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Merritt Island Boat Parade

Dec 22, 2008
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Light trails during long exposure shots of the Merritt Island Boat Parade, 2008.

I read the articles at Scription concerning photo journaling with interest as Patrick describes his ideas about creating a digital solution to replace his trusty, but now unavailable polariod based journals. I was looking for a similar solution for an upcoming trip home to Scotland and wanted to try the techniques and ideas. I'm also taking my girlfriend with me this time and she's really excited. I would like to document our travel and her first experiences of Scotland and my home.

I decided to buy a PoGo pocket printer from Polariod to take with me. To be honest i wasn't that impressed to begin with at the quality of the print, particulary with the colour reproduction. I have to admit though, as time goes on, i'm becoming more impressed with this new toy as I realise and come to terms with it's limitations. The colours have a cast not unlike a Lomo camera. It's nowhere near as cool or 'artsy' but I still like it.

PoGo printer and sample prints

PoGo connects via bluetooth to mobile phones or can be used with USB and a Pictbridge compatible camera for on the go printing, however there was no mention of working with a computer. I tried to connect my Macbook Pro to PoGo but as expected was not recognised. I then paired the PoGo via bluetooth with the Macbook Pro and sent some images to the printer. The printer produced the prints on the 1st attempt with the colours being better and more accurate in the print. I did start to print files from aperture, RAW converted to JPG then sent the image to the printer with no resizing.

I think the PoGo will fit my needs for photojournaling on this trip when used with my LX3 and along side my Lomo LC-A. I'll keep you posted.

Managing years of images

Oct 28, 2008
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I'm in the middle of a nightmare. After years of taking film and digital photos, moving homes and also from country to country and spanning multiple computers and drives - I'm trying to organise my photo collection. I'm finding images I remember well, some I can't stand and others I've never seen before! It's interesting looking back on people, my technique, flaws, good stuff, inspiration, ideas I should retry some I should not own up too.

I invested in a copy of Apple Aperture some time ago and have been using it exclusively for my more recent photos. It's only now I'm trying to get my collection all into Aperture so I'm learning the Image management side of the program as I go. I'm just wishing I hadn't left it this long.

Some images I've found so far