What's the best way to keep track of what you shoot
May 6, 2018 06:39:41 #
Eric,
I use a Canon GPS Receiver GP-E2 (~$240) on my 70D. Doesn't tell me what I shot, but does tell me when and where I shot it. Never leave home without it. We leave for an Alaskan cruise in 5 days. When in port, the first shot of the day is always the welcome sign.
I use a Canon GPS Receiver GP-E2 (~$240) on my 70D. Doesn't tell me what I shot, but does tell me when and where I shot it. Never leave home without it. We leave for an Alaskan cruise in 5 days. When in port, the first shot of the day is always the welcome sign.
May 6, 2018 06:42:22 #
Kazik
Loc: England
I fix a GPS unit on the camera, which works fine, tested it up to 82 degrees north.
May 6, 2018 07:23:10 #
I'm lazy... so just turn on my camera's video and do a panorama while narrating my thoughts of the place. Video file downloads with all the others... gets saved with 'em, too...
ejones0310 wrote:
My wife and I are going on an Alaskan cruise in Au... (show quote)
May 6, 2018 07:41:10 #
ejones0310 wrote:
My wife and I are going on an Alaskan cruise in Au... (show quote)
You should already have a Notes app on your phone--use it as your memory.
May 6, 2018 07:44:29 #
ejones0310 wrote:
My wife and I are going on an Alaskan cruise in Au... (show quote)
My typical storage line solves that problem, photos/Camera/date/location or subject
to help I frequently shoot a sign or something identifiable about the location to jog the memory while filing.
May 6, 2018 07:53:57 #
My method, when cruising is very simple. Each night on board the ship puts out a news letter detailing the next days port of call or where it’s sailing to if it’s a day at sea, together with activities, events etc together with the date. I download my files to a date subfolder under the cruise name. We always keep the daily news sheets, when I get home I add the Cruise Day number, followed by the date and then the location to the date subfolder so that it looks like....Cruise Day Number-Date-Location. If it’s at sea then I put the location as -sailing to. This has never let me down on cruises rangeing from 3 to 6 weeks. Next year we’ll be cruising around South America for 10 weeks and I know it won’t let me down. If I’m going to a country for a number of days I turn on the gps on my cameras and certainly the iPhone will give a reasonable location.
May 6, 2018 08:02:42 #
We went to Alaska a couple of summers ago and I used something similar to Bob's only about 1/2 the size with a spiral at the top - maybe 2 x 4 inches. I wrote down the number of the picture & a few words about it so I'd know what it was. This was extremely helpful on the bus ride from Anchorage up to Denali, the train ride from Denali back to Whittier, and the White Pass train ride out of Skagway. Have fun on your trip. We had such a good time that we're going back!
May 6, 2018 08:04:36 #
ejones0310 wrote:
That brings up another question. I will have my iPhone in Airplane Mode while I'm out of the lower 48 so as not to incur expensive roaming charges. Will the GPS receiver work in airplane mode?
You should not have roaming charges if in the USA. That includes Alaska. I would check with your carrier to get the exact coverages. For your original question, I create a sub-directory on my computer starting with the date, then put in the location. For example "2018-05-07 Fairbanks". Then the photos stay organized by date, and by location after that. I also usually put in a sub-directory of the jpg's to the "raw" and "jpg" stay separated.
May 6, 2018 08:37:51 #
Thank you all for the great ideas. I had already thought of some, but some I had not. I hope I’ll end up with some post worthy photos and can tell you what they are.
May 6, 2018 08:50:22 #
I do the same as Jay Pat. I take photos of signs before I start photographing the site. I also have an Olympus TG5 which does everything but wash your dishes. It has a GPS and a Rec that you can describe what you are looking at such a those amazing glaciers. We took a 3-week air, land, and sea trip two years ago. Just make sure you take a rain jacket and some protective covering for the camera. TG5 is water proof. It rains a lot in Alaska.
May 6, 2018 08:53:07 #
peterg
Loc: Santa Rosa, CA
For the location of my photos, I use the iPhone app "Geotag Photos Pro 2". This makes a file of my location. I then use Lightroom to tag the location from that file to each photo.
You can also dictate into many apps in newer iPhones. While accuracy may not be perfect, it will be good enough. Example: "Notes" app. If you see a little microphone icon at the bottom, you can dictate into the app.
You can also dictate into many apps in newer iPhones. While accuracy may not be perfect, it will be good enough. Example: "Notes" app. If you see a little microphone icon at the bottom, you can dictate into the app.
May 6, 2018 08:57:58 #
How about the Note App already on your phone? I use this all of the time.
Kelly
Kelly
May 6, 2018 08:59:33 #
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Does anyone use a journal or logger and if so, which one is your favorite. I've looked in the App Store and was overwhelmed by the choices. It occurs to me that something that uses gps and allows voice notes as well as auto sequencing of the photo number should be available.
I have used the MotionX-GPS App (www.motionx.com) on land and sea for several years. It logs your tracks and produces a map of where you've been. You can also take photos along the way that clearly identify what you could see at that point on the track.
While it works great for Apple devices, I'm not sure that it works with Android devices.
Regardless, have a great trip and enjoy your photos!
BT
Does anyone use a journal or logger and if so, which one is your favorite. I've looked in the App Store and was overwhelmed by the choices. It occurs to me that something that uses gps and allows voice notes as well as auto sequencing of the photo number should be available.
I have used the MotionX-GPS App (www.motionx.com) on land and sea for several years. It logs your tracks and produces a map of where you've been. You can also take photos along the way that clearly identify what you could see at that point on the track.
While it works great for Apple devices, I'm not sure that it works with Android devices.
Regardless, have a great trip and enjoy your photos!
BT
May 6, 2018 09:04:50 #
May 6, 2018 09:13:07 #
One of the reasons I bought the D5300 was the built-in GPS. I also shoot a Start Sequence shot (a sign ) and then an End Sequence shot. Each sequence then goes in a folder on the laptop. Later, when time or inclination permits, I'll pull up a folder with Bridge and rename all the shots in batch and delete the ones I don't want.
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