Today was grand. I spent all day just wandering thru the meandering streets of Prague, and I can see why so many people rave about this wonderful city.

I woke up early and headed out on foot to explore the other side of the river. My hotel is on the big square in the center of town, and most of the tourist landmarks are within easy walking distance. I found the streets to be easy to navigate (much more like slot canyons with bars/cheesy souvenir shots than some cities I've been to) and I easily found myself walking across George's Bridge and to Praque castle where I (and about 30,000 other friends) enjoyed a wonderful day. The sun was out, and a slight wind in the morning only got chilly in the late afternoon. All around, great conditions for a itinerant photographer.

I did have an issue with my M8 - my first battery died way too early and by 4 PM I'd killed my second battery and was done. I was kicking myself for not bringing my charger with me as the restaurant I had lunch in had a plug right by my chair and I could have easily recharged during my meal. Doh! Ugh. I came back, recharged while downloading the memory cards and headed back for a bit of night shooting (its winter, the sun goes down by 4:30). That and when I went to put on my CV 15mm wide angle lens for a few shots I realized I'd left my screwmount adapter at home on my Canon 1.2. Ugh.

Regardless, a great day. I even got to see a great photographic exhibit with quite a few Sudek photos - someone who spent alot of his time wandering the city in similar circumstances. And don't forget Koudelka. What a history.

Here are my favorites from the day's shooting...

Getting ready to head back home - it is hard to be away from the family and I'm looking forward to seeing my kids tomorrow.

Cheers.

Tags:Travel, Personal Work

I arrived in Prague this morning and had a chance to explore some of the city before sun down. As I often do in new cities, I sat down with a map for a few minutes, planned a basic route for where I wanted to go and then headed out.

And, as I often do, I immediately went another route and ended up just meandering for hours in a maze of wonderful buildings and hoards of people. I had heard that Prague was quite touristy, and true enough, it was full of people jabbering in all languages. Lots of Germans, a few French and several parties of Brasilians. Its amazing what you can find just meandering about.

Here are a few photos from my walk...

I'm going to head to several big touristy spots tomorrow, including the Charles Bridge and Prague Castle.

Cheers...

Tags:Travel, Personal Work

I'm heading to Prague today - taking the train in a comfy couchette. I ended up late at the office last night, as evidenced by my walk home...

Walking back to the Hotel

Scott Kelby has an interesting post today on his blog regarding what he'd "Love to See in Lightroom 2.0". It was an interesting read, and given the amount of research we've done over the past year, few items surprised me.

Its great to work on a product that has such potential and its heartening to see lots of great feedback from our esteemed customers.

Scott Kelby's LIghtroom 2.0 Wishlist

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Tags:Travel, Personal Work, Lightroom

Been busy this week with work. I've only had a few minutes here and there to get out and take some pictures around town - that comes when I get on that train and head to Prague/Budapest.

Here are a few snaps for your edification...

A few from Hamburg

James Duncan Davidson (linked to in my sidebar) has a great post on the Inside Lightroom blog regarding storage and backup. This is a much neglected area for many photographers and one that, given the rise of digital, can be a real problem for photographers who don't know what they are doing.

He recommends a series of drives sync'ed with software (he suggests a well known backup software for macs). I actually went that route before buying my Drobo and I wouldn't go back. Things happen to a software solution and I found it slow and tedious. I much prefer the automatic redundancy that Drobo provides for online storage. Yes, its USB only, but for me, it works fine and I store all my photos on the Drobo. However, I do save the lightroom catalogs and assorted info on my local drive because they are faster. He does point out that they just released (at Macworld) a NAS solution for putting your existing Drobo online. How cool is that?

Another Drobo review...

Note that uberfella Seth Resnick of D-65 workshop fame also recommends Drobo to all his workshop attendees. This is a great workshop and highly recommended. I met Susan Meiselas there one year...

Finally, backup is something I cover in depth in my Lightroom Bootcamp 1:1 training seminar for photographers. Getting a solution that works for you is very important, so if you have not done this, please focus on it as one of your new years resolutions.

Tags:Travel, Lightroom, Training, Personal Work

I arrived in Germany yesterday after the typical 10-12 hour flight. It went pretty well and I slept more than I was awake - which helped pass the time.

I'm staying in a hotel much closer to the Adobe offices here in Hamburg, which cut down my walking-to-work-time and hence my shooting-as-I-walk-to-work-time.

Here are a few pictures for your edification...

En Route - Hamburg

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