Take Your First Living Picture at a Lytro Photowalk

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In early January during CES, we hosted Lytro’s very first photowalk. Over 40 guests joined us in the lobby of the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas for a brief introduction to the camera by our director of photography Eric Cheng and Lytro Pro Shooter Jason Bradley, followed by a chance to get hands-on with the camera. Play with some of the pictures they took, and sign up to be invited when we host a photowalk near you, or subscribe to our Eventbrite RSS feed. Our next scheduled photowalks will be in Boston in February and Austin in March.



Hint: Click on the “boxed O” in the lower right hand corner, then select “Enlarge.” You’ll be taken to a picture gallery where you can explore more pictures taken during CES.

  • Fabian Keirn

    Any chances you guys can make it up to Fairbanks, AK in March? We have the auroras displaying their graceful dancing lightshow across the sky, as well as a world class ice sculpture competition. I am sure there are a lot of people up here that would love to see a demonstration of what the Lytro camera can do. I am also interested in finding out when the PC software will be available.

  • Sonam

    Any way to put myself on a waiting list so that I know when u guys are coming out with a Windows app for Lytro?

    • Lytro

      You can sign up to be notified.

  • Charlie

    First question: still no PC software?
    Second question: is the image information such that future algorithms will enable higher resolution and less ‘noise’ or is that a function of the amount of information the sensor can capture? I understand the 3D etc. will become available, but that’s a different ‘animal’.

    • Lytro

      Windows desktops software will be available later this year. You can sign up to be notified when it is ready. Image quality is a function of multiple factors, including algorithms and sensor size among others. One of the benefits of computational photography, is that image quality can be improved via updates to the software.

  • http://travel.synyan.net John Shen

    How to embed the lytro living photos into wordpress site?

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/midwest_cargo_cult/ steve merrill

    Now that looks like creative fun! Can we have one in the Twin Cities?

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/midwest_cargo_cult/ steve merrill

    Wow; very creative shots and what looks like great fun! Wish we were having a photo walk in the Twin Cities

  • http://flickr.com/cskorik Christian

    Just attended the MIT photowalk and I had a great time. I really loved holding the camera in my hand, and the “creative” mode is fascinating.

    • Lytro

      Christian – Thanks for joining us. We have fun watching people use our camera and seeing their pictures. We’ll be posting some of the pictures to Lytro.com in the coming days.

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    These photowalk pictures are really fun

  • http://www.peopleareinteractive.com Aaron

    I notice a huge amount of noise in images (eg: in the yo-yo shot), an a lot of fringing around edges (eg: around edges of the flower pots). Should consumers expect this much noise and fringing in photos when purchasing a Lytro because of the technology? The camera produces low conventional resolution. While I can see how one might justify this away by saying that these photos are really intended to be shared online at low conventional sizes, for the money I would expect to be able to produce large print images. It doesn’t look like I’ll be able to do that.

    Perhaps it’s just a shift in paradigms – photos for sharing and storytelling at low conventional resolution instead of archival photos for storage of memories at a resolution necessary to use the data far into the future to reproduce these memories in any way I need.

    That said, will Lytro enhance the sensor in the future to produce images that can be scaled up without distracting noise and quality issues?

    While adjusting focus is an interesting feature, it won’t replace the need for clarity and quality. Now, an image/memory capture device that has both these qualities? That would be a knock out of the park. Future technologies that can leverage each data point to recreate holographic or multidimensional representations of the captured memory? That would be life-changing.

    • Lytro

      This *first* Lytro camera is designed for people who want to explore the creative possibilities of light field photography and enjoy the inherent advantages, such as instant capture (no shutter lag) and interactive pictures that can easily be shared online. More on Is the Lytro Camera Right for Me? The pictures in our galleries are living pictures (LFP files) that were taken with Lytro cameras. Each camera purchase includes software that will be updated over time to improve image quality and offer new viewing options, such as perspective shift and 3D. More on the Science Inside Living Pictures.

  • http://www.stephenrush.co.uk Stephen Rush

    I cannot make anything in February or March but with enough notice I’ll travel to the US to see your technology as I think it is going to change photography and the way people interact with images forever. If you do have anything in Europe please let me know.

  • Grant Hendrick

    These photowalk pictures are really fun. I look forward to seeing what people do in Boston and Austin — two great cities full of creative people. I really enjoyed the times I have tried the camera and look forward to using it much more.