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So much has changed

As we enter a new decade,  I am sure it will bring just as many revolutionary changes in the technology of photography, as well as in my own development as a photographer as the previous one.  Photography has so many facets now beyond the photographer, camera, and...

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Happy 25th Birthday Macs!

I found it quite funny, that even 25 years later, that little booklet that drops in the ad for the original Macintosh looks just like the booklet I got with my MacPro when I switched last year. I suppose it goes to show even with leaps and bounds in advances in...

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The Mac Experience – Part 4

Getting a new computer can be a great source of fun, as well as a lot of work in migrating all of your software and data over  Adding a new computer with a new type of operating system.. you would think it compounds the work  But actually it has been much easier than...

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Happy Birthday Photoshop & Lightroom!

Well, OK, a couple days belated, but nonetheless, a blogworthy event. There is a wonderful writeup about the history of Photoshop by Jeff Schewe over at Photoshop News, with all sorts of great links and backstory. Photoshop just celebrated its 18th birthday, Camera...

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The Mac Experience – Part 3

Wow, my first post from a MacPro.. I am kinda teary eyed  🙂   I am still in the process of migrating data and files from my PC and am quite happy with my decision thus far   There are some statements from Mac users on various things where it ultimately comes down to...

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The Mac Experience – part 2

It is finally here, and Valentine's Day is probably one of the worst days to receive a new computer, especially one like this. 🙂 The packaging is rather obvious at what's inside, probably like little moving billboards for Apple. Not that it is much different than...

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The Mac Experience – part 1

Well, OK, this is kind of just a start off post since my Mac is ordered but I don't have it yet. Hopefully you folks won't get too tired of my babbling about this. The anticipation is building though for this Mac newbie. The new MacPro's have an option for a fairly...

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The Mac wait

In a previous posting about a month ago, I wrote how I was considering a switch to Mac. I have been a PC user for pretty much my entire computing life, except for perhaps my original computer classes in high school where we worked on Apple IIe's. (Is that dating...

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Contemplating switch to Mac

My computer is really starting to show its age and for awhile now I have been thinking about what its replacement should be. That also has me thinking about Macs and making a change. I have been working with PCs for 20 years+, so it is a bit daunting to think about...

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