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When gigabit fibre isn't helpful

After testing the new lightroom workflow on a few smaller collections (< 1500 pictures) I figured it was ready for primetime, so I created a bunch of collections, one for every year, and added all the unflagged DNG or RAW images to them.

That was a mistake.

I only clicked a …

Sometimes I wander from the car

Nothing much to add to this post, I took the toddler for a car nap and while she slept I took a couple pictures of seagulls from the car while reviewing drawings on my tablet.

Exciting times.

Finally, a workflow I like with Lightroom

I am a big fan of lightroom classic, and still can't get into LightroomCC (or just Lightroom now). I have tried a couple of times, I'm not a professional photographer in any way so the online version should work well for me. In fact, the idea of doing some light …

"The Falls"

I'm going through all all my photos that are in Lightroom and have come across this photo I took in 2009 of the falls, I spent a lot of time playing around these little falls in Aberdeen growing up.

2021 was a snowier one

We have been lucky this year (so far {KNOCKS HEAD ON WOOD}) with only a couple medium-sized snow falls.

This time last year there was still a lot of snow banks on the streets. What we got yesterday doesn't count, that was just powder.

A Short Walk Around the Poor's Farm

I have wanted to walk the Salt Marsh Trail for a while, but we are typically only over that part of town in the summer and I always assume that it is full of mosquitos. So I thought we would head over there today to check it out before the …

The February Fake-out

Yesterday was another amazing false spring just like Wednesday (Thursday wasn't too shabby either). On my way home I crossed paths with my neighbour who described days like this as a February Fake-out. Thanks Cooper.

Another false spring day.

I was taking a quick stroll to help the baby nap, and came across this …