Fuji X – In Camera Perfection

One of my favorite features of the Fuji X-Series cameras, including the X-T1 and previous models, is the in-camera RAW processing features.  Ironically enough, like the famous James Bond inventor of magical spy tools, this Fuji feature is accessed using the ‘Q’ button. This portrait of our newest kitten was… 

Leica M9-P Out of the Camera JPEG’s

With all the hype (myself included) about the Fuji X series OOC jpeg quality, and the super results from the new Leica M(240), I took another look at my M9-P and what the JPEG output could do.  After all, Leica spends significant time on their JPEG output routines.  RAW is… 

Lightroom Backup in the Cloud

I don’t know about your experiences, but in mine I have lost digital images due to hard drive failure.  Now to be fair, it has only happened once.  I lost a NAS drive in the late 1990’s – of course it had 2 years of pictures of my eldest son…. 

Twin Nieces

Vacation with the Fuji X-Pro1 and Voigltander / Leica Lenses

I spent a week at the Outer Banks of North Carolina with extended family. I shot over 800 images using only two lenses – a Voiglander Nokton 50mm f/1.5 (newest version) and a Leica M 28mm ASPH f/2.0.  The next few articles will be some reflections and experiences on this… 

Lightroom Tip#19: Precise Control Over Vignettes

Vignettes are not new to Lightroom as a lens correction. However, as a post-crop item meant to actually add a Vignette, the feature is new in Lightroom 2. While it takes some getting used to, the Vignette can produce some outstanding results. There have been several posts and a variety… 

Lightroom Tip#18: The White Balance Selector

I was working on a group of images this weekend when I realized I had forgotten about the White Balance Selector in Lightroom 2. Sure, you can spend time sliding the temperature slider around until you get what you want, but that doesn’t give you an efficient starting point. More… 

Lightroom Tip#16 – Ordering Images in Lightroom Web Galleries

Often the order we would like to showcase our images is not the same order we shot the images with our camera. However, we frequently view our images in the Library in this order. How then, can we re-arrange our images to show up in a custom order when making… 

Lightroom Tip#15 – Web Gallery Templates No Longer Work

Isn’t it great that many developers on the web are constantly refining their web galleries and releasing new versions? One of the problems that creates is Web Templates for the Web Galleries that no longer work. If you try and load a template and get the following error, then follow… 

Lightroom Tip#14 – Really Quick Pick and Reject

How many times have you finished a shoot, uploaded your many images and then sighed because you knew it was time to go through and pick the images to keep and the ones to reject. Let’s get on with it already! I want to start using my images, fix them… 

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