Organize your photo collection: A few tips
Lauri Novak
Not everyone who owns a camera is a serious hobbyist or professional. For those who just want to take photos and share, print and save
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How Much Speed Does a Photographer Need
David J. Crewe
It’s the age old question since we’ve started to shoot digital. How can I make my workflow faster? More efficient? Or more importantly, how can
Drobo Webinar Why Safe Storage is Good Business for Photographers
Kevin Ames
Now available on YouTube, Photofocus publisher, Rich Harrington hosts Mark Fuccio, VP of Product Development at Drobo and me, photographer and Photofocus author, Kevin Ames
Digital Proofs for Old B&W Negatives
Kevin Ames
This post started with an email from a friend, Carole, who I hadn’t heard from in… well, decades. She wondered if I still had the
OFFLOAD = Peace of Mind
Doug Daulton
Even when power and workspace are readily available, backing up footage can be a real pain. Technically, the process is deceptively simple; just drag and drop your footage from your CF or SD card to your external hard drive. When the first copy is done, repeat the process with the another external drive. Surely, the process is so simple that software could not possibly improve it. Right? Wrong!
The Three C’s of File Management – Copy, Clone, and Cloud!
David J. Crewe
As a professional photographer in the digital age, protecting your data is one of the most important things you can do for your business (or
Clear: Securely Wipe Old Drives
Doug Daulton
You have rebuilt your photo archive. Now, you have a collection of hard drives, USB drives and CF/SD card that need to be addressed. To start, decide which drives stay and which should go.
Copy: Peace of Mind Through Archives
Doug Daulton
Finally, it is time to bring everything into Lightroom. Before starting, you have a couple of decisions to make. Review the following information and decide where you want your Lightroom assets to live and how you want Lightroom to manage those assets.
Cull: Remove Dupes and Bad Media
Doug Daulton
Consolidation gathered everything together. Conformation added both order and context while identifying possible duplicates within it. Now, act on this information and begin to cull the repository of duplicate data and media you do not need to process.
Conform: Meaningful Folder Structures
Doug Daulton
After consolidating source media on the DAM drives, everything is now in one place. Along the way, it is likely that some duplicate data has been created and some media has been copied that we really do not need. At this point, the DAM drives look something like this:
Keep Your Photos Organized with Folder Naming Strategies
Kevin Ames
There are many strategies to file naming that are touted in the world of digital photography. Some use the date as a prefix: 20141214-subject-photographer-nnnn.raw. Some
Amazon Prime Just Got Even Better with Free Cloud Photo Storage
Nick Minore
There are so many options for cloud backup storage today, but Amazon just announced a great plan for their Amazon Prime subscribers. Unlimited Photo Storage
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