Forcing DxO to open my old camera files: mairamartins.com
","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2026/02/23/forcing-dxo-to-open-my.html","date_published":"2026-02-23T11:06:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-23 11:06","date_timestamp":1771844786,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84580706","content_html":"I was in the middle of rewriting my blog with 11ty, when I discovered Kev Quirk’s Pure Blog and I’m intrigued.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2026/02/19/i-was-in-the-middle.html","date_published":"2026-02-19T11:50:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-19 11:50","date_timestamp":1771501811,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83103544","content_html":"Today we had to say goodbye to Astro. I don’t know how to live without him. I’m devastated. I want him back. I want more time together. I love you, Astro. 🐶💔
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/238473/2026/d3ffa02086-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2026/01/29/today-we-had-to-say.html","date_published":"2026-01-29T01:11:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-29 01:11","date_timestamp":1769649071,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82440064","content_html":"I got carried away by rediscovering my long-forgotten Lamy Safari. I ended up buying two more cheap fountain pens, a Pilot Kakuno and a Platinum Preppy. All with fine nibs. Now I don’t know what to do with all those pens. I guess I have to get back to journaling, then. 🖋️
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2026/01/20/i-got-carried-away-by.html","date_published":"2026-01-20T07:22:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-20 07:22","date_timestamp":1768893751,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82306123","content_html":"Inked my Lamy Safari with Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black and it is so much better than the Lamy’s Turquoise I was using before. I thought I was too messy, smudging everything, fountain pens were not for me. Turns out it was the lamy ink! Now I’m finding excuses during the day to write by hand, lol. 🖋️
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2026/01/18/inked-my-lamy-safari-with.html","date_published":"2026-01-18T07:17:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-18 07:17","date_timestamp":1768720629,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81828787","content_html":"I’m really pleased with my book reading this past year. I had a goal of 10-12 books in 2025, no pressure… I have too many hobbies to commit deeply to anything. I managed to read 19!! 🤓
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2026/01/11/im-really-pleased-with-my.html","date_published":"2026-01-11T16:33:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-11 16:33","date_timestamp":1768149187,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81451668","content_html":"The more time I spend with my sketchbook, the less I want to be online. It’s all so boring, blogging, reddit, youtube, all of it. I want to be all the time in the real analog world, with paper and pen, my cameras, my piano, gardening, baking. I’m so tired of the internet, it’s not fun anymore.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2026/01/06/the-more-time-i-spend.html","date_published":"2026-01-06T09:25:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-06 09:25","date_timestamp":1767691538,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80909737","content_html":"And to think a week ago I could only draw stick figures! Of course, I’m using reference photos and following step by step instructions, but still! 🎨🖌️🤩
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/238473/2025/f66722fbbd-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2025/12/29/and-to-think-a-week.html","date_published":"2025-12-29T00:18:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-29 00:18","date_timestamp":1766967504,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80825487","content_html":"Worked on lesson 6 of SketchLoose free beginner’s course last night. And used a blow dryer for the 1st time to accelerate the process! 🎨🖌️
\n![](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/238473/2025/353447b66e-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2025/12/27/worked-on-lesson-of-sketchloose.html","date_published":"2025-12-27T11:51:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-27 11:51","date_timestamp":1766836272,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80791143","content_html":"I am super loving this artistic side of me! 🎨🖌️ This is day five in Toby’s free beginner course, “A House in Japan”.
\n![](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/238473/2025/sketch-loose-house-in-japan-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2025/12/26/i-am-super-loving-this.html","date_published":"2025-12-26T18:41:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-26 18:41","date_timestamp":1766774514,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80786405","content_html":"My Escoda Versátil watercolor brushes have arrived!! I got the round brushes in sizes 10, 6 and 2 to get started :) Looking forward to painting EVERYTHING I see!!! 🎨🖌️
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2025/12/26/my-escoda-verstil-watercolor-brushes.html","date_published":"2025-12-26T17:15:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-26 17:15","date_timestamp":1766769315,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80738236","content_html":"Today on Draw With Me, Charles Dickens' Ghosts of Christmas! Happy Holidays! 🎄🎉🎨🖌️
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/238473/2025/draw-with-me-ghosts-christmas-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2025/12/25/today-on-draw-with-me.html","date_published":"2025-12-25T18:24:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-25 18:24","date_timestamp":1766687084,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80410311","content_html":"🎨 My first watercolor! I love how my sketch turned out, but the paint part was hard. That sky looks terrible, LOL! I kept practicing with other reference photos and eventually figured out what I was doing wrong (a mix of bad brushes and too little water).
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/238473/2025/maira-sketchloose-watercolor-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2025/12/20/my-first-watercolor-i-love.html","date_published":"2025-12-20T08:03:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-20 08:03","date_timestamp":1766217823,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80313898","content_html":"Today I joined a live “Draw with Me” with Danny Gregory on youtube, for the first time. The hour went by really fast, I had so much fun! Did my artwork with ink and crayola markers 😀🎨🖌️ #SBSDrawWithMe
\n![\"A](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/238473/2025/6d08ee5824-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2025/12/18/today-i-joined-a-live.html","date_published":"2025-12-18T21:30:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-18 21:30","date_timestamp":1766093459,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80210487","content_html":"Open raw files from any phone on DxO Photolab: mairamartins.com
","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2025/12/17/open-raw-files-from-any.html","date_published":"2025-12-17T13:51:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-17 13:51","date_timestamp":1765979477,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"80150451","content_html":"Moving on from this. Colored pencils are beautiful, but slow! I think my next one will be a base of water markers with the pencils on top. 🎨🖌️
\n![\"A](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/238473/2025/520590233d-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2025/12/16/moving-on-from-this-colored.html","date_published":"2025-12-16T18:02:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-16 18:02","date_timestamp":1765908158,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79938068","content_html":"First day doing the free course over at Sketch Loose and my first urban sketch ever! Learned to simplify shapes and draw from a reference image 🎨🖌️😍 Can’t wait to learn about watercolors!
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/238473/2025/sketch-loose-simplify-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2025/12/13/first-day-doing-the-free.html","date_published":"2025-12-13T12:07:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-13 12:07","date_timestamp":1765627639,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79927356","content_html":"I have just discovered the concept of loose lines sketch and look at this! I have filled a page with vegetables, pens, a water bottle and two plant pots! I CAN DRAW! Stick figures, no more! 🖌️
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/238473/2025/sketch-loose-lines-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2025/12/13/i-have-just-discovered-the.html","date_published":"2025-12-13T06:48:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-13 06:48","date_timestamp":1765608497,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79856877","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9786257120074/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin 📚
\nOne of the first dystopias, came out in 1924 and inspired many down the line. A totalitarian regime, literal glass walls, state-assigned lovers, where mathematical logic rules over individual behaviour. If you could only choose one, Freedom or Hapiness?
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2025/12/12/finished-reading-we-by-yevgeny.html","date_published":"2025-12-12T07:20:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-12 07:20","date_timestamp":1765524016,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79722072","content_html":"Finished this page with water markers! Next up: colored pencils! 🎨
\n![\"A](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/238473/2025/252c758c9c-m.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2025/12/10/finished-this-page-with-water.html","date_published":"2025-12-10T13:44:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-10 13:44","date_timestamp":1765374271,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79636084","content_html":"I’ve been living for the past 15 years with a massive question mark: to blog in English or Portuguese? EN is my main language for everything, web, books, movies, work and even marriage! PT-BR is the language of my IRL family and friends, probably the only folks who want to read my stuff.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://mairamartins.com/2025/12/09/ive-been-living-for-the.html","date_published":"2025-12-09T08:36:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Maira Martins","url":"https://mairamartins.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F1234522b36c6e20bf24e81705a64278a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"maira"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-09 08:36","date_timestamp":1765269385,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79568314","content_html":"Week 18: New Phone: mairamartins.com
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Watched Alien: Earth 📺 Full of plot holes and nonsensical things, moderately entertaining. The best actor was definitely the octopus-eye, such a character! 👽🐙👁️
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