Dragons byte

I just started using a new program the other day. It’s called LightZone, and I have a feeling I’m going to be using it a lot. It is an interesting photo editor that is geared towards taking digital photos and prepping them for output. It is definitely geared towards photographers including the Ansel Adams zone system.

It allows you to retouch photos in an intuitive way without worrying about numbers. The reason I started playing with it was that I wanted to find a good way to process my raw (.crw) files in Linux, but I’ll be using it for much more than that. It’s also getting good responses elsewhere.

As an added bonus, for those of us using Linux, we can get a free copy. Definitely check it out!

I’ve been bad… no updates to the site in months. What is especially bad about that is that I have a new camera, which should mean that I’ve got lots of new stuff to post. I picked up a used Canon 10D camera, and am having a blast with it. I spent a lot of time turning an expensive camera into one that uses a pinhole lens… I’ll post details of that in a different post.

I’m still trying to be successful at the ‘one picture a day’ thing, I’ll see how I manage from here but don’t count on exactly one a day. I’m thinking of making it a New Year’s resolution

If you want to watch for pictures, this isn’t going to be the right spot anymore. Instead, you’ll want to go to photos.dragonsbyte.ca. I’ve installed PixelPost there, which is geared for photobloging, and nothing else. I did that because one of the things I was always fighting with was WordPress, and how to get it to show pictures in a simple, clean format. Separating words, and pictures might get me what I am after.

I’ll still be posting here, but it won’t be photos per se. There may be some as part of the posts, but the ‘this is a picture for it’s own sake’ stuff will be handled on the photoblog.

I’ve also finally gotten rid of the re-direct on the www.dragonsbyte.ca page, and replaced it with a very simple page that lets you choose the photoblog, or written one. I’m toying with the idea of setting up an RSS feed on that page that combines the data from the written and photo site. Not sure if it’s worthwhile though, since I have no idea if anyone reading the blog actually uses RSS.