Spammers are spoofing my email address!! Blech!!!
I started getting thousands of obviously spammy emails “bounced” back to my inbox – all with my address in the From: line.

Here’s what is happening…

A low-life spammer sends SPAM emails to thousands of people. They enter someone else’s address to the From: field of the email because they (obviously) don’t want the spam tracked back to them. When the email bounces, it comes to the spoofed person’s address. In this case, me. Then there are the cases where the SPAM goes through, and someone gets it in their inbox. This …

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Well, just like that… Adobe has released a DNG Codec for Windows Vista. This should allow those using Pro Photo Tools on Vista to work with DNG raw files.
And there is a solution for those of us still running Windows XP. Ardfry has a DNG Codec for Windows XP. Unfortunately, the codec is not free. But there is a free trial.
Also, all codecs can be found on the following Microsoft site: http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/downloads/codecs.aspx
Thanks to Josh at Microsoft for the info and links…

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Microsoft recently released Pro Photo Tools for editing image metadata. Initial reports looked promising, so I decided to give it a try. Here are my initial impressions…
Pro Photo Tools requires .NET Framework v3.0, which many people won’t likely have installed already. After installing the .NET Framework you must reboot, then you can install Pro Photo Tools. Both of these installs require the annoying Microsoft genuine software validation – uggg.
After installing, I ran Pro Photo Tools and attempted to open one of my raw DNG files. Oops…
The file extension is not supported as an image file format.
Perhaps a …

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I just returned from a quick weekend to Minneapolis/St. Paul visiting in-laws. After my plane landed, I had an hour to kill. So I’d planned ahead of time to visit one of the oldest parks in Minneapolis… Minnehaha Park. Oddly, the taxi driver had no idea where the park was even though it is less than a 10 minute drive from the airport. Luckily, I’d brought my printed Google Map. There is a nice set of trails centered around Minnehaha Falls and there are also some interesting historic sites. This site provides a good overview. It was an enjoyable …

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I recently picked up an X-Rite ColorChecker chart and used it to create a custom Lightroom develop preset for my Canon 30D using the Chromoholics ACR Calibrator script. It was really simple:

Download and install the script (download and directions at the link above).
Take a photo of the ColorChecker.
Download the photo to your computer and open it in Photoshop.
Run the script, then use the output values to tweak Lightroom’s Camera Calibration settings in the Develop module and save a preset. Done!

Previously, I’d created a develop preset by eye, using landscape images I’d taken and averaged/optimized the camera calibration settings. The new …

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Google Earth will be releasing version 4.3 today. It will include some nice new features. You can read a good summary of the new features at the Google Earth Blog. Happy GEing!!

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I recently returned from a long weekend in Southern Utah – Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument and Capitol Reef National Park. We saw some amazing country, did some hiking and a lot of shooting. I’ve gone through most of my shots and posted a Trip Report & Slideshow.
Enjoy!

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Added a few images (finally) from my trip last fall to Cedar Mesa in Southern Utah. Check them out in the Utah Gallery.

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I recently made some changes to the website…

Images are now ordered so that the newest images are displayed first.
Some of the navigation in the gallery section has been tweaked – hopefully for the better.
A little code optimization.

Please drop me a note if you run into problems.

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Last week, Jeff Barnes released a Beta version of a Lightroom Geotag Plugin. It is definitely Beta software – limited features, performance issues and a couple bugs. But it is AWESOME to see someone working on a plugin to add this feature to Adobe Lightroom!!
After installing the plugin, I got it to work pretty easily with a few .cr2 files from my Canon 30D and .gpx files output from Garmin Mapsource. I did not get it to work with DNG files. I think that’s because the plugin works with the .xmp sidecar files. Before running the plugin, you need to …

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