Photographs, Photographers and Photography

The Renaissance lives!
The Great American Corporation has many herd instincts, including mind-numbing group get-togethers and a love of flying that probably accounts for $20 per barrel of oil. Two of the many things I am delighted not to have to do, having left this kind of organization years ago.
However, I got a haunting reminder […]

Soft proofing in Lightroom is easy.
I do not propose to address image cataloging and developing in Lightroom at any length in this journal as there are lots of tutorials and blogs out there that know a thousand times more than I ever will. Adobe even has a couple of video tutorials out there though […]

Two years of use
This article is of use solely to those using or contemplating purchase of one of the Hewlett Packard 30/90/130 DesignJet dye ink printers. Actually, even if you do not have one but enjoy pithy comments, read on in any case, as it gives me a chance to unload on a brilliant […]

Always carry a camera….
I remember hearing that advice when I was still wearing short trousers.
“Always Carry a Camera”.
Often I have thought that it’s like the English invocation to always carry an umbrella. Whenever you do, nothing happens.
Then again, sometimes you come across a little bit of magic and it all seems worthwhile. Sometimes it […]

It still cooks!
You can read about how to migrate from Aperture to Lightroom here.
Given the great speed and smoothness of Lightroom on my MacBook (1.83gHz Intel Core2Duo, 2gB RAM, Intel GMA950 graphics card, OS 10.4.11) I thought it might be fun to try it on my old iMac (1.25gHz IBM G4 PPC, 1gB of RAM, […]

What a shame and what a waste of time.
This article is very long, very detailed and very important if you want to migrate from Apple’s Aperture (any version) to Adobe’s Lightroom (v 1.3.1). Oh! boy, does that sound pompous or what? As far as I know these are the only two applications which […]