Queen's Diamond Jubilee visit to Manchester

I few snaps taken today, as the Queen visits Manchester in the North West for her Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
These were taken during her visit to the town hall.

The wooden Seat carving for the Queen.


The wooden Seat carving for the Queen.


The wooden Seat carving for the Queen.


Manchester Town Hall prior to the Queen's visit for her Diamond Jubilee celebrations.


Police officers patrolling Albert Square, Manchester.


Obscured view of the Queen in her pink dress.


Obscured view of the Queen in her pink dress.


Obscured view of the Queen in her pink dress.


Obscured view of the Queen in her pink dress.


Obscured view of the Queen in her pink dress.


A brass band, playing music to entertain the gathering crowds.


A Royal fan, selling flags.

Scott Kelby's Lighting Recipes - free iPad app

Scott Kelby's Lighting Recipes for iPad on the iTunes App Store

Oh my god, Scott Kelby has a FREE Apple IPAD APP on studio lighting, link is above.

This is photography gold !!!!

SunSeeker for Android Sun Surveyor Lite

Take a look at "Sun Surveyor Lite"
by Adam Ratana

I've just installed the Sun Surveyor Lite app, to help track the path of the sun, and it's great !!!!

Very simple and intuitive to use, a must have as an equivalent app for the SunSeeker app available on the iPhone.

Lightroom 4, now available !!!

Adobe download link

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Create amazing images that inspire, inform, and delight. From first look to final image, Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 4 software provides powerfully simple one-click tools and cutting-edge advanced controls for every step. Easily organize, perfect, and share all your photographs.

It’s significantly cheaper than prior versions: the full program costs just $149, while the upgrade costs $79.

Glorious Red Moon tonight, 8th Feb 2012

Glorious Red Moon tonight, 8th Feb 2012

Lightroom 4 BETA in action

I've just stumbled across a great Youtube video showing some of the great new toys that are part of the new Lightroom 4 BETA release !



drool, drool, drool.

Lightroom 4 BETA - Catalog Upgrade Message

I've just done some background reading, and the LR4 catalog upgrade message is only a concern with the BETA version.

Important notes from Adobe are (Primary Known Issues):

Lightroom 4 beta is not complete but please provide feedback on the available enhancements.

Lightroom 4 beta will not upgrade Lightroom 1.x, Lightroom 2.x or Lightroom 3.x catalogs.
The beta is intended to be used for testing and feedback purposes. Lightroom 1.x, 2.x, 3.x and 4 beta libraries will be able to be migrated to the finished version of Lightroom 4.

While data loss is not expected, this is an early ‘beta’ quality build and you should always work on duplicates of files that are securely backed up.

Lightroom 4 beta will not overwrite or interfere with a machine that currently has Lightroom 1, Lightroom 2 or Lightroom 3 installed.

Develop settings applied in Lightroom 4 beta are not guaranteed to transfer correctly to the final version of Lightroom 4.

The Lightroom 4 beta will expire after Lightroom 4.0 is available

In the link from Adobe : http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2012/01/lr4betanowavailable.html

On that page, there's a rather extensive list of improvements, ranging from better brushes, robust video support, photobook creation to name just a few.

I love it already just for the brush enhancements !