2009
04.02

Technical

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Photography

I use the Nikon D300 with MB-D10, and my most used lens is the AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED (whoah, long name). Other lenses include the very nice AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED, AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED and Sigma 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM. I manage and edit all my images using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Colors, etc

I use a calibrated monitor, and if you edit images, I strongly recommend that you do too. After some testing, I ended up with an Eizo FlexScan S2431W (Eizo’s ColorEdge models were too expensive for me), which I calibrate with a PANTONE huey.

Blog

This blog uses Wordpress with the Pyrmont theme.

There are a lot of plugins for Wordpress. I use several, both to get an idea of who reads this blog, making it easier to find it when searching, etc:

  • FeedBurner Feedsmith: Redirects all the feeds through FeedBurner, which gives me information about the number of subscribers, etc.
  • Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator for WordPress: Generates a XML-Sitemap compliant sitemap, supported by Ask.com, Google, YAHOO and MSN Search.
  • All in One SEO Pack: Automatically adds some meta fields to the page headers, and allow me to fill in more.
  • Yet Another Related Posts Plugin: Automatically displays related posts, based on keywords, tags, etc.
  • WPTouch: Provides an iPhone application-style theme, complete with AJAX loading articles and effects, when viewed from an iPhone or iPod touch.
  • Wordpress.com Stats: Detailed information about pageviews, which posts are more popular, where traffic is coming from, etc.
  • Google Analytics: Not really a plugin, but the JavaScript code is entered into the theme config. Provides a lot of traffic information, statistics, trends, etc.

Exciting image of my desk

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MacBook(s), drives, monitor, Moomin mouse mat – yep, it’s all there.

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    Adi said: 2009.04.07 05:36

    Awesome site and information, very well written and to the point, believe me i was digging a lot.

    BTW i was not looking around enough yet , but do you have a backup strategy written somewhere on your blog?

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    Christian said: 2009.04.07 19:40

    Thanks, Adi! I just published this one about backup etc: http://automagisk.no/blog/2009/04/07/backup-of-images-lightroom-catalog-and-other-things-using-raid-rsync-etc/

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    Yanni said: 2009.11.30 20:39

    Hi, I am very interested in the Nikon D300 preset in your other post, here http://automagisk.no/blog/2009/03/26/lightroom-develop-preset-for-nikon-d300/ , the link for the preset is broken. Could you show me a good link for that, I`ll appreciate it. Thanks, BTW, great information !

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      Christian said: 2009.12.01 02:16

      HI & thanks! The link is ok, I just checked it.

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