Padding Pictures Like Video
I often write small scripts I use on my Mac to get stuff done that are a chore to do manually. Some might call this automation, but really it’s just tool-making. The problem to be solved in this case was padding pictures out to a 16:9 ratio for use as desktop wallpaper on my 4K… Continue reading Padding Pictures Like Video
How I Fell In Love with Photography
I’ve been an enthusiast photographer since December 1986 when I inherited my brother’s Cosina CS-1 SLR with Sigma 70-210 lens, literally in a camera shop in Singapore where he was buying his first Nikon. In true “grandfather’s axe” fashion, I still have the same camera today, though I have replaced the body five times and… Continue reading How I Fell In Love with Photography
Scanning Negatives with VueScan (Multi-frame)
Some years ago I began the task of scanning my father’s large collection of photographic negatives, comprising several hundred films. I have had many starts on this project and many different approaches, each with their own issues. Some approaches have been easy to perform but yielded suboptimal results. Others much harder to perform but with… Continue reading Scanning Negatives with VueScan (Multi-frame)
Lightroom Classic Smart Previews… aren’t
I’m posting this short treatise because I spent hours today scouring the internet looking for this information and only found it in a forum post — not in countless blog posts on the topic. In Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic (ugh, let’s call it LrC), as with most digital asset management systems, there is the concept… Continue reading Lightroom Classic Smart Previews… aren’t
Going Deep on Detail
In late 2019, in a fit of pique at Skylum Software’s apparent disregard of promises to their existing customer base, I went looking for a new photo processing tool. As an acquaintance of mine so eloquently puts it, a dark room app. The app I discovered was the magnificent DxO PhotoLab version 3. A year… Continue reading Going Deep on Detail