Articles about photography

• Licentiateship of the Royal Photographic Society

DNG - Digital Negative format

• DNG articles and links

Helping to make an informed decision

• Benefits of DNG ("what's in it for me?")
• Products that support DNG in some way (cameras, raw converters, viewers, organisers, ingesters, etc)
• Products supporting XMP within DNG (eXtended Metadata Platform)
• Products without explicit DNG support (yet!)
• Endorsements for DNG (indications of "respectability")
• Using DNG safely (including ways of being confident about it)

Explanations

• Linear DNG (a little-known but powerful variant)
• Camera details embedded in DNG (a powerful but little understood aspect of DNG)
• DNG and camera innovation (no, DNG doesn't inhibit innovation!)
• DNG and variety (how DNG caters for variety in sensors and raw converters, etc)
• DNG specification (clarifying a few aspects of the DNG specifications)
• Support via DNG but not native raws (where cameras can only be handled via DNG)

Assistance

• Using Photoshop CS or CS2 for new cameras (how to use "the DNG route")

Discussion and commentary

• Speculations about DNG (what may happen in future?)
• Raw topics (discussion of a few topics concerning raw shooting)
• DNG versus HD Photo / JPEG XR (relationship with another image file format)
• OpenRAW and DNG (attitudes towards DNG)
• Dialogue with Juergen Specht (OpenRAW's anti-DNG proponent)
• Commentary on "DNG is not the answer" (about an article from Stuart Nixon)
• Commentary on "RAW format, the captive photo" (interviews with Dave Coffin and Juergen Specht)

History and historical articles

• A brief history of DNG
• DNG support, end-February & end-April 2005 (from Pierre-Etienne Courtejoie)
• DNG support, to end-September 2005 (by the end of the 1st year)
• DNG support, to end-September 2006 (by the end of the 2nd year)
• DNG support, to end-September 2007 (by the end of the 3rd year)

Microsoft's HD Photo / JPEG XR

• Introduction to HD Photo / JPEG XR
• A brief history of HD Photo
• Products that support HD Photo
• Some analysis of HD Photo
• Comparisons of lossy compression of HD Photo

Physiograms

5 pages and 2 galleries about Physiograms, Lissajous figures, & twin-elliptical figures:

• Physiograms like no others
• Physiogram techniques
• Physiogram shapes and figures
• Enhancing physiograms
• Physiogram references
• Gallery: Original physiograms
• Gallery: Processed physiograms

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Religions and gods

• Index to "religions and gods"

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Articles about the web

• Layout tables considered valuable (5 articles discussing the value of layout tables)
  • Reflections on CSS Positioning
  • In defence of layout tables
  • A brief history of tables
  • Commentary on "Table Manners"
  • Sayings
• Separation of concerns (4 articles discussing the separation of content from presentation)
  • A content versus presentation paradox
  • Content defined by layout
  • CSS & mark-up tangled together
• The CSS Patio Garden ("Tableaux" - 2 articles & many pages about laying-out tables)
  • Constructing the Patio Garden
• Text on the web (4 articles discussing the specification of font properties)
  • Comparisons between font styles
  • Font style trends on the web
  • Aspect values for web fonts
• NewHTML
• Overview of some templates used on this site
• Variations on the 5-box 3-column layout (more than 10 techniques for this popular layout)
• Work in progress:
  • Corner

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Business methods

• A Process For Designing A Value Chain For A New Product
  A Project submitted to the Bradford University School of Management (25th March 1997)
• AEIOU
  A simple checklist of understanding

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Child support analysis papers (not on this site)

• Premature conversion to the new CSA scheme - A loophole that may thwart government policy
  A submission to government, opposition spokespeople, and government agencies (16th February 2003)
• "Child Support should be for Children" - A proposal for reform
  A submission to government ministers and opposition spokespeople (7th August 2002)
• A Fair Shared-Care Formula for Child Support
  A submission to the Social Security Select Committee on CSA reform (6th September 1999)
• "Children First" & Second Family Children: Analysis of the issues and options
  Part of a submission to the government's consultation on CSA reform (11th September 1998)
• "Children First" & Sharing of Care: Problems with the proposed formula, and a revised proposal
  Part of a submission to the government's consultation on CSA reform (3rd August 1998)

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Paternity testing analysis papers (not on this site)

• "A matter of opinion" - Unofficial paternity tests and the impacts on children
  A submission to the Human Genetics Commission (30th July 2003)
• What is the crime if men seek confirmation that children are theirs?
  A submission to the Human Genetics Commission (30th July 2003)
• "The truth is out there" - Commentary on "Move to outlaw secret DNA testing by fathers"
  A submission to the Human Genetics Commission (11th September 2002)
• "Knowledge is bliss" - Towards a society without paternity surprises
  A submission to the Human Genetics Commission (11th September 2002)