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Whatever system you end up using, be sure and have backups. My daughter lost a lot of her pictures this year when her hard drive crashed. I'm sure you know this, but it's easy to get complacent about backups.

Well, to be honest, PS did almost all the work.

If you look closely you can also see a lever action rifle, probably a Winchester, propped against the cabin wall, next to the lynx pelt.

He was born in the late 1890s and would have been around 20 when drafted. Hard to pin down his age from the photo, but around 20 fits. The copy I have has an overlaid criss cross pattern. I'm wondering if it was stored with cloth, or something else in contact and it put a pattern onto the...

Well, he was working as a cowboy there when he was drafted for WWI. They sent everyone home after he had been there a few weeks due to the Spanish flu. Everyone in the family says this was taken around the time he was drafted. Kodak introduce the Brownie in 1900, so it's quite possible that was...

This is the scan of a photo. I am sure that the photo I scanned was a photographic copy of the original. It's likely my dad made the copy in the 60s or 70s, and the original was either lost, or is somewhere in a relative's closet. I would love to get a hold of the original, it is a really neat...

Here is the result from running it at 100% enhancement, and 100% facial enhancement. No other edits made. There are only a few options to choose from with this filter. I might try backing off on the facial enhancement and see how it compares. I think the face in the first iteration, and the...

I assume you used topaz on those. It really took the first photo up a notch. I need to play around with the filter in PS. The enhancement slider was only on about 50%. I haven't tried it on higher enhancement due to it taking a while to process, and I've had a couple of crashes. I may not have...

OK, I was able to get the picture that failed to work. I had done some work on the image in Lightroom, so I found the original unedited file and ran that. It worked. Wasn't as good as I hoped, but a definite improvement. Original: My grandfather working as a cowboy just prior to WWI...

I finally installed Photoshop yesterday and have been playing around with it. While looking for tutorials I ran across a reference to this filter. It's a beta, but I wanted to try it as my wife is into genealogy. Good news and bad news. I tried it on three photos. It failed on two of them, but...

To all employees, This is to put everyone on notice that unauthorized usage of a palantir will result in summary dismissal. There has been one recent unauthorized usage that nearly ended in disaster. The individual has been disciplined, but due to the high stakes involved, any more infractions...

What's all that white stuff?

Well, I wouldn't consider coins more than say 50 or 60 years old as loose change. I always wanted to find at least one gold coin during my diving the local rivers phase. Never did. I found some much neater stuff, but no gold. OK, I take that back, I did find a small gold panda coin (modern...

To all employees: Effective immediately, ALL employees making deliveries to the Mount Doom sector MUST wear level 5 hand protection. NO EXCEPTIONS. We simply can't afford any more major injuries. Your cooperation in this matter is appreciated. On a more cheerful note, starting next month we...

I've been posting several raptor pictures I shot at the Center for Birds of Prey last week. Just thought I should include these two. You can't help but notice that this guy is missing an eye. He was a rescue at the center after being hit by a vehicle. Since he couldn't be released back into the...

I have trimmed some 8.5 x 11 down to 7.66x11.5. They seem a little small to me. Still, you can't have everything. I suppose I could purchase 11x14 paper and trim it down after printing, although it's over twice the cost of 8x11.5 and nearly the cost of 11x17.

I would think that in south Florida there are enough retired folks combing the beach with a metal detector to keep loose change in the sand to a minimum. Besides, these days, loose change is hardly worth the effort of bending over to pick up.

I guess the main issue I have is not the mechanics of the cropping, but the change in composition that so often seems like a bad compromise. I realize that by printing my own, I have the option of choosing final formats that don't violate the composition excessively, although at a price. I...

Hot dog buns come in packs of 10. Hot dogs come in packs of 8.

I will have to say that shooting these bird pictures at a demonstration almost seems like cheating. The handlers generally will parade the bird by the viewers to let them get a good look, or take some pictures. You can usually get within 6-8 ft of the birds, and they aren't shy of people. Makes...