Wha to do with images
Oct 9, 2018 16:48:38 #
eadler wrote:
Now that you've taken those great images and does the best editing that you can do what do you do with the images?
I make Photo Books of our family vacation for anyone to see. Also give a copy to the groups in them. Others I’ll print for the wall
Oct 9, 2018 17:02:33 #
Smugmug galleries for me. I can take my images and show them off anytime I want. I can print them and sell them there also.
eadler wrote:
Now that you've taken those great images and does the best editing that you can do what do you do with the images?
Oct 9, 2018 17:53:21 #
foxfirerodandgun
Loc: Stony Creek, VA
External hard drives. memory cards, flash drives, SSD's, Carbonite. Most are backed up in multiple places. They all will probably get trashed when I leave this world. But I had fun taking them. ;~)
Oct 9, 2018 19:30:50 #
Delivered to clients for payment which heads to the bank. I file with tags, in folders by year and job. Double backups. One onsite one offsite. Weekly full backups and twice daily incrementals.
Oct 9, 2018 21:41:40 #
RickL wrote:
At my age, I frequent a number doctors. Many of my photos are in their offices and exam rooms.
Rick
Rick
(for the photos, not the frequent doctor visits)Oct 9, 2018 22:15:29 #
eadler wrote:
Now that you've taken those great images and does the best editing that you can do what do you do with the images?
Well, you could try making a photograph.
But don't get me wrong: I like disk files too! It's fun to list them, and
copy and move them. And you can make prints from them--
just like a negative.
The difference is, we never used to think of the negative as the thing
we shared. Like a disk file, you can make an image from it, but
every image people make will be a little (or a lot) different.
So, you ask a very, very good question.
Oct 10, 2018 01:38:46 #
aubreybogle
Loc: Albuquerque, NM
Architect1776 wrote:
I have 2 classes of images. br Personal and family... (show quote)
I wish I was as disciplined and organized aas you are. I have all those catagories of photos, but they are all in a jumbled mess on my numertoud hard drives.
Oct 10, 2018 08:46:00 #
After processing each of my best photos to the maximum size TIFF that I believe they'll be good enough to display and sell,
I save each image's NEF and TIFF and assign numbers to each so I can quickly find them on my computer. I also create 72 dpi
680 pixel (at widest) JPEGs of each TIFF so I can quickly view them. Then, I copy (backup) everything to a second internal drive
and at least four external drives. Finally, I post the "best of my best" photos on my website. Yes, this is time consuming. But I
know all hard drives fail. TIFFs require a lot of hard drive space, especially with newer DSLRs, but I've found that it's advantageous
to keep them. Still, I only use 300 dpi JPEGs when ordering prints. I'd like to find a more efficient way to backup my images, but
my current system has worked well since 2005. Any suggestions?
I save each image's NEF and TIFF and assign numbers to each so I can quickly find them on my computer. I also create 72 dpi
680 pixel (at widest) JPEGs of each TIFF so I can quickly view them. Then, I copy (backup) everything to a second internal drive
and at least four external drives. Finally, I post the "best of my best" photos on my website. Yes, this is time consuming. But I
know all hard drives fail. TIFFs require a lot of hard drive space, especially with newer DSLRs, but I've found that it's advantageous
to keep them. Still, I only use 300 dpi JPEGs when ordering prints. I'd like to find a more efficient way to backup my images, but
my current system has worked well since 2005. Any suggestions?
Oct 10, 2018 09:17:50 #
wsmorgan3 wrote:
After processing each of my best photos to the max... (show quote)
My workflow is very similar to yours. After processing from the raw NEFs, I keep the TIFs (and the NEFs) and only convert to JPEG for distribution and uploading to PBase/SmugMug/Blogger.com (or wherever) or for emailing. For DAM, I use ThumbsPlus (http://cerious.com/) for all document/photo management and BackBlaze for backup, as well as Norton's to backup to a 4tb network attached drive. Also, the original NEFs are kept on the image capture computer, which is out in the back yard. So, I can always go back to the source if needed.
Bill
Oct 10, 2018 15:45:55 #
Anybody here wanna buy an image file?
Brand new, zero miles.
I'll even throw in a floppy diskette -- with a label on it!
If you call in the next 30 minutes, you'll get two image files
for the price of one!
(See the problem: Nobody wants to spend good money for
a bucket of bits -- except a candid shot of a naked celebrity.
There are people who will pay for that.)
Brand new, zero miles.
I'll even throw in a floppy diskette -- with a label on it!
If you call in the next 30 minutes, you'll get two image files
for the price of one!
(See the problem: Nobody wants to spend good money for
a bucket of bits -- except a candid shot of a naked celebrity.
There are people who will pay for that.)
Oct 10, 2018 17:17:25 #
Thank you Bill. Very helpful information. But what does the acronym "DAM" stand for? I'm guessing Digital Asset Management.
Oct 10, 2018 17:45:37 #
Bipod wrote:
Anybody here wanna buy an image file?
Brand new, zero miles.
I'll even throw in a floppy diskette -- with a label on it!
If you call in the next 30 minutes, you'll get two image files
for the price of one!
(See the problem: Nobody wants to spend good money for
a bucket of bits -- except a candid shot of a naked celebrity.
There are people who will pay for that.)
Brand new, zero miles.
I'll even throw in a floppy diskette -- with a label on it!
If you call in the next 30 minutes, you'll get two image files
for the price of one!
(See the problem: Nobody wants to spend good money for
a bucket of bits -- except a candid shot of a naked celebrity.
There are people who will pay for that.)
Oh, it's a term everyone is tossing around when comparing the newer photo editors with Adobe Lightroom:
Digital Asset Management - see https://searchcontentmanagement.techtarget.com/definition/What-is-digital-asset-management
For example, people complain about Luminar not having a DAM (which is currently under development).
I don't like the idea of imbedding my file management (aka DAM) within my photo editor since I may switch editors may change over time whereas I've had ThumbsPlus for 10 years, or more. I also use it to catalog and keyword all forms of documents, such as Word documents, spreadsheets - any digital media.
HTH,
Bill
Oct 10, 2018 19:13:08 #
Oct 10, 2018 20:48:26 #
I acquired the tools and supplies necessary to cut glass and mats and build frames.
And I still dry mount prints to museum board, occasionally.
Anyone doing mounting or framing should make sure that all their materials are
acid-free and archival.
And I still dry mount prints to museum board, occasionally.
Anyone doing mounting or framing should make sure that all their materials are
acid-free and archival.
Oct 11, 2018 02:00:05 #
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