I've just released a new plugin for Adobe Lightroom:

→  Jeffrey's "Data Explorer" Lightroom Plugin  ←

It lets you group photos by metadata (e.g. "what lenses did I use with these photos?") just like Lightroom's built in Library Grid Filter, but the plugin supports many more criteria. As of its initial release, the plugin provides 109 ways to slice and dice your photos, including things such as "Which photos have how much crop?" and "What photos are hidden within collapsed stacks?" and "What audio frame rates are seen in my videos?".

Plus 106 more.

I started writing it a couple [...]

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Anthony (almost 10 years old) needed new shoes, so we took him to the store and let him pick what he wanted, and this is what he got.

The colors are shockingly vibrant, so I thought it would be a good chance to try out the X-Rite ColorChecker Passport introduced to me in this comment a few days ago.

I still need to learn how to use it and its software to its full potential, but it's easy enough to use to profile one lighting situation...

Custom   -   Adobe Standard   -   Camera Standard

mouseover a button to see that [...]

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I've never used Tumblr, but it's apparently popular. They recently changed their API in a way that apparently rendered other Lightroom plugins useless, so I wrote a simple one: Jeffrey’s "Export to Tumblr" Lightroom Plugin

Since I know nothing about Tumblr, I'm not sure how well it'll fit with a Tumblr's workflow, so let me know how it can be improved.

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(If you can't see the photos above, try viewing your screen from an extreme angle, perhaps from way above, and the image should somewhat appear. Or, scroll down...)

(カメラのレンスのミスのせいで上の写真はだめに成りましたけれども、アドベLightroomというソフトで半分まで立ち直る。)

Fourth-grade Anthony had his school Sports Festival today. Wanting to keep my baggage to a minimum, I chose the Sigma "Bigma" 50-500mm Zoom for the day. I loved this lens when I first got it two and a half years ago, but it quickly developed CPU problems that caused it to "freak out". I ended up having it replaced twice, and while the third copy's CPU seemed okay, its image [...]

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You might not particularly notice it the first time you see the photo above, but once I point it out, you won't be able to miss it: my skin has a decidedly green tint.

質が悪い蛍光灯を使うと、肌は緑ぽいになってしまう。

This is a classic side effect of fluorescent lighting not specifically designed for photography, which is apparently what Stéphane and I used during one of our portraiture practice sessions.

Unfortunately, I had bought bulbs that were specifically advertised as "for photography", sold and branded by a company that makes photo-studio lighting equipment. I simply got ripped off. )-:

I'd bought Gorgeoust (the company's name) "Super [...]

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