Adjusting vs. Retouching
There’s a difference between the images that come out of the camera and the ones that I deliver to a client. Straight off the memory card the images are flat and lack punch. A lot of times I need to fine tune exposure (sometimes it’s more than a fine tuning). When I deliver digital images [...]
Lightroom Wish List
So Lightroom 3 beta is out. Looks pretty good so far but here’s a short wish list of things I’d like to see added to Lightroom, I don’t think any of these have been addressed with the new release. – I’d like to be able to apply a preset and then “fade” the effect like [...]
My back-up solution
Yeehaw! Hard drives and back-up strategies! Woo hoo! Alright, maybe I’m the only one that gets hot and bothered about a disk spinning at 7200 rpm mere nanometers from a read/write head. I thought I’d throw out a quick post detailing my back-up strategies and what I’ve changed since my recent near tragedy with my [...]
DAM – Folder Structure
Digital Asset Management isn’t rocket surgery – you want to find what you’re looking for. What it comes down to is having a system and being consistent about using it. The more specific the rules of your system and the more consistent you are about following those rules, the better your system will work. Which [...]
File Naming in Lightroom
I just watched the preview for “Where The #%*! Are My Pictures?” which is a DAM tutorial with Michael Reichmann and Seth Resnick. Before I start, I believe that this tutorial will have a great deal of valuable information for anyone concerned with Digital Asset Management, and I am neither reviewing nor critiquing the video [...]
Digital Asset Management Consultation
I’m proud to announce that I’m offering a new service to photo professionals and advanced amateurs. I’ve been fielding a ton of requests from other photographers to help them set up backup and archiving solutions for their digital photography. I’ve come to realize that there are many more photographers out there struggling with digital asset [...]