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I am a media asset manager, camera operator and more. I hike, cycle and climb in my free time. During the COVID-19 pandemic I am blogging on a daily basis to keep a record for future generations.

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  • On the Topic of Vanishing Camera Operators and Photographers

    Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the Age of the AI bubble, but long before this, photographers and camera operators have been vanishing from television studios as well as from events. Where you would have hired a camera operator and video editor you now hire a video editor/graphist because video editing has moved from editing video footage…

  • Some Limitations of Gemini

    Reading Time: 3 minutesFor several days now I have been playing with Gemini, Google Takeout files and Flick Export files, first to re.marry json data to relevant exif fields, and then to create a folder structure library by year, month and day. In the process I have had to itterate, and itterate, and think lateraly…

  • Flickr Backup Automation and Video Export

    Reading Time: 2 minutesLet’s begin by saying that Flickr is not intended for video. It’s meant for photographers to backup and share their photos with like-minded individuals. When you use the Flickr app for iOS and Android it automatically backs up videos, and photos. After some trial and error I was able to get the…

  • Vibe Coding a Flickr Export Tool with Google Gemini

    Reading Time: 3 minutesRecently I decided that I would backup my Flickr library locally despite having over a year left on my pro account. In so doing, when the decision comes whether to dump, or keep using flickr, I will know that my data is safely backed up locally. Of course I decided to play…

  • The Day I ran my First Semi-Marathon

    Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday was cold and grey when I set off on my daily walk/run and my intention was to go up to Cheserex across to Tranchepied and then back down towards Nyon. I had no intention of running a semi-marathon. The reason for which I ran so far is that I saw dog…

  • Migrating Photos to Photoprism Via Rsync

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI downloaded my photographs from Google Photos via Google Takeout before using Exiftool to repopulate the exif metadata. Once this was done, I had to move the files from the mac to the Raspberry Pi running photoprism. For this I used rsync because it can run in the background as you sleep.…

  • On Noise Pollution and a Skipped Bike Ride

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI know, without a doubt that if I ride with one group, especially if there are only 25 people, that it will be hard. It’s because of how hard I know the ride will be that I am not keen to join that group. despite this I still considered going for a…

  • A Shell-fish use of AI – Exporting Flickr Zips

    Reading Time: 2 minutesImagine, you decide to backup your photos from a website such as flickr, but you find that it generates over a hundred files. Imagine going through and downloading every file manually. Imagine clicking hyperlinks one hundred and sixty eight times. Imagine having so little pressure on your time. That’s where a quick…

  • The Case for Cables like the Ugreen USB-C — USB Micro B Cable

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor years macs have come exclusively with USB-C ports but hard drives have come with usb-a and usb-b adaptors. When ordering an HDD recently I noticed that there is a niche item. The Ugreen USB-C — USB Micro B is the type of niche cable that all mac users could be…

  • Migrating from Google Photos to Immich Via Google Takeout

    Reading Time: 5 minutesIn an ideal world Google Photos, iCloud Photos, MyCloud (Swisscom) and other photo backup solutions would back up your photos into a directory structure that you can access and download from with ease and convenience. Unfortunately non of them want to offer that. That is why finding a workflow to get data…