A quick note on my posts…
Most of these posts are in a state of creation and/or repair. Just as I’ll tweak images over time, so too, with my blog posts – with one main difference: while I’m not likely to …
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Arrival! – Viltrox 33mm f/1.4 for Fuji
After a long three (!) months of waiting from order to delivery, it arrived. It was said to be held up at shipping facility. So far I only have “build” impressions (very good ones) but …
Great Photography Quotes
Sage words from some of the best. “Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.” — Ansel Adams “Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.” — Henri Cartier-Bresson “The …
Why you (probably) don’t need more megapixels
If you’re worried about whether you need more megapixels, I used to be like you; let me help you. You do not need more megapixels. I’ll explain in a somewhat Zen-like manner. If you need …
Lightroom Enhance Details and Fuji – a winner!
Note: this was written late 2019. Fast-forward to mid-March 2021, Adobe launches “super resolution” – currently only in Adobe RAW and Photoshop. I will review it when it comes to Lightroom. Introduction Almost all my …
Meow Gallery Plugin – wow!
(stock photo) If you’ve taken serious look into galleries for photography, you’ve probably fallen in love with tiled galleries, easily the most attractive way of presenting images. And you might have seen Jetpack’s implementation. It …
John’s Big Note
“John’s Big Note is a very simple plugin to add a big free-form note for your own metadata.” If you’ve worked in Lightroom for any length of time, there’s come a moment when you’ve wanted …
Killer WordPress Plugins
In addition to photography, I build WordPress websites. Want one? Go to “About” and email me. How I created this site. Plugins: AppearanceNeve themeSmushFooboxWP/LRTiled Galleries Carousel Without Jetpack FunctionWP Real Media Library Advance Custom FieldsAdvanced …
“Chasing” in Lightroom
In construction, an accumulation of small errors can aggregate to create a large catastrophic error. I once heard someone use the word “chasing” to describe this phenomenon. The way to avoid the problems was to …
Lightroom 25mm f/1.8 lens profile for Hengyijia, Zonlai, Discover, 7artisans
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE See new recommendation below! Hengyijia, Zonlai, Discover, 7artisans – different brandings of what is reportedly the same basic lens made at the same China factory. There are plenty of articles on these …