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Lightroom 2.0 – it just keeps getting better and better
The more I’ve been learning about Lightroom 2 (technically now at 2.3), the more I’ve been liking it! First of all, I learned that – thanks to new camera profiles (also available in the latest camera raw software) – I can get my photos to start from where Canon’s own RAW software would have started.…
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Picture of the Day
I’ve started up Picture of the Day again in an attempt to hone my photography skills. Here are the last three entries – ending with the one for today.
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Adobe Lightroom Initial Reaction Review
For quite some time I’ve been been struggling with the point of Adobe’s Lightroom. Other than competing with Apple’s Aperture, it appears not to have a purpose. Of course, right around the time Lightroom (LR) was hitting its stride, I stopped reading photography magazines. The zine I loved the most was a British one published…
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Web Comic Author….why not?
I’ve always been one of those guys that believe you should try everything you want to do. Just throw it at the wall and see what sticks. That’s how I got into blogging back in 2003. (Holy cow, almost exactly 5 years to the day) It’s also how I got into computer animation. And photography. …
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Some more photo graduations
50 to 75: 75 to 100: 300 to 400: 500 to 600:
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Why I’m Still Waiting to Upgrade to Fedora 9
I’m not 100% sure, but I think this is the longest I’ve purposely waited to upgrade to another Fedora release. I’ve been reading the Fedora user and developer mailling lists and what’s I’ve seen there has pretty much convinced me not to upgrade. First of all, there are a lot of answers to people complaining…
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Current Desktop Screenshots
Here are screenshots of the desktops I am currently running on each of my computers: Desktop – SuperMario Fedora 36 – KDE Plasma 5 2023: Raspberry Pi IOT Device – Scarlett Music Raspberry Pi OS (Buster) – LXDE 2020 Laptop – Daisy Fedora 31 KDE Plasma 5 2020 Laptop (netbook) – Kuribo Debian 10 –…
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Hacking Flickr
So, thanks to a problem I had with rigging up Nick in “Sugar“, I’ve temporarily lost interest in animation. This happens to me all the time, and I think I’ve mentioned it before in previous blog posts that I’m too lazy to look up before that I tend to gain and lose interest in my…
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My Latest Top 20 on Flickr
Things are always changing and some surprising shots can make it to the top sometimes. Here are my top 20 shots on flickr by views: Blogged with Flock Tags: Top10, flickr
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Being a little more Cinematically Correct, or How to use Depth of Field in Blender
In the world of computer generated cartoons and images, we have a very awesome trick we can do which cannot be done in real life. We can have unlimited Depth of Field. If you aren’t a photographer or involved in filming, you probably have no idea what that means. Well, in real life lenses cannot…
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Influence
When my brothers and I were young, influence pretty much flowed in one direction – from me to my brothers. Whatever music, movies, or video games I was into they also wanted to experience. It’s not that they didn’t also have their own likes and dislikes. They did like some stuff I didn’t and disliked…
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Why do fluid simulations fascinate me so much?
Probably for the same reason I LOVED taking these pictures: (you should view these large to get the full effect) So here’s one frame from a new mini animation I was working on today. I still have a few tweaks to make, but it took 20 minutes or so to generate this frame.
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Some shots….
I just want to share some shots that call out to me. I’ve been so busy with so many things from jump-starting a photography side business to trying to realize all of the Blender Computer animation ideas in my head. So, I may or may not have time to blog. Here are some great shots:
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A Journey Towards a More Professional Photographer (also the picture of the day)
I’m working my way towards making money from my photography. I really enjoy the trade craft a lot and if I get to do it as a job on the weekends, all the better. So I’ve bought some books to shore up my technique since I’m pretty much a self-taught photographer. One thing my latest…
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I’m Sorry, but you’re wrong – Linux IS ready for the prime time
I read a blog post a few days ago where someone who purported to be a Linux user (so as to not be accussed of trolling) claimed that although Linux and its freedoms were great and all – at the end of the day – the user had to return to Windows to get any…