drop us an email, send us a message on Twitter, or say hello on Facebook. In the meantime, here's some information to

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Join WCI Founder Rich Seiling for a week in Yosemite to hone your craft with his latest workshops B&W Printmaking: Classic Fine Art Aesthetics- Digital Tools, presented by The Ansel Adams Gallery.B&W photography provides a deeply expressive means for personal communication. Using the vocabulary of tone, density, contrast, boldness, and subtlety to render light and physical subjects onto a print,

Melanie Crutchfieldnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-12038799566335455992009-12-11T09:22:00.000-08:002009-12-11T15:52:18.699-08:00

El Niño events typically create frequent and heavy snowstorms in the Sierra Nevada, which give extra opportunities to create photographs of the unique beauty of a snowy day in Yosemite. It would be interesting to see how may of Ansel Adams' beautiful snow photographs were taken in El Niño years. Fresh snow is a fleeting event in Yosemite, so get in before the storm, hunker down, and be ready for

Melanie Crutchfieldnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-64819975283626468072009-12-10T10:08:00.001-08:002009-12-10T10:09:24.992-08:00

We just bought a NEC P221W monitor for $391 from Amazon. It's supposed to cover 96% of AdobeRGB. We'll be testing it side by side with our $1,400 NEC LCD2690WUXi, and will tell you how it compares.

Melanie Crutchfieldnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-56939606362763693822009-11-12T18:17:00.000-08:002009-11-12T19:06:02.506-08:00

Gleb Budman at online backup provider Backblaze has some interesting analysis on how to store the Yottabytes of data the National Security Agency will have in 2015. It will only take twice the world's GDP and fill the states of Delaware and Rhode Island with data centers. Now that's a real storage challenge.Read their post NSA might want some Backblaze pods

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Prints are still being made from Ansel Adams' negatives that are over sixty years old because they are inherently archival. Will the same be true of digital files? Will your children and grandchildren be able to look through a box of your digital files sixty years from now? Will the media be readable, and will there be anything to read it with? The answer is NO if you’ve been using Sony’s

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-41714200954825099432009-11-02T15:25:00.000-08:002009-11-02T15:31:05.078-08:00

by Rich Seiling This is probably the most unglamorous article that can be written about maintaining a digital imaging workstation, but believe it or not, paying attention to the electricity going into your computer is important. Computers need a constant and regular supply of electricity to maintain normal function.  You want normal function, right? Yes, you do, especially when you are

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-85969187983945793932009-10-27T09:32:00.000-07:002009-10-27T09:36:30.060-07:00

Looking to cram more storage inside your Mac Pro? Check out the DX4 Mounting Station from TransIntl. It's an easy way to add up to 8TB more storage without having to buy an external case. Of course, we'd configure it as a RAID 1 for redundancy with SoftRaid.

Melanie Crutchfieldnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-20716071067604349652009-10-16T13:47:00.000-07:002009-10-16T13:49:10.489-07:00

Headed to Yosemite to photograph autumn color? Check out this handy guide from the Park Service on what colors you can see and where you can see them!

Melanie Crutchfieldnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-75834929537701822002009-10-01T13:39:00.000-07:002009-10-01T13:58:24.115-07:00

by Rich SeilingIf you are looking for super rugged storage for your photographs while in the field, you should look at the new Solid State Disks (SSD) that are hitting the market.While there are only a few vendors for these drives right now, that will change soon, and prices should drop dramatically. This will likely make SSDs the standard for rugged field storage.An SSD is more rugged than a

Melanie Crutchfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-46948679055595418782009-08-26T09:51:00.000-07:002009-08-27T15:02:38.664-07:00

According to this article on AppleInsider.com, Adobe will not be providing support for Photoshop CS3 (or earlier versions) for Mac OS 10.6, Snow Leopard, which is scheduled to be released Friday, August 28th.What does this mean? According to Adobe, "You may therefore experience a variety of installation, stability, and reliability issues for which there is no resolution. Older versions of our

Melanie Crutchfieldnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-20538622544320181932009-07-31T16:04:00.000-07:002009-07-31T16:45:36.217-07:00

Dan McGeorge, a participant in the CSU Summer Arts program, sent a quick email to Michael reflecting on the course and how it's affecting his photography:After returning home from the class I spent some time with another excellent and experienced photographer who processes images using the common approach of pinning the black point in raw, and moving everything possible over to the right while

Melanie Crutchfieldnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-56326248382797194922009-07-27T17:04:00.000-07:002009-07-29T10:15:36.131-07:00

Last week, WCI Expert Printmaker Michael Jones returned to the California State University Summer Arts Program, where he showed students how to prepare their images for printing. Jones taught students the skills and techniques he uses everyday in his job as a printmaker at West Coast Imaging. Sharing what we do at West Coast Imaging is always uplifting and rewarding, and the course structure took

Melanie Crutchfieldnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-6117261331578771242009-06-10T16:08:00.000-07:002009-06-10T16:08:48.486-07:00

About two months (and 336 updates ago) I jumped into the world of Twitter and began to tweet for West Coast Imaging. This was a big change for us and, to be honest, I was a little more than leery. I remember having a chat with my friend Adam McLane (@mclanea) and when he began to explain Twitter to a friend of ours I jumped in with "It's the lowest form of communication. After this it's grunts

Melanie Crutchfieldnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-90582175806605474412009-04-24T14:07:00.000-07:002009-04-24T14:10:13.278-07:00

In my last post I recommended you use a RAID 1 drive like those offered by Western Digital and LaCie as the primary storage for your photos.Taking that simple step will offer a huge measure of protection to most photographers.But buying the drive is only part of the battle. You have to know what to do when it fails, because some day a light on that drive is going to start blinking, warning you

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-39116276079650589612009-04-06T15:36:00.000-07:002009-04-06T15:46:54.588-07:00

So I’ve convinced you to store your files on a volume that has automatic duplication capabilities...now the question is, which one should you buy?There are more solutions available than ever, and fortunately there are some great options for the home user that don’t require an IT genius to set up.My recommendation is for a RAID 1 Mirroring setup.I think RAID 1 offers the best protection from the

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-35079103175506270032009-03-30T10:44:00.000-07:002009-03-30T10:46:31.264-07:00

The way I protect my files from hard drive failure is using an automatic duplication system.Instead of a storing my active files on a single hard drive, I use a solution that couples hardware or software with multiple hard drives. When I save a file on a “volume”, I see one volume on my computer, but that volume is actually two or more hard drives that my duplication system controls and presents

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Ten years ago, Terrance Reimer left his career as a photo journalist and traveled west to join us in a new pursuit: Making beautiful digital prints for landscape photographers. Back in those days, we had a shared passion for fine art printmaking, a few handfuls of clients, a couple of Macs, and big dreams. Ten years later, Terrance has printed thousands of images and hundreds of exhibitions for

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-86448695325619360272009-03-27T14:11:00.000-07:002009-03-27T14:17:30.671-07:00

I want to keep going on this topic of protecting your files because for all your digital photographs, it is of vital importance, yet there is a lot of bad information out there.Keeping your files safe is one of those things you have to be on top of all of the time. If your files aren't safe, then you need to act immediately to make them safe.How you do this boils down to having answers to four

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-75305468541005792502009-03-24T16:46:00.000-07:002009-03-25T14:27:13.606-07:00

How do you protect your files when your hard drive fails? One of our clients came face-to-face with this question when his drive started to fail this week...and then his backup copy failed!We want to know how you protect your files. Vote in the poll and leave comments we can delve deeper into this important issue. How do you protect your files from hard drive failures? ( polls)

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-13480614427744195752009-03-12T11:41:00.001-07:002009-03-12T11:42:51.211-07:00

I was up there last night and I think they've even gotten more intense. Should be great this weekend. Evening light was very nice, but I think the best time will be after sunrise when the sun starts to penetrate into the canyon.

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-66568219033665991592009-03-09T11:32:00.000-07:002009-03-09T11:39:56.188-07:00

This is the best year for poppies that I've seen in the 14 years I've been visiting the Merced Canyon. It is unlike anything I've ever seen!The most outstanding fields of flowers are just past Briceberg, in the areas that burned in last summer's wildfires. These areas don't normally have an intense poppy bloom, but the fires have brought out a unique show -- one we aren't likely to see again

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-50364427065850669342009-02-18T15:26:00.000-08:002009-02-18T15:29:13.575-08:00

Today's leg of the Amgen Tour of California went right in front of our studio today, and we got to watch some of the best bike racers in the world from where we park our cars everyday. Check out the footage tonight, and watch for us holding up the WCI sign.This leg of the race began at 11AM in Merced, California...went up into the Sierra Foothills through Mariposa...climbed up the very steep and

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-24769749891160228632009-01-05T11:29:00.000-08:002009-01-07T10:57:18.610-08:00

Winter is one of the best seasons in Yosemite. The crowds are gone, the light and weather are more dramatic, and you may be blessed with snow! If you are out to make that perfect winter Yosemite picture, you can increase your odds by planning ahead with these tips:Plan your travel for the best snow monthsIf you are planning your trip in advance, January, February, and early March offer the best

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-10452859110943877502008-12-29T12:00:00.000-08:002009-01-07T11:45:25.169-08:00

If you are using a digital camera or making digital files for printmaking, how you backup your photos should always be on your mind.A good file backup plan has multiple layers of protection to deal with multiple modes of failure, because if something can go wrong, it will. Lately, I’ve been thinking of adding a new layer of protection to my backup strategy. I’m calling it the New Year's Backup,

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-56913959308462595662008-12-23T14:23:00.000-08:002008-12-23T14:25:16.075-08:00

If you’ve recently purchased a Seagate 1.5TB or 1TB drive you need to read this blog post from Robin Harris.The quick scoop is that these drives can pause or hang up which causes your RAID to think it has failed, or it can cause your computer to freeze.The reports are that the drive freeze itself doesn’t corrupt data, but failure of your RAID could lead to a loss of data, as can hard crashes and

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-17904650763046240352008-12-22T16:29:00.000-08:002008-12-22T17:02:53.849-08:00

If you are like me, it seems like I’m drowning in hard drives, because they are the media of choice for storing images and creating backups. But storing bare drives can be a pain. They need to be protected from static and physical damage, yet still be easy to store. The plastic bags most drives are shipped in aren’t adequate, and the clear plastic boxes used by some manufacturers take up a lot of

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-40241513395936234512008-12-01T14:03:00.000-08:002008-12-01T14:05:12.217-08:00

The Holiday Season is our busiest time of the year, as our customers rush to meet their holiday needs.Every product we offer has different production demands, so we've created the following deadlines to help you plan your last-minute purchases:Chromira PrintsOur new ProLab gives us an almost unlimited capacity to print Print Lab and Exhibition Reprints on Matte Photo, Gloss Photo, SuperGloss, and

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-59337518839434880692008-12-01T13:59:00.000-08:002008-12-01T14:02:01.534-08:00

We're making our famous Chromira prints faster than ever, thanks to our new Chromira ProLab. The ProLab combines the quality of our old Chromira with a printing speed five times faster. Since it has a built-in processor, our prints are ready-to-ship just eight minutes after clicking the "print" button.In the last month, if you've noticed your orders being completed in record time, now you know

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-60780454139079739582008-11-24T11:43:00.000-08:002008-11-24T11:46:03.007-08:00

NPS Press ReleaseGeologic Assessment of Recent Rockfalls in Curry Village CompletedDate: November 21, 2008On October 7 and 8, 2008, two rockfalls occurred in Yosemite Valley, affecting the Curry Village area. This resulted in the temporary closure of many of the visitor accommodations until a thorough geologic assessment could be completed. During this time, National Park Service (NPS) geologists

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-35235266888687902282008-11-21T11:25:00.000-08:002008-11-21T11:28:25.613-08:00

Yosemite News ReleaseNovember 20, 2008For Immediate ReleaseGLACIER POINT ROAD TO OPEN IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKThe Glacier Point Road in Yosemite National Park will open for all vehicles on Friday, November 21, 2008, at 8:00 a.m. The road has been closed due to ice and snow on the road. However, with the recent warm weather, the road will reopen to all traffic. There will be no commercial

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-71145823724643841032008-11-20T15:59:00.000-08:002008-11-20T16:02:22.338-08:00

Living close to Yosemite National Park gives you an appreciation for untouched lands...lands that past generations preserved and protected, so we can enjoy their natural beauty today.The Sierra foothills offer a unique mix of oaks, grasslands, decomposed granite outcroppings, wildflowers and foliage...amazing beauty that is slowly being developed into strip malls and housing. That's why we're

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-36857524825058695412008-11-18T11:35:00.000-08:002008-11-20T13:32:23.579-08:00

NEC has a new version of its NEC LCD2690WUXi-BK called the NEC LCD2690WUXi2-BK, the "2" meaning it's new. A quick perusal of the specs show that the color gamut has increased, and NEC has refined the way they describe the gamut of the display.For the new display, gamut is reported separately for "Coverage" and "Size.""Coverage" is the amount the gamut of the display overlaps a specified

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-12380016609446992732008-11-18T11:30:00.000-08:002008-11-18T11:31:02.128-08:00

Apple has recently discontinued its 23 inch Cinema Display, most likely in favor of the new 24 inch Cinema Display LCD. The 23 inch model still appears to be available on the Apple Store, but is marked "DISCONTINUED." We don't have any test results for the new 24 inch display, but I'm not encouraged by the comments made by Apple staffers at its introduction. They say that the way to overcome

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-14977788958641977302008-10-01T20:19:00.000-07:002008-10-01T20:40:31.862-07:00

This picture of Minaret Summit is in memory of Steve Fossett, the great adventurer. ID cards belonging to Fossett were found in the area Tuesday, and a search is underway for the wreckage of his plane.Even though Minaret Summit is on the other side of the Sierra from me, it's still in Madera County where I live. It's about 3.5 hours by car this time of year, but just 40 miles away by air.The

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-58622073013105415812008-09-15T11:13:00.000-07:002008-09-15T11:16:16.713-07:00

PRESS RELEASE:Yosemite Renaissance is an annual juried competition/exhibition intended to encourage diverse artistic interpretations of Yosemite. Its goals are to bring together the works of serious contemporary artists that do not simply duplicate traditional representations. Historically, the arts have played a very important role in the establishment of our State and National Parks. It is our

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-86598817232284884342008-09-12T10:30:00.000-07:002008-09-12T10:41:59.515-07:00

So you think dripping paint is easy, huh? Test your skill at jacksonpollock.org where you can make your own Jackson Pollock style painting right in your browser.Is it art? That's up to you, but it sure is a fun way to blow off some steam on a Friday.Now if they'd just come up with a web module to make your own Lee Krasner painting. My art history teacher always lamented that her work took a back

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-28430861731868005632008-09-10T10:52:00.001-07:002008-09-10T10:52:56.409-07:00

Still using Photoshop 7? Then it’s time to upgrade because Adobe is getting ready to release Photoshop CS4 September 23, 2008.If you are running Photoshop 7, then you need to upgrade to CS3 (not CS4) today.Why? Photoshop CS3 only upgrades copies of Photoshop 7 or later. Chances are that CS4 will only upgrade CS and later. So if you want to be able to keep upgrading your copy of Photoshop, and

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-90009573999069462642008-09-05T12:37:00.000-07:002008-09-05T12:45:30.020-07:00

We're excited to announce Custom Files, a new product that will give you more options and flexibility in your digital photography workflow.For over a decade we've been creating superb files for Exhibition Prints. Excellent imaging work is at the core of what we do, and now we're making this talent available to everyone (not just customers who need prints), with our Custom File product.Photography

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Having trouble accessing our website? That's because our hosting provider is having problems. We apologize for the inconvenience. Our hosting provider is working to resolve it as soon as possible.UPDATE 9.5.08 12:45 PSTA router is down and our hosting service is working to restore it as quickly as possible.UPDATE 9.5.08 1:45 PSTWe're back online.

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Beginning Monday, 9/8, the Tuolumne Gas Station will be temporarily closed for vapor recovery and dispenser upgrades. Fuel will not be available from 9/8 until 9/29. The sport shop will remain open for business and propane will still be available through 9/21, daily from 9 AM to 5 PM. Fuel is still available at Crane Flat Station 24 hrs/day. (NPS Press Release)[Editor: Fill up in Lee Vining at

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We've redesigned and revamped our website, making it easier to use.Check out our Product section to learn about our new Custom File product, and to see the other products WCI offers to meet your imaging needs. Both experienced and novice photographers will benefit from the information in our Info section, which features articles, video tips, photoshop tips, charts and other helpful

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Ansel Adams interviewed in 1983 for the BBC series Master Photographers.

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Geotagging is a whole lot easier when your camera (like the Nikon P6000) includes a GPS receiver and automatically logs the location of your photos.Geotagging is becoming mainstream, as it integrates with the immersive online experience offered by photo sharing sites and incredible resources like Google Earth. Integrating it directly into the camera is an obvious step in the ongoing evolution of

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Photographers who use Windows laptops have an exciting new option with the Leveno Think Pad W700.Aimed specifically at the professional graphics user, the W700 is equipped with a host of features that graphics professionals rely on, including a color-accurate LCD, integrated color calibration, integrated Wacom graphics tablet, and dual hard drive RAID storage.The deficiencies in color accuracy of

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August 5 , 2008 -- Noise Ninja for Aperture releasedPictureCode today released a plug-in version of Noise Ninja for Apple's Aperture photo editing and management software. The plug-in allows Aperture users to employ best-of-breed noise reduction without leaving the Aperture workflow. The official release is available on their website.

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Yosemite is still open, and despite the tragedy for those who are directly affected by the fire, the smoke presents many unique photographic opportunities.Yosemite News ReleaseJuly 27, 2008For Immediate ReleaseYosemite National Park Remains Fully Open During Telegraph Fire Roads and facilities in Yosemite National Park remain open with limited impacts in Yosemite Valley due to the Telegraph Fire

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Lightning and thunderstorms brought wildfires to our area on June 21, filling our community with smoke and fire fighters from several states. Thankfully, our local fires are now under control, and we're starting to see the summertime blues again - those wonderful, deep-blue skies that make the Sierra such an amazing place to photograph.July brings us hot days and temperate nights - perfect for

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Photographer: Sean Bagshaw - Ashland, OregonProject: Making gallery-quality prints of his adventure and landscape photographsCamera/Film: Canon Digital dSLR; Canon LensesGoal: Making great prints, without the frustrations involved with printing on his own Epson Stylus PRO 7600 inkjet printer.Read how WCI met Sean's needs on our website.

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Great Outdoor Images through Digital ExposureOctober 2-5, 2008West Coast Imaging is proud to sponsor Sean Arbabi's wonderful long-weekend workshop amongst the fall colors of the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.Arbabi, an 18-year commercial travel photographer and industry expert, will provide dynamic lectures, field direction, and post-capture techniques. West Coast Imaging will

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Well, the CSU Summer Arts Digital Photography course has come to an end—the culmination of two weeks of intense photographic and printmaking study. The real pay off in courses like this is seeing all of your hard work in print, on the wall, for everyone to see. Today at 1pm in the Conley Gallery each student has displayed two of their photographs for each other and the public to enjoy.It really

Melanie Crutchfieldnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-80062077686956480832008-07-08T11:41:00.000-07:002008-07-08T12:03:36.571-07:00

[Melanie IM'd me this update on Summer Arts to post.]This is the second year that I've been assisting West Coast Imaging Printmaker Michael Jones as he wraps up the Digital Photography course in the CSU Summer Arts programs. This is such a great experience—being able to bring the printmaking workflow that WCI uses to make the most beautiful prints possible to photographers of all levels.This has

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Our website is back up, so we're moving forward and posting our latest scan sale.

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We're here in the office, our phones are working, our email is working, even our upload server is working, but since our website is down, it's hard for you to access many of the resources that you might need.We're working with our hosting providers to resolve this as quickly as possible, but in the meantime, we have a lot of great people here who are happy to help if you call us toll-free at 800-

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Ever notice how the moon looks bigger when it is near the horizon? Is it really bigger? Will it make better pictures as a result? NASA has the answers!

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A part of Yosemite’s history died when Dean Conway passed away on June 6, 2008. Conway was a legendary packer who packed in to the High Sierra people from all walks of life, along with at least one future president, film crews, and celebrities.The obit from the Fresno Bee gives a far better overview of Conway’s life, than I could do, but the one time I got to meet Conway was a memorable one.After

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See you at the Mobil Station for fish tacos, it's Tioga Pass time!From the NPS:Yosemite News ReleaseMay 19, 2008For Immediate ReleaseTioga Road to Open in Yosemite National ParkVisitors urged to take safety precautions for upcoming Memorial Day WeekendYosemite National Park Superintendent Mike Tollefson announced today that the Tioga Road will open for the season on Wednesday, May 21 at 8:00 a.m.

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The National Park Service in Yosemite has announced the expected opening of the Glacier Point Road May 2, 2008.With the opening of the Glacier Point Road, photographers gain access to spectacular views of Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, and the High Sierra, as well as easy access to a unique and varied forest ecosystem that includes majestic Red Firs and Great Grey Owls.The road to the Mariposa Grove

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From the NPSTUOLUMNE MEADOWS WINTER CONDITIONS UPDATEApril 24, 2008Weather: (April 16 to April 23)High temp: 59° (April 18)Low temp: 6° (April 21)New Snow: 3” (April 22)Total settled snow depth: 23” as of April 24Ski Conditions and Weather: It has been a cool and windy week at Tuolumne. A series of storms have passed us by to the north, bringing many prolongedepisodes of high winds and cold

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It's that time of year again when us photographers living west of the Sierra Nevada eagerly await the plowing of the passes that allow us easy access to the beautiful Eastern Sierra and the high country. On the Glacier Point Road, initial plowing to Glacier Point is complete, but additional plowing (widening), road work, and hazard tree work must be completed before the road can be safely opened

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If you are using a digital camera, one of the things you’ll have to keep on top of is software updates.For us film photographers, the latest versions of Photoshop and other programs often don’t offer us much. I can do everything I want to a film scan in Photoshop 7 that I can do in Photoshop CS3, except use the cool new pano stitcher. Not so if you are using a digital camera and photographing in

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There is a frustrating little glitch in the feather command in Photoshop CS3 that I want to convince Adobe to fix, and I need your help to do it. It’s going to take more than just me e-mailing Adobe to get it done.I know, I know, it’s been months since CS3 came out, but my to-do list is pretty long, and I’m finally getting around to addressing this.The problem lies in how the feather command

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by Melanie CrutchfieldAdjustment layers are one of the most powerful tools in Photoshop because of their ability to make non-destructive edits to your image. But if you want to unlock their full potential, you need to know about layer masks.Layer masks allow you to make creative adjustments to lightness, darkness, and color balance to the whole image, a part of the image, or anywhere in between.

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Geotagging is simply adding the exact latitude and longitude of a photograph’s location to its metadata so that the location can be used by database software. Its uses can be seen most prominently when using Google Earth or Picasa2, where you can see photos from the location you are browsing.ATP has announced Photo Finder (~$150US), a cool new tool that lets you geotag your photos without a

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As if I didn't have enough things on my digital want list, NEC has just announced a 30 inch, 4 megapixel color accurate LCD that displays 97.8% of AdobeRGB. Street price will be about $2,200.Check out all the geeky details on the press release.Will it make you a better photographer? No. But would it look really good on your desk? YES!

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From the Yosemite Daily Report:Due to continuing rockfalls from Middle Brother, Northside Drive between Camp 4 and El Capitan crossover in Yosemite Valley remains closed. Please be aware that this closure includes both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The area was closed following a rockfall on December 18, 2007 that sent one large boulder and several smaller rock fragments onto the road.

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From the Yosemite Daily Report:Due to a minor collapse in the pedestrian tunnel at Hetch Hetchy, the trail to Wapama and Tueealala Falls is inaccessible at this time. NPS and City of San Francisco staff will be evaluating the situation on Monday.

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I’ve always held a fascination for Antarctica, so I’m really enthused about my friend John Weller’s current multi-year project to document and save the Ross Sea. The Ross Sea is the last sea that has not been overfished, and preserves the complex web of life that has existed there since ancient times.John’s work from his last trip was breathtaking, and I can’t wait to see what this trip brings.

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Happy New Year! I hope 2008 is a great year for your photography!The offerings of color-accurate displays in the last few years have been changing a lot. We went from really good and cheap CRTs, to really good and EXPENSIVE LCDs. What the market has been lacking is a cheap, good LCD. Well, ViewSonic may have the answer in their new VP950b and VP2250wb.According to the press release:The VP950b

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It is being reported that some users are having “color gradient flaws” on their displays. Some users are experiencing color fading or conspicuous color banding. Read the article at appleinsider.com to learn more.

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PDN has an excellent article detailing the latest round in this recurring battle over what constitutes a “professional” photo shoot in a National Park.These two quotes are a little scary for those of us who like to wander about the parks with our big and expensive cameras:Ranking committee member Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) challenged the journalists on why they opposed paying greater fees than

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Yosemite's Tioga Pass was open much longer than normal this year, but the latest storm has finally closed it. You can still see it via webcam, and keep an eye out for cross country skiers. Until next year Tioga.....Yosemite News ReleaseDecember 7, 2007For Immediate ReleaseWinter Conditions Close the Tioga Road and Glacier Point Road For theSeason in Yosemite National ParkWinter conditions bring

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Did you know you can buy a real silver-gelatin print made from an original Ansel Adams Negative for just $175? For decades, it has been possible to buy a print just like Ansel would have made it, thanks to his Yosemite Special Edition Print collection. But if you want one at this price, you should hurry--on November 15, 2007, the prints will increase to $225 each.From the Ansel Adams Gallery Web

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If you've ever wanted to photograph a comet, now is your chance as Comet Holmes graces the northeast sky just after sunset. This comet is so bright it will easily show up with even short exposures. Check out Sky and Telescope for finder charts, then go out and enjoy the view!

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If you are planning on upgrading your Mac to Leopard and use Lightroom or Aperture, you should read this story about its interactions with Time Machine over at the Macworld site.

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Our Epson 11880 is here. As soon as we can make and test profiles, we'll be offering prints. One of the coolest things about the 11880 is we can make prints up to 64 inches wide. We'll post more once it is up and running.

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f8 and be there........

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If you are looking for an archival, acid free, ph neutral pen for signing prints, check out the Pigma Micron pint from Sakura. They work great with Fuji Crystal Archive Matte and Gloss, Crane Silver Rag, and Epson Premium Luster Photo Paper.Get the 6 pack, which has 6 different tip sizes, and test it to see which size works best for you.

Rich Seilinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347397407863495861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21635206.post-84796915995812315062007-10-22T10:11:00.000-07:002007-10-22T11:34:25.529-07:00

Yosemite is experiencing a magnificent autumn. The dogwoods are as nice as they get, and are at peak. The oaks and maples are near peak. If you want to see stunning fall color in Yosemite, head up now! The weekend of October 27-28 should be very nice, but leaves can fall quickly once color has peaked!These Photos are from October 20, 2007 in Yosemite Valley.

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Since I don’t know when I’m going to be able to give you a full report on our tests of the NEC LCD2690WUXI, I’m going to give you the executive brief today.While I personally hoped this (by the numbers) super-accurate display would be the end-all, be-all display, curing all of digital printmaking’s shortcomings, stamping out imaging hunger and achieving photographic peace in our time, this has

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Yosemite News ReleaseOctober 4, 2007For Immediate ReleaseHalf Dome Cables Scheduled to Come Down for Season in Yosemite National ParkThe cables on Half Dome in Yosemite National Park are scheduled to be taken down on October 15, 2007, weather permitting.The cables extend approximately 300 yards up the steep shoulder to the 8,842-foot dome. They give access to the summit and to the unparalleled

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Time keeps on slipping, slipping, into the future.......Backup is one of those topics I talk about all of the time, because most people aren’t backing up their data...and most of those that think they are backing up their data, aren’t doing it very well.You don’t need to know why this happens (read here if you do), but you do need to backup up your data, and it’s about to become a lot simpler

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The Weekend of October 13-14 is your best bet for fall color in the Eastern Sierra. Most of the big trees are near peak color, but with the unusual weather patterns we’ve been having, it might not last long. Another storm could end it all, or two weeks of warm weather could make it last and last. It’s anyone’s guess. Last week’s storms burned out or blew off the leaves at higher elevations, and

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Paper. It’s something you read about all the time in the photo magazines. Some company is always coming out with a new paper, some website is always touting some supposed innovation, someone is always saying what they think is best. I suspect this will be a huge topic of conversation until we stop printing photos or the world comes to and end, whichever comes first.It’s probably no surprise that

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In the ongoing saga of coming to terms with the need to secure our digital photographs and other important data, let us consider the case of famous Director Francis Ford Coppola “who just lost 15 years of computer data, including writings and family photographs, when robbers raided his Argentine studio” according to this AP article.“Coppola appealed to the bandits to return the small computer

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I’ve gotten a couple of e-mails recently about a follow-up report on the NEC 2690WUXI. We’re still working towards a final report, but I’ll tell you based on our experience so far that it is a very good monitor, but the greater accuracy is not a magic cure all for your printing woes. Our initial impression is that having ~94% color accuracy to AdobeRGB is not a 25% improvement over a display that

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I love bears. They are beautiful creatures and it is amazing to view them in their natural habitat, which is why I keep writing and posting pictures relating to bear culture and management...because I find that most people I meet are sorely misinformed when it comes to the black bears that are native to California.I’ve seen a lot of articles this year on problem bears because of the dry

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I guess even an aspen leaf can have a sad day.

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Our winter storm watch has begun! Winter storms make great photographic conditions in Yosemite. There is snow on Tioga pass today, and the storm has just started.Roads into Yosemite Valley are open. Call 209-372-0200 for current conditions, and see what it's like via the Yosemite Association web cams.

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Capturing and storing our images with digital technology poses risks that aren’t well understood by most end-users. If you think your images are safe, you might think differently after reading a recent post on Robin Harris’s “Blog Persistence of Memory”.The short story is this: The scientists who smash atoms together to discover new particles, tested their new computer system. They found that you

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Check out the article "Inside A Big Lab Print" in the August 2007 issue of Outdoor Photographer to learn more about making large prints, with quotes from Rich Seiling...and check out our new Megapixel Print Size Chart for more detailed information on just how large you can print!

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What does 93.8% of Adobe RGB Look Like? We’re about to find out as we’ve just purchased a NEC MultiSync LCD2690WUXI for testing and evaluation.Out of the box this is a stunning display...photographs look extraordinarily life like. With a 21.7 x 13.5 inch screen you see a 2:3 aspect ratio digital camera photograph at the same size as a 16x20 print, which in itself is pretty amazing. The color is

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