Archive for February, 2008

End of an era

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Happy Leap Day everyone.   Unfortunately, something that will not be returning in 4 years is Polaroid film.   It has only been a couple of weeks since the company announced they would no longer be making it.   I listened to another story about it today on NPR.   Not only is that huge […]

The Mac Experience - Part 4

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Getting a new computer can be a great source of fun, as well as a lot of work in migrating all of your software and data over.  Adding a new computer with a new type of operating system… you would think it compounds the work.  But actually it has been much easier than I expected. […]

Rose Plume Agate & Pietersite

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Some of the samples I have been photographing are nothing short of amazing in so many ways. I have added a couple more Pietersite pictures and a new one, Rose Plume Agate photos. To contemplate how nature formed something so absolutely fascinating to look at, the fact that these patterns […]

Happy Birthday Photoshop & Lightroom!

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Well, OK, a couple days belated, but nonetheless, a blogworthy event. There is a wonderful writeup about the history of Photoshop by Jeff Schewe over at Photoshop News, with all sorts of great links and backstory. Photoshop just celebrated its 18th birthday, Camera Raw its 5th, and Lightroom its very 1st. […]

The Mac Experience - Part 3

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

Wow, my first post from a MacPro… I am kinda teary eyed.  :)   I am still in the process of migrating data and files from my PC and am quite happy with my decision thus far.   There are some statements from Mac users on various things where it ultimately comes down to “It […]