I’m sure there are some of you out there who might read this will recognise what I’m about to say, perhaps not. Anyway, there reaches a point in every person’s life when you realise that songs you thought were only released yesterday (maybe not yesterday but I’m sure you’ll excuse my hyperbole) but instead it is over 30 years ago. As I write this I’m listening to Automatic for the People which, according to Apple Music, was first released in 1992. Ouch.

So the rain has come and the temperatures are falling. This morning’s walk around dawn this morning was undertaken in a gentle shower – very invigorating. I have been exploring the best way to edit iPhone photographs and exporting them into my photo management system. After a bit of fiddling around I think I have come up with the best solution that suits my needs.

If anyone is interested it involves the following steps:

1, Capture image on iPhone;

2, Edit image on iPad – the apple pencil is really much better than a finger in my view;

3, Export the Image to Lightroom app on iPad. Add any additional edits that are not available Apple Photo editing software;

4, Open the Lightroom App on iMac and export image out of app as a DNG file – this preserves the most data.

This might seem a bit long winded but I think the results are worth it. It also requires access to iCloud and Creative Cloud accounts but once you have these the images zip from machine to the next in a matter of moments – well if you have a decent internet speed that is.

So the temperature is more bearable and I have taken another step to enable me create the images with my iPhone I want. Whether they are any good is very subjective and small blog images are not the best way to judge.

As REM said…September’s coming soon…

PS: I’m not claiming this as anything other than a process that works for me. Should you try to replicate you might find it cumbersome and that is fine…your mileage may vary to mine.

PPS: I see I have referenced Automatic for the People 6 times in the last 15 years…interesting?