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XF1 RIP

After 20 months or so my Fujifilm XF1 succumbed to the dreaded Lens Control Error. I have really enjoyed the camera and may yet get a replacement or repair – but for now it is certainly on its last legs. It can still surprise me and take a photo and these tips might just help…
Lunch with Lightroom

I was showing one of my colleagues around the features of Lightroom the other day and found I had some excellent examples to answer the question – what benefits are there to shooting in RAW? The photos were from late evening shots of a rainbow over the hill to the east of my house and…
Seattle Bound

Commuted in from the Olympic Peninsula on Monday morning and checked the ferry timetable to make sure the usual 5:20am was still on the summer schedule – then I saw the 4:45am one – just before sunrise! Was it worth getting up even earlier for the 1 hour drive to Bainbridge? I think so. My…
Another right light opportunity

This one on the ferry back to Edmonds from Kingston (Puget Sound). Two cameras below deck in the car – so the Lumia 920 to the rescue!
When the light is just right

Some days things just come together, and you can get to a camera. In this case the evening sunset was the first light of the day, the hills and mountains had seen some fresh snow and my new K-01 was within reach. Throw open a window as there probably wasn’t time to get outside and…
My First CinemaGraph–Lunchtime walk with my Lumia 920

No, it isn’t a Washington earthquake – just wasn’t holding my Nokia Lumia 920 still enough so the banks of the river look to be moving too. First lunchtime trip out with the new ‘camera’ – will likely be posting more over the coming weeks and certainly looking for more good Cinemagrph subjects – but…