Pat David

@patdavid
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Husband, Father, Tinkerer. Minor photographer, major nerd. Free Software user + advocate, GIMPer, founder https://PIXLS.US. https://patdavid.net
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Ahhh. Recently one of my work sites was found by an aggressive Brazilian scraping bot (possibly ai scanning). So @cadey to the rescue with Anubis (https://anubis.techaro.lol)! ❤️

https://patdavid.net/2025/05/anubis-and-caddy-docker-proxy/

#ai #infrastructure #badbot #ddos

Anubis: Web AI Firewall Utility | Anubis

Weigh the soul of incoming HTTP requests to protect your website!

False Power (2005)

My entry for the Elysiun.com (now blenderartists.org) Weekend Challenge "False Power". Everything had to be made from scratch inside of one weeekend.

NOTE: Holy mackeral this was almost *20* years ago now! Hold on to yer butts as I revisit old works and cross-post them here. :)

#art #blender #render #politics

Jump! (Mairi Mid-Air)

In the lane during a trip for pre #LGM photowalk I conducted while in London ages ago. Speedlight on the right.

#photography #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #GIMP #RawTherapee #model #strobe

I missed the opportunity to travel to Amsterdam and spend time with the @Blender folks who graciously donated space for the @GIMP team to hold their annual Wilber Week meeting.

I'm sad I wasn't able to see catch up with the team (it's been wayyy too long), but it's awesome to read the post from @zemarmot on the trip and a status (hint: GIMP 3.0 this year maybe?!).

Read more:
https://www.gimp.org/news/2023/06/29/wilber-week-2023/

(image of mitch by jehan/@[email protected])

#GIMP #FreeSoftware #Art #OpenSource

GIMP - Wilber Week 2023: report

The meeting of GIMP developers is back!

Mairi 6, (2013)

One of my two favorite images of my friend Mairi from a shoot years ago...

Small 24" softbox boomed in close on the left, slight fill on the right.

I talk in detail about shooting this in two blog posts:

https://patdavid.net/2013/03/the-open-source-portrait-equipment/

https://patdavid.net/2013/03/the-open-source-portrait-postprocessing/

#photography #portrait #GIMP #RawTherapee #FOSS #FreeSoftware #MastoArt

Pat David: The Open Source Portrait (Equipment & Environment)

Mairi (further), (2015)

Another from an old session with my friend Mairi. This was color toned much cooler which lent a different feeling from the others in the same shoot.

Lit with a single strobe, right, in a big photek softlighter.

#photography #portrait #GIMP #RawTherapee #FOSS #FreeSoftware #MastoArt

Bouncing Baby Beverly, (2011)

This was afun old image. My daughter literally bursting out of her crib with giddiness and smiles. A belated Fathers Day post. 😀

#photography #GIMP #retouching #composite #baby

Mairi B&W, (2015)

I did quite a few images with Mairi so there’s likely more to come. 😉

(Going through old images and sharing as I find ones that catch my eye).

#GIMP #Photography #portrait #MastoArt #FreeSoftware #FOSS

Whitney, (2011)
A DIY ring flash only, on-axis. With that distinctive shadow all around.

(Going through old images and sharing as I find ones that catch my eye).

#GIMP #Photography #portrait #MastoArt #FreeSoftware #FOSS

Dorothy, (2015)

Same lighting rig, different model ;).
Also same image I used on gimp.org (ages ago - need to refresh that site).

(Sharing some old work as I look through them a bit)

#Photography #GIMP #FreeSoftware #RawTherapee #FOSS #Portrait #MastoArt