As a guy who likes taking photographs AND likes using his gps, its only natural to want to combine the two to get geotagged photos. As it stands, most people (me included) seem to use a combination of EasyGPS (for extracting and editing their .gpx files) and Geosetter for geosyncing the images with their gpx file. Sure, Ive played with other software like Prune (good-looking for linux users, unbearable for people who have seen Geosetter), and also a few Lightroom plugins (still not quite finished).

Enter MS Pro Photo tools - although its name suggests it does a bunch, currently its is just an image geotagging tool, albeit one that SHOULD make geotagging much easier than the EasyGPS/Geotagger route.
However, after wasting about an hour on it (including this review time), I've come to the conclusion that, despite the fancy name and pro website, the software just doesnt stack up.

First, major problems exist re: usability - it almost feels like a beta release rather than a v2. Some menu options exist but arent operational, the manual is basically nonexistant, and additional documentation is hard to find.

When I finally found the codecs I was able to read Pentax PEF files and sync the images with my GPX file properly, but the software returned an error when I try to write the new gps data in the exif info on the PEF image. So, it seems to read PEF files but will only write to JPEG, which is a lousy option for photographers.

If this software was just starting up, I would be anxiously awaiting additional features and fixes to these significant problems. But this is a Version 2!
I sent an email to their team with these issues, since the website mentions they welcome feedback. We'll hear what comes of this. Heck, maybe its something I'M doing wrong...but for some reason I doubt it.

Enjoying my city, and getting back to flickr posting after a brief hiatus.

For all those who dont know, I started working with the Energy and Development team at Garrad Hassan Canada as of December 1, and its been great. We're located right downtown at Hastings & Howe in the old Pemberton Building. When there isnt 10 inches of snow on the ground, I've been jogging home from (and sometimes even to) work.

Normally, you couldnt get me to jog anywhere - but something about weaving through the crowds downtown & knowing that, not only am I getting some exercise but I'm also saving money on transportation costs makes it rather enjoyable.

If all office buildings had showers, would jogging to work become a popular thing?

More Dog Pictures and Loldogs

Uploaded strangely enough, after joining an "I hate cat photos" group on flickr. I actually think cat photos, even lolcats, are great - but I was invited to the group...

This is on of the few shots of our cat Sanchez, curling up on the warm hood of our Jeep - she invariably sits there right after I wash it.

Yes thats right - the old intro page, although pretty, was also pretty useless. It is now gone for good, to allow for more blog focus.

Lightroom is really great software. Just today, I realized its designed to allow efficient use of a second monitor for editing that works well connected to my flatscreen tv. Thanks guys!