Category: Photography
Advice on Testing the Photos for OS X Beta
Apple recently made the new Photos for OS X application available as a public beta, which means anyone who signs up for the Apple Beta Software Program can install it. But there’s a catch: you must install the entire OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite beta in order to run the application. In my latest article for ...
Back to the Cherry Blossoms
When you’re a freelance writer, it’s easy to get caught up in deadlines and projects and article pitches and finances and taxes and everything else. On Monday I escaped the computer briefly to visit the University of Washington for the second time in as many weeks, because it’s also important to get away from all ...
Cherry Blossoms at the University of Washington
Click any photo to view it larger, the way it wants to be seen. My wife and I had planned to visit the Quad at the University of Washington over the weekend to see the cherry trees, which are at full blossom right now. Unfortunately, a persistent cold and chilly, rainy weather kept us inside. ...
Budding Spring in Seattle
I woke up with the feeling that it had been too long since I’d picked up my camera for some focused shooting (even though it’s been just a couple of weeks), so after taking my daughter to school, I grabbed a Car2Go and went to the University of Washington campus to check out the cherry ...
Finding New Angles, Whether You Want To or Not
My family and I took the train to Portland, Oregon a couple weeks ago to visit friends for the long weekend. I didn’t pack for a photo trip, intentionally keeping it light: Fuji X-T1, 18-135mm lens (currently my only lens for the Fuji), and the usual complement of cords and spare batteries that I keep ...
Apple Ad about iPad Filmmaking Shot Using an iPad Air 2
Apple introduced a new commercial during the Oscars that touts the iPad as a video capture and editing platform. A voiceover by Martin Scorcese talks about being creative in a practical, this-is-work way. I never like the inspirational value of that phrase. Dreaming is a way of trivializing the process, the obsession that carries you ...
Moving Forward with Photos for OS X
Do you use iPhoto or Aperture to manage your photos on a Mac? In my latest article for Lynda.com, I look at what you need to start considering as Apple shifts to the new Photos for OS X application (currently available as a preview version for developers). I talk about the iCloud aspect of the ...
New Article: How to Hire a Model
One of the model walls at SMG (Seattle Models Guild) One of the best things about being a freelance writer and photographer is being able to get paid to track down answers to my own questions. Recently I wondered what’s involved in hiring a model for a photo shoot. I’ve not found myself in that ...
Lightroom mobile 1.3 Adds an Unexpected Editing Capability
While everyone was focused on the news of the new Photos for OS X developer preview, Adobe released a very interesting update to Lightroom mobile, its mobile companion to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. In previous versions of the app, there was a truly hidden, super powerful editing feature: not only could you copy adjustments made on ...
Photos for OS X Preview Now Available to Developers
Less than a week after scrubbing all mention of the new Photos for OS X app from its Web site, Apple has re-introduced the new software with a splash. A pre-release version is currently available to developers, bundled with a beta of OS X 10.10.3 (you need to install the system update to get the ...
