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18 October 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at the week, the Lion King, a miner's job, Jonathan Jimenez, the Midwest Camel Clinic, Adobe's latest sneak previews, the Mac Mini Pro, Photoshop 26.0.0 and NAS storage.
- Reuters showcases 20 Pictures of the Week.
- David Leven takes his camera Behind the Scenes With the Lion King before the 25th anniversary of the London production at the Lyceum Theatre. "I took two cameras that I covered with foil for protection from the dust and two fixed lenses, 24 mm and 85 mm," he writes. "I was equipped with a flashlight that you use to navigate through the mine -- it also helped for the pictures, as you can light up your subject."
- Petr David Josek captures A Miner's Job in one photo. "
- Kate Mothes reviews Jonathan Jimenez's Naturalia III, in whick "Jonk" documents "a range of striking locations from Portugal to Georgia to Japan." They are all abandoned buildings that nature has crept back into.
- Suzanne Sease features Midwest Camel Clinic, the personal project of Aaron Dougherty about his friend Valeri Crenshaw, who keeps camels.
- Jeremy Gan takes a look at some experimental photo and video editing tools for PhotoShop and Premiere Pro demoed in Adobe's Latest Sneak Previews.
- Old Man in Hat Buys New Computer. Mike Johnston is the old man buying a Mac Mini Pro for its ports. Sage advice and technical information in the featured comments. He also postshid black-and-white image of the Supermoon Rising.
- The v26.0.0 Photoshop 2025 update featuring the Distraction Removal With Remove Tool recommends macOS Sonoma 14.6.1. We'll try running it on Ventura.
- A Reddit poster asks, NAS Storage, Who's Using 'Em, Why. The discussion illuminates storage requirements and strategies as well.
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