We had a new iTunes update, OS X and iOS update this week, seems Apple are being busy bees at the moment. I am looking forward to the new OS X being released under its new name macOS Sierra but it may not work with my laptop. Though with Lightroom Mobile now supporting a pure RAW file workflow, I may finally retire my laptop once it gets to old, at over eight years old its doing well.
Holiday Time
Last year our main holiday of the year was to Orkney. Our honeymoon was to Orkney and last year was our ten year anniversary so we went back.
This year with the holidays approaching we are now planning are next trip. This time its likely to be Wales and not Scotland as its been a while since we visited the land of the red dragon.
Adobe Lightroom Mobile Update – RAW Support
We had another update to Adobe Lightroom Mobile and this time they seem be indicating that we now have RAW support for the Mobile version.
This was a big thing for me as I have blogged about in the past. Though Lightroom Mobile already supports DNG, I do want Nikon NEF support.
So I just had to give it a go. I use Lightroom Mobile often to do a quick edit from when I am street shooting using my Leica. The edits are usually just quick adjustments and crops. This time the test was very simple I just grabbed my Nikon D800 and shot a few snaps of the dog and a few flowers in the garden.
So after a few quick snaps I grabbed my iPad 9.7 Pro and imported the RAW files. All looked good and this worked without issue. I then dived onto my Desktop computer and checked out the ‘From LR mobile’ Collection set.
There I saw my photographs arriving. The question was what format? Lightroom reported them as RAW and I also browsed to the file location in finder to confirm and there my files were. So we now have full RAW support in Lightroom Mobile, thanks Adobe.
Cakes
Up hill Lincoln has some fantastic shops and is quite a tourist area with the castle and cathedral being there. This means lots of cake and teashops.
If your shy at street photography, then this is an easy start, just snap pictures of people looking in shop windows.
Holiday Bookings
We have some time off coming up so this past weekend we have been searching for places to stay that take dogs. The place we really wanted to go was fully booked but we still managed to find somewhere and only a £10 surcharge to cover room cleaning to take Timmy the Greyhound.
I now need to decide what camera equipment to take. Like are last trip out to Southwold, I would like to shoot some film, so its just a matter of choosing the format, small (35mm), medium or large 5 x 4 inches.
Library
This is part of a project I am working on featuring offices and libraries. Its a little stereotyped, i.e. you put a pair of glasses on a woman to make them look intelligent but this more cheesy glamour is all about that kind of thing.
Lunch Time Street Walk
Apart from some studio project work which i’ll post a picture from tomorrow, I have been taking snapshots in and around the high street of Lincoln. None of it fine art, but street photography is something you need to practice.
Photoshop CC 2015.5 – Face Aware Liquify
Adobe released Photoshop CC2015.5 recently and as I had a few portraits to edit I gave it good trial.
The first thing that threw me for a while was the selection tool, this has changed quite a bit.
The second which was very cool is the new content aware face aware Liquify filter. On most images it will detect the face and enable you to tweak the eyes, nose and lips with ease.
Harvesting the Garlic
The rain held of this Sunday so we finally got into the garden. We had the grass to cut, an old thorn bush to dig up and the garlic to harvest.
With all this fresh garlic on hand I may make a nice cassoulet.
Battle of the Somme
To commemorate the war dead here in the UK we have the symbol of the poppy, a flower common on the killing fields of France.
Last year there was a wonderful art installation of hand made pottery poppies at the Tower of London. This year the installation has been split up and part of it is now setup in Lincoln Castle and called ‘The Wave’.
Today to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the battle of the Somme we had a ceremony to remember the war dead on all sides here in the Castle and at the Cathedral.