DCS200 & SuperBowl
The launch of the new DCS 200 Camera, the first with an internal hard drive, was close to the playing of the SuperBowl that January. A number of high profile sports photographers, were loaned DCS 200 cameras to attempt shooting the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Dallas Cowboys, digitally, for the first time.
The game was played in Dallas, and the east coast print deadline was going to be near the end of the game. This would allow them to upload photos taken of the game to the news outlets for publication in the morning papers. I spent quite some time working a couple of them over the next few days to try and reduce the color noise and get a decent print. Blue noise was a real problem because blue response was so low to begin with.
- 1993-1995 - Digital Printer Specialist for Marketing Technical Support
- Among the First Artists Recognized as an Adobe Digital Master - 1993
- Digital Artwork Appears in Adobe Photoshop 3.0 CDROM Digital Master's Gallery - 1993
- Artwork "Photoflo" in Digital Master's Show at the Ansel Adams Gallery in San Francisco * 1994
- Supporting Trade Shows
- Conducted Photo Workshops
- Sample Print Images
- Established Systems Testing Lab for MTS
- Worked with Product Development
- Worked to Solve the Most Difficult Customer Digital System Issues
- 1995 - 2001 Founded Digital Products Interoperability Lab
- Provided Basic Digital Imaging Training to Thousands Internally
- Designed and Implemented Dial-up BBS w/GUI for Tech Support
- Proposed Digital Document Repository with Faxback Capability.
- Led Reorgianization of D&AI Support to 3 Level System
- Worked with Product Development
- Received Golden Spike Award for Contributions to Digital Photography Development
- 1998-2001 Consulting for Dynamic Imaging
- Guided Conversion from FIlm to Digital 3D Capture
- Introduced Better Methods of 3D Capture
- Introduced 3D Modeling/Rendering as 3D Image Creation Technique
- Created 3D Models and Artwork for Numerous Clients
- Clients included Pepsi, Reebok, Pfizer, Purina, Martell Liquor, FAO Schwartz, & Disney
- Authored and Illustrated Chapter on Digital Imaging for "Basic Photographic: Materials and Sciences".
In 2001, Dynamic Imaging was closed. I decided to take a buyout from Kodak as I saw future prospects there bleak. Symptoms from an autoimmune disease also made working full time no longer possible.
I, along with two others founded Zaxys Depth & Motion Imaging, a 3D lenticular design company, hoping to capture Kodak's former customers. Our first week of business 911 happened and ad revenue dried up. My partners left for other opportunites and I ran it until 2010.
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