In exactly eight weeks from today, I will placing my feet on the foreign soil of Japan. I say foreign, but only in the sense that it is another country. I feel however, that I am heading back to a place which is very much my home. Japan was my home during 2007, and while it was only one short year, I become very comfortable in the land of the rising sun and would happily make it my home if the...
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Miyajima Torii - Nikon D70s with Nikkor 18-200mm | 44mm, 1/750 @ F16, ISO 200I have been using Aperture 2 since its release and have been extremely pleased with its power and speed at cataloging and adjusting my images. When Lightroom 3 Beta came along I heard a lot of hype, mostly from those with connections with Adobe, and thought I would give it a try. Now, as I have said in earlier posts, it...
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Details: Delicate Sakura bloom before the majesty of the Himeji Castle. Nikon D70s with Nikkor 18-200mm | 130mm, 1/90 @ F8, ISO 200 I am still playing with Lightroom 3 Beta. Although I am STILL not happy with the speed, browsing through many photos can be an absolute nightmare, However I am thoroughly enjoying playing with the adjustment tools. I started looking for a good book on the topic of...
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Details: Nikko Bridge in Japan. Nikon D70s with Nikkor 18-200mm | 18mm, 1/30 @ F4.8, ISO 200 Since reading on Scott Kelby’s site that Lightroom 3 Beta was available from Adobe, I thought I would install and give it a go. I have been using Aperture 2 from Apple for almost 2 years now and have been very impressed with the application and it’s speed. Over the last few months, I had read some...
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