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Tech

Posts that contain technical notes about photography are filed in this archive. This can be anything technical really – cameras, lenses, software, post processing, etc.

The section with the technical bits may not be placed very prominently, I try to add it at the end of the post for those who are really interested in it – the word “Tech” or “Tech Notes” will appear as a heading at the start of the paragraph.

Video: Where To Begin (Developing Photos)

2022/05/172022/05/16
Mid-morning back country views in late spring; San Diego Couny, California. May 2022.

The one or two questions I hear a lot as a Lightroom & photography instructor are “how do you know what to do when you’re developing a photo” and “where do you begin?” — in this video, I’m trying to provide ONE possible answer.

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Categories Photography Articles Tags Basics, Exposure, Lightroom, Post processing, Tech, Video, White Balance 6 Comments

Big Lens Spring Impressions of Small Flowers

2022/03/212022/03/20
Lasthenia gracilis (Needle Goldfields, Asteraceae family), Rancho Bernardo, California; March 2022.

A few current spring flowers from San Diego, together with how and why to photograph them with a very long lens.

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Categories Photography Articles, Photos Tags Composition, Flowers, Lenses, MemberShare, Plants, Spring, Tech 5 Comments

How Did I Not See This?!

2022/03/122022/03/11
Trail and sky at the pastures of Ramona Grasslands, California; March 2012.

How did I not notice the poorly polarized sky in the example photo that I used in my video… where I show how to fix this? :)

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Categories Photography Articles Tags Filters, Lenses, Lightroom, Post processing, Tech, Video 9 Comments

Linear Camera Profiles: A Critical Look

2022/03/152022/03/09
Lightroom Help, Tips, Tutoring & Teaching in San Diego

A critical look at linear camera profiles – do they really come with all the benefits that some articles and videos claim?

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Categories Photography Articles Tags Lightroom, Post processing, Profiles, Tech 4 Comments

Online Photo Presentation in 2021

2021/08/072021/01/02
Pastures at Lake Henshaw (Rancho Valle De San Jose) on a clear spring afternoon; May 2016.

Thoughts on viewing images online, and suggestions for photographers on how to improve the experience for visitors of their websites.

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Categories Photography Articles Tags Commentary, Tech, Wordpress 7 Comments

DNG is not DNG

2020/08/032020/08/03
"River of Haze" -- dawn with a thin haze in the floodplain of the San Dieguito River at the upper end of Lake Hodges, San Diego, California. May 2020.

Photo tech: save space and backup time by compressing camera-created, uncompressed DNG files, using Lightroom or Adobe’s stand-alone DNG converter.

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Categories Photography Articles Tags Lightroom, Tech 1 Comment
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