You're Useless to Me

Perhaps technically you're not broken
…but it doesn't matter. You're useless to me.
You just don't thrill me anymore, so I've moved on to newer, shinier, faster…

…but now I wonder… where will I end up when my own processing power and memory start to falter?

#macromonday  
+Macro Monday is curated by +Kerry Murphy +Jennifer Eden  & +Kelli Seeger Kim 

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  A little test I've been doing with viewing images in various browsers

It seems that (at least on my machine… a Macbook Air, Mountain Lion, Chrome v 22), that Chrome is desaturating my original images, while displaying them in Safari is softening them compared to the original.
  In the past few months, Chrome has added color management so it understands the colorspace correctly, but I don't understand what's happening with saturation.
  The first image in the album is the original uploaded one. The next two here are screen snapshots from Chrome & Safari, from Lightbox view.
 The last one is a screen capture with two Safari windows open, one in G+, one from the file uploaded from LR to Google Drive.
  What do you see with your particular operating system/browser?

Update Finally figured out that the big culprit here was that I was calibrating my monitor with a ColorMunki Photo set to generate ICC v4 profiles… and Chrome only understands v2. 

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+Colby Brown I'm still confused about the Chrome color management issue.

+Colby Brown I'm still confused about the Chrome color management issue.
I've got the latest version, Version 24.0.1290.1 dev on OS X Mountain Lion on Macbook Air profiled with ColorMunki Photo.
  This pic was edited in Lightroom 4, exported to sRGB and uploaded.
In Safari, it looks just like my Lightroom version… in Chrome, it is clearly desaturated. 
  Any thoughts?

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+Daniel Treadwell Can I just say that your G+ plugin for WordPress  rocks!

+Daniel Treadwell Can I just say that your G+ plugin for WordPress  rocks!
I tried the free version and it worked perfectly… so I did the PayPal thing.
I totally support endeavors like this.
  I'm just getting started putting together a gallery site to pull together G+ postings as well as try to do some SmugMug integration.
…BTW, you can thank +Tamara Pruessner for mentioning it on the {sob} last installment of the +LIFE Through The Lens show last Tuesday.

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Ready for the Crush

This old Zinfandel vine still provides beauty and bountiful fruit here in the Napa Valley. 
The owner drove by and we chatted for a bit…his grandfather planted these vines in 1900, and these grapes will be harvested tomorrow.

This is a repost from earlier today… somehow G+ downsized my original image and in trying to fix things, I lost all the previous comments & +1s.

#napavalleyvinyards   #napavalley  

Ready for the Crush

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Brand new LIL GALLERIES show!! Absolute magic combining the script & voice of…

Brand new LIL GALLERIES show!! Absolute magic combining the script & voice of +Karen Hutton with the fairy tale photos from +Annette Biggers
It's less than 4 minutes long, so watch it now! 🙂

(After starting it, click the little 'Gear' icon and change to 720p HD and click the full screen icon to really enjoy it!)

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We've launched a brand new LIL Galleries show!!
Its name is Reborn.. and features the work of +Annette Biggers
I am SO excited about this one!

You may have watched our final episode of +LIFE Through The Lens last night (http://goo.gl/uLtmU)... and met the enchanting Annette. During the show, I mentioned that she was the newest addition to the LIL Galleries family (www.lilgalleries.com). Well, for the first time, here it is!

It's the story of an epic journey of the fight for light and love. In one sense it's iconic, but here it's deeply personal to Annette; and to me as well. As if that wasn't enough, I was fortunate to find a wonderful piece of music called: “El Anciano” by Ignacio Núñez (http://goo.gl/FG6mC) too!

I think any time we're reminded that vision, steadfast strength and the power of love behind you can help you accomplish anything is a good thing. When the magic of G+ is involved (I met Annette – and all of the LIL Galleries artists- here), it's even better. 

I'm thrilled to present the magic of Annette Biggers and "Reborn"

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Can't miss this one! Join in on the live chat tonight!

Can't miss this one! Join in on the live chat tonight!

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Yes it's true, my friends. Oct. 9th (TONIGHT) will be our very last show. We've LOVED bringing LIFE Through the Lens to you for nearly a year; it's been a deeply defining time for each of us. And now it's time to move onward. But first… we've decided it's time to throw a HUGE WRAP-UP PARTY and send this show off in a blaze of inspired glory!! (Hey, it's us – how could we do it any differently?)

From the crew at +LIFE Through The Lens: +Ron Clifford +Kelli Seeger Kim +Kerry Murphy +Tamara Pruessner +Tana Teel and +Anna Nguyen…  *THANK YOU* for taking this ride with us! It has been glorious. 

So be ready!
Tonight, our guest will be +Annette Biggers and oh yes – it will be BIG!! There are few people I know more full of energy, creativity, vision and life than Annette. And that's saying something! We'll be talking about her artist-to-photographer transition, the one concept her mentor taught her that has defined her entire career, the deeper meaning behind her fairytale image series, the humanitarian project of her heart and a whole bushel of inspiration for photographers and artists of all kinds!  Annette is THE PERFECT person to help us wind up a our wonderful show and send it off in a burst of inspiration!

Time: 6pm PT / 9pm ET (Your World Time: http://goo.gl/l6Fpj)
Right here on my stream!
Live YouTube:   http://bit.ly/UlP3WL
Live Chat Room:   http://bit.ly/RawW5E

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The final LIFE Through The Lens with special guest Annette Biggers
Yes it's true, my friends. Oct. 9th (TONIGHT) will be our very last show. We've LOVED bringing LIFE Through the Lens to you for nearly a year; it's been a deeply defining time for each of us. And now it's time to move onward. But first… we've decided it's time to throw a HUGE WRAP-UP PARTY and send this show off in a blaze of *inspired glory!!* (Hey, it's us – how could we do it any differently?)

From the crew at +LIFE Through The Lens: +Ron Clifford +Kelli Seeger Kim +Kerry Murphy +Tamara Pruessner +Tana Teel and +Anna Nguyen…  *THANK YOU* for taking this ride with us! It has been glorious. 

So be ready!
*Tonight, our guest will be +Annette Biggers* and oh yes – it will be BIG!! There are few people I know more full of energy, creativity, vision and life than Annette. And that's saying something! We'll be talking about her artist-to-photographer transition, the one concept her mentor taught her that has defined her entire career, the deeper meaning behind her fairytale image series, the humanitarian project of her heart and a whole bushel of inspiration for photographers and artists of all kinds!  Annette is THE PERFECT person to help us wind up a our wonderful show and send it off in a burst of inspiration!

*Time:* 6pm PT / 9pm ET (Your World Time: http://goo.gl/l6Fpj)
*Right here on my stream!*
*Live YouTube:*   http://bit.ly/UlP3WL
*Live Chat Room:*   http://bit.ly/RawW5E

_Please share!_

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This will be an awesome show!

Tune in live Tuesday, 6pm Pacific Time.
Browse through some 'Favorites' before the show to get 'pre-inspired'!
 https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/103857876783441100226/albums/5692401957250234193

There will be live chat for all watching… check +Ron Clifford's feed at showtime for the chat URL. 

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Excited to be on LIFE Through the Lens tomorrow night at 6pm!!!  We'll be talking about my fairytale image series, some humanitarian projects and a whole lot of inspiration for photographers and artists of all kinds!    

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Oct. 9th will be our last show. We've LOVED bringing LIFE Through the Lens to you for nearly a year; it's been a defining time for each of us. But we've decided it's time to throw a HUGE WRAP PARTY and send this show off in a blaze of inspired glory. 

So be ready! 
October 9th. Our guest will be +Annette Biggers; and it will be BIG!!

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LIFE Through The Lens
LIFE Through The Lens – Welcome to Life Through The Lens LIFE Through The Lens is a lively, interactive web show about photography. Think of it as an animated coffee house conversation all about balan…

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