It's very difficult to take candid portraits of children because they're moving around all the time. Ren Ng candidchilddifficult Change image and share on social
I loved photography but was frustrated by the limitations of cameras. When trying to take a picture of a friend's young, active daughter using my DSLR, it was impossible to capture the fleeting moments. Ren Ng activecameracapture share on social
I was reluctant to start the company that would become Lytro, primarily due to my academic background. Ren Ng academicbackgroundcompany Change image and share on social
The megapixel war in conventional cameras has been a total myth. It's taking us all in the wrong direction. Once a picture goes online, you're throwing away 95 to 98 percent of those pixels. Ren Ng cameraconventionaldirection Change image and share on social
There's something really magical about trying to see things in new ways that go beyond, in some sense, the biological human experience. Light-field photography, too, goes beyond the human experience because our eyes work like conventional cameras. Ren Ng biologicalcameraconventional share on social
Photography has always been a passion of mine, but I began to study light field photography when I was in the Ph.D. program at Stanford University. Ren Ng beginfieldlight Change image and share on social
Light-field photography is a transformational technology that needs a transformational product to introduce it. For the first time, we have a light-field camera that's going to be for everyone - not something in a huge room in a research facility. Ren Ng camerafacilityfield share on social
On the personal side, I was rock climbing and taking pictures with my friends. We took all sorts of portrait and action pictures, and I was thinking at the time that these are inherently difficult to focus correctly. Ren Ng actionclimbcorrectly share on social
The merging of science and art is at the core of what we do. Ren Ng artcoremerge Change image and share on social
