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I was moving some images around between computers, and found an HDR that I never processed from our trip to Spain. We were there in the middle of the day and I wanted to try to capture the detail in the tile. I don't normally go for such a strong HDR effect but I think it works on this image. Is...

Jason Odell, who has long been an advocate for Capture NX2 for Nikon shooters, announced on his blog that he is moving to Lightroom for the majority of his post processing. I was surprised that he made the move, but impressed with his reasoning. I especially liked that he based his reasoning on...

I have a Nikon 1 V1 and have owned a PEN camera. They are pretty amazing as long as you understand the limitations. That being said, the OM-D E-M5 is very appealing to me. If you are interested, Thom Hogan posted an amazingly detailed review on his SansMirror site and PCMag also reviewed it.

I just found out that a book on using GIMP was published in January. It is called The Book of GIMP: A Complete Guide to Nearly Everything. I have not read it but did find one review that sounded pretty promising.

Nikon Europe has released a firmware update for the V1 today. So far it is not available on the US site. The update description is: "Immediately after the camera was turned on after attaching a lens, shooting display in the camera monitor or electronic viewfinder (view through the lens)...

Nice free video regarding the Local Correction capability of Lightroom 4. If you haven't taken advantage of this feature, this might help.

I've been to Paris quite a few times for work and pleasure and the first thing that caught my eye was the lack of cars on the wide streets! Link: Behold these rare color photographs from early 20th century Paris Example:

DPReview just posted a very good comparison of three of the leading cross-platform RAW converters: Capture One Pro 7, DxO Optics Pro 8 and Adobe Lightroom 4. Since the comparison compares products that work on both Mac and Windows, other options like Apple's Aperture are not included. Link to...

Nikon has an official grip for the Nikon V1 called the GR-N1000. The MSRP is US$120! Besides the outrageous price, it blocks the access to the battery and SD card! In order to remove either the battery or SD card, you also have to remove the grip. Terrible design. I recently became aware of...

Santa brought me a new MacBook Air to replace my 4+ year-old MacBook. Rather than migrating old stuff (e.g., I still had CS4 and CS5 loaded), I decided to do a clean install and carefully consider what I truly need and use to support photography while traveling. (I won't bore you with office...

Long overdue update to the LR3 thread. With the holidays and folks getting new cameras, computers and having time off (hopefully!), here is a link to Adobe's Using Lightroom 4 Manual. This is a freebie and a great place to start for new users. Enjoy...

Microsoft updated the Camera Codec Pack yesterday to support additional cameras. The Codec Pack enables the viewing of RAW file formats in applications such as Windows Explorer, Windows Photo Viewer, Media Center, and Windows Photo Gallery as well as other software that is based in Windows...

Adobe has released an official document containing tips to maximize Lightroom performance. I found this section pretty revealing: Order of Develop operations The best order of Develop operations to increase performance is as...

Recently KEH was at my local camera store holding a buying event. Out of curiosity I took some infrequentlky used gear to the event with an open mind to sell or keep. I was very impressed with the professionalism of the KEH representative and thoroughness of the process. I did wind up selling...

That is an awesome deal. I've been traveling back and forth to Bogotá for work and it is the right size to carry. I was caught in a rain storm the other day and took these out the window. Imported into my iPad2 and tweaked with Snapseed. Nikon 1, 30-110 @ 30mm, f/3.8, 1/80, ISO 400 Nikon 1...

I went to a baseball game a week ago with the V1 and finally had a few minutes to download the images. I ran into an unexpected workflow problem. As I discussed in this thread that describes my import workflow, I rename images and incorporate the capture date/time into the filename. With the...

Interesting article and video for the professionals in the audience from the Wall Street Journal regarding travelers hiring photographers to capture their holiday.

Very interesting story and great images from the closing of the longtime Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper building closing. Link: Saying Goodbye to an Old Home

I had some inside time due to the heat and decided to look for an opportunity to reprocess a few troublesome images using LR4. Here is one that I took in Sienna a couple years back. I wanted to see how effectively I could correct the vertical lines. I had to crop the image pretty narrow after...

One thing that I've been pretty impressed with regarding the Nikon 1 system, is the way Nikon rethought firmware patching. Unlike our DSLRs, Nikon has also provided the ability to patch lenses, GPS and Speedlight micro-code in the Nikon 1 series. (I realize that the SB-900 and SB-700 also have...