One of the upsides of moving my office into my step son’s bedroom is that I get a window facing the back yard.
That means I can see the deer when they visit!
Deer!
Tag: z5
Camera Workflow
I have a new workspace for telecommuting. I had a desk in the cellar that had a work computer section and a personal computer section. When I took my photo a day pic at lunch time or whatever, I could plug my Nikon Z5 into my personal computer, a MacBook Pro, and pull the RAW file into Apple Photos, convert it to a PNG, and then upload it to Flickr.
On the new desk, I don’t have the Mac next to me. It’s just Windows. That means I don’t have a way to convert from RAW to something else. I suppose I could find an app to do it, but I don’t want to install anything on my work laptop. Instead, I changed my camera workflow a little. Instead of saving RAW files, I am not saving a RAW file and a JPEG. I’m also saving the two formats to separate memory cards. RAW goes to the card in slot one, and JPEG goes to the card in slot two. That means I can put the JPEG card into my USB card reader, and upload to Flickr directly from the card. That way I am not saving anything to my work computer, and I can still take care of my photo a day thing during the work day.
Here is proof that it works:
Success, babie!
Cardinal
My wife bought a new ornament for our christmas tree. It’s a cardinal. She said that cardinals can represent people who have passed away trying to communicate with us. Having a cardinal on our christmas tree is a way to have my mother be with us this christmas. I nearly teared up when she gave it to me.
I love my wife so much. She is amazing. She is my rock. I wouldn’t have been able to make it through the past few years without her.
Searching for a Positive
Daily writing prompt
What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year?
Just over a year ago my mother’s older sister, my Aunt Joan, passed away after a long battle with dementia. In February my mother passed away after a long battle with dementia. A few months later my mother’s older brother, my Uncle Jim, passed away after a long battle with kidney and heart problems. Suffice to say the last year has not exactly been teeming with positivity.
We also caught Covid-19 after successfully avoiding it for three years and it ruined a Florida vacation. The negatives just keep piling up, right? Fortunately, there was one particular event that was very positive. An event that for most of us is a once in a lifetime kind of thing.
My step daughter, Bellana, graduated from the University of Vermont with her Bachelors Degree. She will have other graduation ceremonies, assuming she stays on her current academic path, but there probably won’t be another Bachelors. I can’t put into words how proud I am. She’s amazing and everyone who meets her can see it. That kid is going places.
As positive events go, her graduation is the big one from the past year.
Random Tuesday Morning Pictures
I walked around the house with my camera this morning, trying to think of something to use for today’s photo a day challenge that wasn’t a cat or a guitar. I ended up with mostly photos of cats and guitars.
My Favorite People
Who are your current most favorite people
Daily writing prompt
Anyone who has spent five seconds on this page knows the answer to this question.
My favorite people are my wife Jen:
…and my step kids, Harry and Bellana:
They are the three people I care about the most. My three fav’s, by far.
That’s it. They are the sun my world revolves around. I love them all, more than I ever imagined I could love anyone. They make everything better.
The pics are from our trip to Disney World back in January. The two of Jen by herself are on film, the rest are digital. You know, just in case you were curious.
Good So Far
I’m winning but I’ve needed multiple shots at each pie piece so far. I’m not confident at all.
Trivia
It Is Way Too Early
I feel like it’s way too early for this, but it’s the only day we had both kids here so we had to do it.
Obligatory Rob’s-Owl-is-the-Highest-Ornament-Besides-the-Star pic.
I’m Not Ready
I am not ready for xmas to take over all aspects of our daily American lives. Every year I go through this. It takes me until maybe December 21st or 22nd before I start feeling the holiday spirit. Up until then it’s bordering on loathing. We as a culture over do it so much that it’s painful to me. I just want a normal December and then a few days of holiday excitement and then New Years and then it’s over again. Why is that too much to ask? Why did I have to hear awful, awful xmas music blaring at me at the grocery store on Sunday November 26th at 8:10am? It’s just gross.
I would like to go back to Disney World though, so here’s some xmas decorations from Magic Kingdom. Granted these were taken a couple of weeks after New Years last January which is equally as gross as xmas music in November but… whatever.
Inside the Red Head's Head 