As mentioned in my previous post, A little book made for you, I’m a fan of inspirational quotes and motivational sayings. Over time, I have collected quite a few bookmarks of the ones that I enjoy. I’ve decided to create a gallery website dedicated to sharing lots of motivating quotes and inspiring pictures: I will … Read more
What can you do with an image that has a depth value for every pixel? Try out this 3D WebGL image processing viewer to see! Use the sliders/controls below, and mouse over + click the images! Loading… [WebGL capable browser needed to see this content] There are an order of magnitude more possibilities of new … Read more
Infrared Photos In Lightroom I came across this excellent Gimp infrared tutorial not long ago, and it got me excited to try some infrared photo processing. Being a recent Lightroom addict, I found it annoying that Lightroom does not support color channel mixing, and having to constantly export-edit-import slowed my workflow. In doing a bit of research … Read more
Well, the time has now come… my first 365 photo project is now complete! While it started as a way for me to practice taking better pictures, it soon turned into simply a photo journal, documenting each day. I have since grown to love always thinking about how to capture/represent each day as a picture (hard … Read more
At the beginning of this year, I decided (at the last minute!) to embark on a “take a photo every day” journey. I had never done anything like it before, and thought it would be a fun way to learn and practice photography (i’m still a n00b). At first, to ensure I make good use of … Read more
I find it really fun to take pictures while driving around in my car — it keeps me entertained and the driving more fun 🙂 . I simply hold up my camera, point the camera out my sunroof or window, and hope for the best! I’ve gathered up a gallery below: See the gallery [HERE]; it’s made over the past year or two. Be sure to check back … Read more
TL;DR; I just found my new photography workflow: digiKam for photo management, organization, and simple batch editing, Topaz Adjust 5 for image enhancement, GIMP for ultra-fine tuning … and the best part is that all this is in Linux (Ubuntu 11.04 to be exact) – making this a great birthday present to myself today! +++ Background I recently … Read more