Archive for the 'Technology' Category

Image Mechanics Off-line Archiving System: The Next Generation

It’s been over a year and a half since first developing the unique archiving system that we have since used to safely and efficiently store the terabytes upon terabytes of image data that our clients consistently generate. In that time, the system has barely changed, and we feel that we can safely say this is [...]

How Lightroom® has Phase®d Out the Competition

UPDATE: It was brought to our attention that there was an error in our evaluation process. Astute people pointed out that we were using an incorrect color profile within Capture One. (You can see for yourself in the C1 white balance panel screenshots.) So, we ran the test again with the problem corrected. See after [...]

Suspended above water with a client in a MoHo, now what?

We get things thrown at us that most people would think were akin to asking for a million dollars, tax free, but it’s all in a days work for us at Image Mechanics. A perfect example was when Michael Grecco asked us to be suspended over the water at Marine Stadium in Long Beach, shooting [...]

Canon 1Ds Mark III in Palm Springs

Recently I had the pleasure of working with the very talented Sydney-based photographer Hugh Stewart on a Palm Springs-based shoot for Marshall’s spring looks. With a final tally of 14,146 21-megapixel frames over four days, an immediate delivery schedule, and other above-and-beyond requests, this shoot proved to be a good test for our 35mm capture [...]

Just the Facts Ma’am.

The numbers are in and the new 8-core is downright amazing! This last week was a doosey, our new machine was put to the test and it came screaming through with flying colors.
Here are the machines specs…

and coupled with our unique workflow here’s what it can do.
Shoot #1 - 9 Hours, [...]

Meter Me This?

Who Can you Trust Nowadays?
(We know it’s definitely not your meter.)
Recently we’ve been running into the fact that (a majority of the time) the meter reading on set isn’t quite right, so today we decided to get to the bottom of things. We gathered all the meters we had in the office and put [...]

Digital Exposure Exposed

Film and digital photography have just enough things in common to lull you into a false sense of familiarity. Basic exposure rules still apply like they did with film, but just like different film stocks had their own exposure rules, digital chips have their own special requirements. Shooting digital is closer to the way [...]

Billboard Schmillboard!

What file size is needed for a billboard? This is a question we receive on an almost daily basis. Today we made some calls and ran some tests to put this debate to rest.

Most people think that billboards need to be shot on the biggest and best digital camera possible. That’s not [...]

External hard drive failure - easy fix

A friend of mine recently had two daisy chained LaCie hard drives fail on him. Unfortunately, one was backing up the other. He bought a new LaCie and plugged it in and copied a recent job that he was prepping for delivery over to the new drive. Then his computer gave up [...]

Great laptop stand

If you are shooting by yourself or in tight places, you might consider getting one of these great laptop stands. Here at Image Mechanics we use it for extreme locations and portability. It is well balanced with a rubber mat that grips the laptop and there are several cool attachments.

Laptop Stand