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WordPress Editor Has Been Broken
You’ll often hear the phrase “If it isn’t broken, why fix it?”. In the case of WordPress, this definitely seems to be relevant. I have been using WordPress since the blog started and with good reason. It is a simple … Continue reading
Lightroom Issues Update
In quite a few previous posts, I have mentioned the troubles I have had with Lightroom recently. This was all triggered by an update a while back and subsequent updates have not solved any issues. The problems just continued and … Continue reading
A Further Trial in Focus Stacking
In a previous post I wrote about a focus stacking effort I made with images of a model aircraft at a show. I had been meaning to have another go at this and do so in a more controlled environment. … Continue reading
Going Mirrorless
Being late to the party is something that I make a habit of. You could also be more optimistic and say that I am not an early adopter. A number of friends and colleagues have added a mirrorless body to … Continue reading
LR Instagram
I am a latecomer to Instagram. I have had an account for quite a while but I did not use it much and certainly did not spend much time checking it out. One of the reasons was that it was … Continue reading
My Copy of Lightroom Got Sick
After a previous update to Lightroom (6.12), it became almost unusable. Importing would take forever and, once the images were in, it would grind to a halt. Keywording and editing became a nightmare. I was struggling to work out what … Continue reading
Posted in equipment, photo, technique
Tagged adobe, computer, degradation, failure, hardware, impending, Lightroom, performance, photoshop, software, updates
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Making Use of the Camera’s Features
One of the things that I was glad to get when I last changed camera bodies was the ability to have exposure compensation while shooting in manual mode. You might wonder why this is a useful thing to have but … Continue reading
Posted in equipment, technique
Tagged automatic, camera, changing, compensation, conditions, exposure, ISO, light, photo, settings, technique
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Planning for the Eclipse
A couple of years ago I started thinking about the total solar eclipse. We were living in California at the time and I had not long before been to an aviation shoot in Madras Oregon. Madras was almost directly on … Continue reading
Posted in equipment, Pacific Northwest, photo, Travel
Tagged oregon, photo, planning, Solar eclipse, travel, warm springs
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Adobe Fixed the Time Zone Issue for Video
In this previous post, I noted that there was a problem with the way in which Lightroom identified the time of video files. I was having to manually adjust the capture time after importing them. When I contacted Adobe, they … Continue reading
Sensor De-mosaicing and Southwest Colors
I have been pondering the way in which the method by which digital images are captured is affected by what is being photographed. As part of my workflow, I render 1:1 versions of the images and then quickly weed out … Continue reading