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Technology

Video: A Short Trip

January 21, 2011

I’ve been playing with some video stuff lately, working to learn more about Final Cut Pro and my shiny new Panasonic HMC40 video camera. As one might expect, I’m also ironing-out a new workflow for video work. While a lot of the steps are the same as they are for photo work, the video workflow [...]

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Gear Review: X-Rite i1Display 2

November 7, 2010

(auto-posted entry–while you are reading this, I’m probably cleaning-up from pump operator training at the fire department) About two months ago, I went to do a monitor calibration on my laptop. I never had a device to do this, so I always used the Apple built-in manual calibration utility. It usually works pretty well. It [...]

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New Gear: PocketWizard Remote Triggers

October 7, 2010

Over the past couple of days, a few packages have arrived here at the Dryrose offices, bringing some new toys into the fold. Of note, the recent packages have brought us our very own set of PocketWizard remote triggers. We ordered a set of three Plus II transceivers, a few sync cable adapters and accessories, [...]

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Podcast: Basic Slideshow Creation in Final Cut Pro

August 24, 2010
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This podcast describes the process for building a slideshow of photographs using Lightroom and Final Cut Pro.  I hope that it might be informative.  It’s a bit on the long side (about 34 minutes).  I’ll try to be more brief in the future.

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Some things go wrong, some things go right

August 4, 2010

We’ll start with the right stuff first.  Big on the top of that list are more booked jobs. Woo hoo!  My shoot schedule is starting to fill-up for the fall, so if you are interested and haven’t contacted me yet, please drop me a line soon!  If we’ve already talked, then you’re already on my [...]

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Blog-like update!

July 28, 2010
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Ahh, Tintern Abbey, UK, Fall 2009.  Sadly, it seems that we won’t be making it back to the UK or Netherlands this year.  The next time we get to go will likely be entirely for pleasure.  That has some advantages, of course–I won’t be occupied with work-related activities for any of our time there, for [...]

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Technology upgrade time!

June 28, 2010

The time has come for a few upgrades around the house.  First on the list (and accomplished today!) was an update for Jenny’s iPhone.  A long while ago, her iPhone 3G suffered a smashed screen.  It was still operable, and we weren’t eligible for an upgrade at the time, so she continued to use it. [...]

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Backup Strategies

June 3, 2010

I’ve done an awful lot of disaster recovery (DR) planning and implementation (and thankfully very little execution!) over the years. A well-made DR plan usually has a lot of work go into it during the planning stages, followed by a few testing sessions that can easily test the mettle of the most hearty sysadmin. After [...]

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mdworker FolderManager err=-36 messages in logs under OS X Snow Leopard

May 24, 2010

I get a little anal about checking logs on my systems. Over the years, I have found lots of nascent problems while doing simple log scans on all sorts of systems. Doing a periodic scan also helps me to determine what looks “normal” on a system. When I go to help someone else with an [...]

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Welcome to the new Dryrose blog!

May 23, 2010

Hi all. So there are a few things changing in the Dryrose world. Some are still in development, but this is the first to really get some wings and come to some sort of completed state. This is:  The new Dryrose blog! Now, some of you might be saying, “But Jonathan, we’re reading this on [...]

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