Lightly Toasted

Have you heard of PicLens? if not, this will really make your day! Its a simple way to enjoy your digital media that is images and videos right on your desktop in such a way that you’re not tied down to viewing it within the scope of the browser window. Its clickless browsing, with interactive previews at your finger tips. And most of all its a great way to view media on a big screen… and oh so suave

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Thanks Kel for organising the World Press photography Expo rendezvous! Despite rain and pouring conditions and the constant five day down pour that Sydney seems to be engulfed in we braved it alright. Today was the last day of the exhibition. A bit crowded to start with but still very good. Really glad we went. There were some very graphic images of our happening and evolving world. Some of which we might not even know about. As I went through from one photo to the other it kept reminding me how lucky we all are to be living in the world of plenty and peace and choice. Probably two thrids of our human population doesn’t get to make the choices we do, nor the luxury we have or command. There is much bloodshed and disagreement. Where are the ideas and beliefs and convictions of sharing caring and love.

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If you shoot, catalogue and process photos and wish to jump on Adobe’s Lightroom 2.0 bandwagon and need an invite — all you have to do is leave a comment here for me and I’ll send you one. Do check out the Adobe Lightroom 2.0 Forum here. I have been using Lightroom since its beta stages and Lightroom 2.0 beta over a month now. Obviously no software is perfect and does all you need in one go but Lightroom comes pretty close to what most professional and amateur photographers need and that is from my own everyday experience. Try it!

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Its far from complete but its good to see I have started to put my photos together… Adobe Lightroom does make the job half as simple with cataloguing and sifting good from bad ones but still putting up a gallery from thousands of photos is a mammoth task. I am glad the process has started and look forward to posting more as time goes by. Hope you enjoy seeing some of the things I enjoy doing most. Enjoy!

I’m now a worthy owner of a Canon 40D. Oh the joy! it truly helps you take your imagination further. 10.1 megapixel CMOS output with Digic III, 6.5 frames/sec, LiveView mode, Self-cleaning Sensor unit, with 3″ LCD display and Picture Styling Will post some shots as I experiment.

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A couple of photos from last weekend

Such a lovely clear blue sky day again. Driven by sheer desire of having a yummy breakfast at the wharf we went down to Mosman Bay. The ferry came in. The air was still very crisp but with a welcome spring feel. We were just finishing brekky and on an impulse decided to embark on a morning cruise of our glorious Sydney Harbour. Sometimes playing tourist in your own city can be a lot of fun. We jumped on the ferry and headed down to The Rocks market.

What a splendid day it was indeed. But we didn’t stop there… couple hours later we headed up for brunch at The Wahroonga village. I made Baileys muffins for afternoon tea back home at Hornsby and then off to Roseville for a lovely dinner with the family. The day went by so quick. There should be more of it.

Luke Ritchie, the Managing Editor of Schmap Guides wrote me a couple of days back asking if I’d allow him to publish six of your photos of Sydney that have been short-listed for inclusion in the third edition of his Schmap Sydney Guide. I’ve received confirmation that they have made it in this months Schmap Guides. Link through for the pics below.

1. Rose Seidler House — related info
2. Rose Seidler House — related info
3. Darling Harbour and Haymarket
4. Blu Horizon Bar — related info
5. St. George OpenAir Cinema
6. Borders — related info and very recently
7. Mekong River Restaurant Austin Texas, USA

If you like the guide and have a website, blog you might also like to check out the schmapplets - customizable widgetized versions of the Schmap Sydney Guide.

The new Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a professional photographers software. It provides one easy application for managing, adjusting, and presenting large volumes of digital photographs all in the one workspace. Watch the 10 min Flash video.

I’ve only just waded through a few bits and pieces of the wealth of features the new Adobe Photoshop Lightroom has to offer. My trial copy is still good for another fortnight and at this rate I’d surely consider buying Lightroom. I have put together a list of Lightroom resources and will be adding more in time.

“A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there — even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity.”

- Robert Doisneau

This photo will soon be available from the Desktop Section in a larger size.

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