Converting PC Apps to Mac – Chapter 2.2 – Photoshop and its Plugins
The first big consideration was whether I convert my PC license for Photoshop and Lightroom to a Mac license, and never look back, or purchase new licenses for the Mac. Adobe allows you two installs of Photoshop and Lightroom – typically on a laptop and desktop and I thought I could have one install on my [...]
Converting PC Apps to Mac – Chapter 2.1 – Setting up a Mac Mini
Approximately one month ago, I bought a Mac Mini harddrive and a MacBook Air SuperDrive. These were for the Wacom Cintiq 24 HD display monitor that I already had and was using with a Dell Precision 4500 PC. I bought the Mac Mini server as it is the only one of the minis that has [...]
Mac Mini, Cintiq 24HD or . . . PC, no more?
I have long been a PC-user, since I grew up in the corporate world, cutting my computing-teeth on IBM and HP PC’s. Does anyone remember the floppy disk – putting a program disk in drive A and the data disk in drive B? When hard drives came along, we were grateful for the speed, but [...]
Rim Lighting and more . . . . scoop, scoop
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the second Retreat/Party/Workshop hosted by Joe DiMaggio and JoAnne Kalish at their learning center in Milford, PA. My take away from the retreat was a day of artistic and creative dialogue/exchange with some very successful artists, who just happen to be long time friends of Joe and [...]
Lens Baby Sweet 35 – So Sweet!!
I’ve been in a writer’s slump, not sure what to write about for my next blog post. Finally, an idea crept into my sleepy brain – I love the new Lens Baby Sweet 35 lens. I must confess that I have been remiss in using my Lens Baby Composer for some time (since last fall [...]
Garden Conservancy – Judy & Michael Steinhardt – part2
I finally finished the photos and here they are:
Garden Conservancy – Judy & Michael Steinhardt Estate
I had a wonderful 1/2 day touring the 55-acre estate of Judy and Michael Steinhardt, last Saturday, May 7th. This was my first experience with the Garden Conservancy and the spring tour of the Steinhardt estate. This is a link to the description of the estate, please give it a read when you can: http://www.gardenconservancy.org/opendays/open-days-schedule/venueevents/681-judy-a-michael-steinhardt [...]
Mother’s Day . . . As long as I can remember . . .
I’ve celebrated and wished my Mom Happy Mother’s Day. When I was young, we celebrated Mother’s Day with presents, flowers, cards, and other treats such as breakfast in bed, going out for dinner, doing the housework, all the usual Mother’s Day stuff. When I was older and out of the house, I celebrated Mother’s Day [...]
Spring is Officially Here…. ask the robins….
Spring has been long overdue here in the Northeast. It was a long, dreary, snow-laden winter, and it seems that every green thing has taken its time waking up until now. I am especially happy to see the wonderful nuances of green sprouting as well as the brilliant yellows of the forsythia and the gentle, [...]
Every Now and Then . . . .
You get a photo opportunity that is singularly unique. You never (at least, I never) could have conjured up such an image and the opportunity was totally serendipitous (or so it seemed). One such opportunity presented itself to me, after a long day being outdoors in NYC, photographing with Joe DiMaggio and his photowalk workshop in ChinaTown. I [...]
Floral Monotones – A Slideshow
Here are some of the monotone images I’ve been working on recently. These are slides from my Photoshelter website, imported into the blog. This is so cool!
Welcome again – Ann Raine Blog & Website –
My idiocy continues, as I stumble and falter through the blog instructions, figuring out widgets (huh??) and the like. It’s like learning a foreign language, even though it’s in English. But, I am happy to say that I now have the basics down, and will continue to upgrade my blog as I learn more. On another [...]
Welcome to Ann Raine Photography & Blog
Welcome to my website/blog. I wanted to merge a blog and my website into one cohesive unit. It was supposed to be a 2-min process, but as in all “things too good to be true”, this was way too good to be true. I feel like an idiot, trying to figure all of this out. Pages, [...]
