iPhone Macro: A Big Day for Small Things — Lux

What makes Halide 2.5’s Macro Mode so special? For one, it brings Macro capabilities to all iPhones. Let’s dig in.

I have never being much of a Halide app user. Living the iPhone 12 mini life, I was destined to miss out on the Macro Mode of the new iPhone’s camera features.

When I saw the announcement, I thought I would check it out. I played around with the app today, and I was pretty impressed with the results I got. I don’t have an iPhone 13 Pro to compare, but I can definitely tell the difference between the stock camera and Halide, on my iPhone 12 mini.

One feature that put a smile on my face that Halide has, and that I had forgotten about, was exporting the photo to Darkroom straight from the app. In a, some sort of handshake between the apps.

Here are some images taken, fooling around with the app.

Today started rough. Too much going on at work and in my head. It took a better turn around half day. I’ll take it.

Afterwork, it was flu shot time for the girls. It’s been a minute since either of the girls had a shot. I wasn’t sure what to expect. Part of me was expecting Luna (2yo) not to even care and Marley (5yo) probably make a scene of sorts.

This is how it went. Luna, volunteered to be first, nurse came over, shot given, not even a fuss.

Marley, well, even before it was her turn, she already was a little freaked out. She wasn’t really cooperating, and it was a little forced. However, once she got the actual shot, not even her couldn’t believe how quick and somewhat painless, it happened.

Now we enjoy food and a beer.

Gaby out!

For a while now, well, it’s more like an on and off thing. I have been looking into changing my camera system. Why? I don’t know. Is it GAS?

Either way, I have been looking and scheming, and recently, I have realized, perhaps I don’t need to. As part of my recent photo challenges, I have been using my camera and lenses more and more. I can say that I truly know this camera, I know these lenses, and how to use them, and I like the images I get from them. Moving to another system might either push me to change and learn new skills, or not at all.

Maybe camera systems are like task managers, the best one is the one you actually use. However, it is not like I can change camera gear like I change task managers, but you get the idea.

Part of me wants a system with a fix lens, so I don’t have to worry too much about changing lenses. But I do like my prime lenses, and I feel like I’ve got a good range, a 17mm (35mm equivalent), a 25mm (50mm equivalent), and a 45mm (90mm equivalent, I think).

Maybe I’ll be good with something that’s a 35mm and make it work, but… sometimes I like to shot in more tighter focal lengths as well.

Ex-Tango Gameworks Developer Ikumi Nakamura is Working on Gungrave Sequel - IGN

I am so excited for this! Like you’ve got no idea !!! Gungrave, for whatever reason, is one my favourite franchises ever. I have been wishing for years a comeback of it. I am also a fan of the anime, which I own.

I am so, so excited!!!!

There have been weeks since I haven’t been sleeping well or not at all. It has been to the point that I am even trying guided sleeping meditation. Too much in my mind, far too much. Some of them random things that make no sense whatsoever, others, are legitimate concerns and worries. I try to convince myself that there is nothing I can do at that moment. That all I need is rest to take care of the things that worry me.

I think a lot about my health, and the problems I am having with my weight and being active, among many other things. I worry a lot about work too. Too many things happening. I think about the girls, and more specific, around Marley’s school and education. I worry at my lack of discipline, the discipline I once had, and now it seems lost. There are always excuses, one of them, being the lack of sleep and good rest, again, among others.

It feels like when there is a mess on the kitchen table, and you know it needs to be cleaned, organized and maintained, but you don’t know where to start. There’s so much piled up that just the though of starting, it’s daunting, and you walk away. This is how I feel about many things in my life right now. I don’t know where to begin. I am also impatient, I want everything fixed now and all at the same time. I fail to understand things take time and that is one step at a time.

It’s overwhelming…

It is depressing too…