I'm Fred Shippey and I've been doing business as
since 1993.
Please contact me if you need help with digital imaging system issues or have in-house training needs.

Here's a short bio for you to read if you want to know more about me.
To contact me, send e-mail to me at fshippey@mac.com



I've covered the last three (2004, 2006 and 2008) Photokina Photography Shows in Cologne, Germany for the SAP Media Worldwide Show Daily newspapers.

You can read my contributions to the 2010 Photokina Show Daily papers at http://www.showdailys.com/events/default.asp?id=25

In the fall of 2008 I tried blogging about my Photokina experiences using Apple's iWeb. You can view my Photokina 2008 blog at http://web.me.com/prof_pixel/Photokina_2008/Photokina_2008/Photokina_2008.html

Starting off 2010, I blogged about PMA2010 - the 2010 PMA International Convention and Trade Show in Anaheim, CA, February 19-23. You can view my PMA2010 blog at http://web.me.com/prof_pixel/Fred_Shippey




Digital imaging has a "dirty little secret" - image archiving. Read an article I wrote on the topic which is based on a presentation I made at a November 2004 I3A Conference. You can download a PDF of the article here.




For more information on the preservation of images and other digital data see:

The I3A (International Imaging Industry Association) sponsored SaveMyMemories.org

The Library of Congress site devoted to Digital Preservation; see especially Preserving Your Digital Memories

Here are PDF files of some articles I have written on digital photography.
Article 1 IT'S TIME TO GO DIGITAL - but how do you pick the right camera?
© 2003 by Frederick L. Shippey
Article 2 Understanding pixels - what is a digital image and how does it compare to film?
© 2003 by Frederick L. Shippey
Article 3 Putting the "digital" in "digital film".
© 2004 by Frederick L. Shippey
Article 4 Unsharp masking: Digital magic to bring out the best in your digital images.
© 2004 by Frederick L. Shippey
Article 5 Panorama Photography: Expand your images.
© 2004 by Frederick L. Shippey
Article 6 Start your images spinning with QuickTime VR Object photography.
© 2004 by Frederick L. Shippey
Article 7 Pixels revisited.
© 2004 by Frederick L. Shippey
Article 8 Metadata - there's more to your digital images than meets the eye.
© 2004 by Frederick L. Shippey

I am a long time Apple Macintosh computer user and have put together several mini-tutorials on using the iLife applications and QuickTime. Visit my mini-tutorials page.

       
   
       
I write for SAP Media Worldwide's SHOW DAILY newspapers relating to photography and have also written a monthly column on digital photography for their ASIAN PHOTOGRAPHY magazine published in India.
I have also written for the PHOTO DISTRICT NEWS and THE FUTURE IMAGE REPORT.
 
           

           
The following items may be of interest from a history of digital imaging standpoint.

There are now thousands of books available talking about digital imaging, but there are two in particular I'd like to recommend to you:

Digital Imaging Procesing: Principles and Applications by Gregory A. Baxes and Shooting Digital: Pro Tips for Taking Great Pictures with Your Digital Camera by Mikkel Aaland. Both are available on amazon.com.

I've made presentations on Immersive Imaging at Seybold San Francisco, PhotoPlus New York City, and Seybold New York. Here is a link to my page containing my listing of sources for information on immersive imaging technology.

Material I presented on Building Your Own Web Page 101 at Photo+Expo NYC in October 1998.

Material I presented at newMedia98 in Toronto,Canada in May 1998.
 

I made a digital imaging presentation at Light Source IV sponsored by the Professional Photographers Association of Singapore (PPAS) and held 30 June - 3 July 1995 in the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Here is a scrapbook of some of the images I took in Singapore using an Apple QuickTake 150 digital camera.

For my AFRES VI Manager friends, here is a scrapbook of some images from their visit to Niagara Falls I took with an Apple QuickTake 150 digital camera.

In October 1995, I made a digital imaging presentation at the World Council of Professional Photographers Meeting held in Dublin. Here is a scrapbook of some of the pictures I took with an Apple QuickTake 150 digital camera.

This page last modified 5 October 2010