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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...

In a thread in the Mirrorless Forum, a brief discussion was held about traveling light with a Nikon V1 and an iPad. I frequently am in that situation due to work travel when I can't take my D300. The key to being able to capture RAW/NEF files and edit them on the iPad is the Camera Connection...

Interesting story stating that Sigma would like to make lens for the Nikon 1 system but that Nikon hasn't released the specs. Sigma has released fast (f/2.8) Sony and micro 4/3'rds primes lenses at a great price point (around US$200) that are getting very good reviews. Come on Nikon, competition...

I was going to use one of these images for this week's challenge topic of "Simple", but I though I'd never hear the end of it from James. So instead, I thought I'd share what my travel photography kit consists of when I can't take the D300. Packed: Unpacked (missing the extra battery):

I'm not saying I agree or disagree with Scott Bourne's reasoning in this blog entry - yet, but I think it can and will make for an interesting conversation. Let's keep it civil and it should be fun.

I've had the Nikon 1 V1 for a couple of days with very little time to play with it. But of course, I did take a couple shots around home to try it out. So here are my first impressions. Build quality: Nikon hit a home run here. The magnesium case just feels solid. Design: I also have the the...

Not too much time to post today 'cause work was crazy, but I did take this picture yesterday while walking the dog. I used Topaz Adjust to create a HDR effect. Slight cropping and frame added in Lightroom 4. EXIF: Nikon 1 V1, 1 Nikon VR 30-110, Aperture Priority, f/9, 1/10 sec, ISO 400, handheld

For sale is my lightly used Olympus PEN E-PL1 micro 4/3'rds system. Very, very nice system but I decided that I really wanted a viewfinder and purchased a Nikon V1. My loss is your gain. Included for sale: Olympus PEN E-PL1 Body Olympus 14-42mm Lens Olympus 40-150mm Lens All original cables...

I realized today that I haven't participated in a challenge in a while, and with that new (to me a couple months ago) Nikkor 105 VR Micro, I really have no excuse. I have three little figurines on my credenza so I decided to create a triptych of their faces. All processing was done in Lightroom...

I'm sure that you want to maximize your ability to use your J1 or V1. Here are some links that may assist: Nikon Manuals (US): J1 and V1 David Busch's Compact Field Guide for the Nikon V1/J1 (US Amazon link) Thom Hogan's Complete Guide to the Nikon 1 Jason Odell's The Photographer's Guide...