Ok. I decided that I need to get with it and join the ranks of those using a more powerful post-processing program. After doing some research, (okay “some” may be an understatement) I decided on Nikon’s Capture NX 2. Well, I haven’t actually purchased the program yet.  I’ll knock that out within a few days.  In the interim, I thought it would be helpful to pick up a user guide to get a jump on grasping the program before I start to use it. (So often, the manuals that come with products are not particularly useful.) After poking around this evening, I read a lot of good things about Jason Odell’s NX 2 guide. A few clicks later, I downloaded this handy guide in pdf format.

The sheer size of the guide didn’t really hit home until I started to print it out. What the…? It’s 401 pages!  I mean, come on. Really? This is not ameliorating my feelings toward post-processing. Do I really want to sink my teeth into something that takes 400 pages to explain?

I know that I am being a bit stubborn about this aspect of digital photography, so I intend to look at this as an opportunity to move out of my comfort zone and learn something new.  In fact, learning how to use an image post-processing program will join my attempt to master web design and blogging as challenges I’m tackling this year. I suspect that within a month or so, I will be back here singing the “I don’t know how I lived without this” song. Until then…401 pages.

I want to be clear that I’m not attacking Jason Odell. Based on all that I’ve read, Odell has packed this guide chock full of useful information. Here’s hoping that I  exercise the patience to absorb and utilize Odell’s instruction, and only need one pair of contact lenses to get through it.

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