A festive weekend
Coffee & Carols by stephenmcd
Coffee and carols on a break away from the hectic streets of Glasgow at Christmas… Oh and a wee bit of Scottish tablet as well.
A Christmas Coffee
iPhone Time Lapse
First real attempt this morning using the time lapse feature on the iPhone and it’s actually quite good.
I imagine you could probably eat through a fair amount of storage space if you had to make a good long one - well unless you’re not a cheapskate like myself and have an iPhone with a capacity of more than 16GB.
The video is of my flight landing this morning at London Heathrow Terminal 5. The video was edited and uploaded on Instagram - user @smd3000
Adobe Lightroom Upgrade
So last week I decided to upgrade from Lightroom 3 to Lightroom 5. I had been thinking about doing this for a while but had been putting it off as I couldn’t decide between a Lightroom only outright purchase, or a Creative Cloud Photography bundle (decisions have never been my strong point). In the end I opted for the bundle!
Having been using LR 5 now for the best part of a week now, I have to say it’s waaaaaay better than LR3 - as you’d expect with it being newer and all. The level of control seems so much better and just seems to give you much more accuracy with adjustments. The adjustments also appear to be stronger, and as a result I find myself not having to move the sliders as much to get the desired result. That being said it could just be that my taste in editing has changed!
I’d highly recommend upgrading if you haven’t already.
The other upside to the Creative Cloud bundle is that it comes with Photoshop. Having looked at it a few days ago (as well as many times in the past), watched some of the tutorial videos on the Adobe website, I think I’m going to leave this one for another time as it confused the hell out of me. I think it will take some playing about with to get the hang of navigating around all the options!
If you start seeing cheesy photos being posted where there’s clearly a superimposed background (perhaps a selfie of me on the moon) then you know I’ve started using Photoshop and that I clearly think my poorly photoshopped picture is awesome!!
I’ve also started using Behance as a result of this renewed love-in with Adobe, but I’ll keep that post for another time. Quite liking the idea of it so far though.
Autumn
A recent trip to Aberfeldy in the Perthshire Highlands, where some hills were climbed, some photos were taken, and there was also some impromptu off-roading due to a wrong turn and ending up on some forestry commission roads!
New Lanark World Heritage Site
Went a wander around New Lanark World Heritage Site on Monday, great place for a wee walk and take some photos.
Website Revamp →
Decided on a little website revamp as it had been a while since I’d spruced it up, so thought I’d try out 500px portfolios.
Getting back in to the string of things!
OK so the title is a terrible pun!! :-)
Haven’t really picked up my camera in a while so decided to get my finger out and get snapping again!! Was looking for some inspiration and saw my old guitar sitting all lonely in the corner and thought that was a good place to start… perhaps next I should revisit the guitar as well!! Maybe not, think I’ll just stick with my camera for now…
A cold walk to work in the morning sunshine!
Through the snow! on Flickr.
Edinburgh Castle on Flickr.
A morning in auld reekie!
Commuter! (at Glasgow Queen Street Railway Station (GLQ))
Looks a wee bit chilly!
Tea time! on Flickr.
Monster time! on Flickr.
Christmas lights on Flickr.
Kiss on Flickr.
A wee aerial view of London!
Seems to suggest the left side of the plane might be quieter if we land on water!!
He’s walking in the air…