I’m working on a new people-based photography project and decided I’d give Skylum’s Portrait Editor a try. New toys are always fun. 😀 Here’s one of the early results. Very pleased with the look given the demanding desert conditions that the tool had to deal with! More soon… and if you want to check out Aperty you can do so here.
Here’s another shot from my review of the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. Great dynamic range on this thing!
A new pic using the Pixel 9 Pro Fold from my morning walk here in Dallas… I recently released the Pixel 9 Pro Fold review on the blog that you can check out if that sort of thing floats your boat. Still here in Texas for a while visiting the kids and relatives.
Well here’s a spoiler alert… the Google Pixel series of mobile phones are AWESOME! I’ve used them since the first model and consistently they’ve been best phones I’ve ever used. In recent generations there are two (or three… or now four, with a FIFTH rumoured!) different models with a couple being quite close in spec (mainly changing the size) and one being more budget orientated. Now of course, otherwise this article wouldn’t exist, there is a foldable model.
Check out my real-world review over here. And here is a little taster image to kick things off…
Hey awesome blog reader… can you help me with an experiment? Below you’ll find five of my favorite videos from my YouTube channel. A mix that covers photography, travel, post-processing, AI and Machine Elf. I’d love it if you’d pick whichever one appeals most to you and watch a bit. That can be a minute or whatever but I’d love it if you actually watched (and hopefully enjoyed!) the whole thing.
I’ll chat more in a future post about the experiment. Mysterious I know… 😀
Video 1: My latest AI creation. A bit of fun for Halloween. I think it’s extra cool through headphones.
Video 2: Join me for a walk along the beach on the west coast of Scotland at sunset. This 360 video covers a whole bunch of topics that were on my mind that evening… think of it as a laid back vlog.
Video 3: An artistic drone video featuring footage from my travels across the planet.
Video 4: A chunky Machine Elf creation with epic soundtrack.
Video 5: A quick look at my latest preset pack for Lightroom and Luminar.
Thanks in advance for your help with this. It is appreciated. 🙂
If you’ve been interested in the image to video stuff I’ve been playing with and want to try it for yourself, for free then check out Kling AI as you can register and get some free generations to play with. (I’ve no affiliation with them, just a nice free thing to try 🙂 )
I think Peak Design has done about 79 Kickstarters or so. I can’t keep track… but this one is the coolest one so far! Just listen to Adam’s sweet voice in the video below. If you were thirsty and wandering in the Sahara desert, Adam could sell you a pile of sand.
This outdoor line (which also supports their photography cubes) looks really slick hey? The only problem is deciding which one I want… I’ll probably get a few! And it’s quite cool that they have a lifelong guarantee. I’ve never needed to use it because the bags are super sturdy. I’ve got this one sling bag I used at Burning Man for several years in a row. That’s about the toughest possible situation and it’s still perfect. Well, it’s a bit dusty, but that’s part of the charm.
Oh, and just to be clear, we don’t collaborate any more. All these new bags are simply the genius of their design team!
This was a tough spot to find! This is a really cool night market in Hong Kong that I visited. I wanted to get a higher perspective so I looked around at all the neighboring buildings. This one wasn’t exactly easy to get into. Photography involves a lot more Breaking & Entering than I expected… anyway this one was made with one of my new presets!
Here’s one from when I visited an old tea house in Chengdu. These are becoming more and more rare with all the modernization in China… This also uses one of the new presets!
On our very first day on my first photo adventure to Africa, this was our first stop! What a wild and amazing place… some of you know that one of my hobbies is geology, so I had a great time trying to figure out how in the world this was possible. I could have looked it up ahead of time, but I like to try to figure it out on my own.
