Last time I talked about what makes good keywords and started talking about how to get keywords into your library software. This time we’re going to cover how to create a keyword import file to get many keywords into Lightroom quickly. Importing a keyword file saves a significant amount of time and allows for almost …
Autofocus Testing and AF Micro-Adjustments
If there’s one thing I’ve learned today, it’s that auto focus alignment tests are not for the faint of heart. Better yet, as I’m slowly becoming convinced, anyone. I certainly wouldn’t recommend even bothering unless you are almost certain that your lens is consistently misfocusing with significant repeatability. I spent the better part of today …
Keywording Photographs
At some point, most photographers, even the most casual ones, will have to deal with indexing and locating specific images from the many they’ve taken over the years. Simply sorting them into folders by date or location can quickly become problematic especially when you have 10,000 images, let alone 10s of thousands. What do you …
Camera Settings for HDR and Multiple Exposures
Summer, for many photographers it’s a welcome relief from oppressive cold and snow and a chance to get outside and start shooting again. For me, it’s the beginning of months of oppressive heat, humidity and bugs. That is, it’s time to start looking for ways to stay cool. One solution that still lets me go …