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Our recent discussions of AI and the Photos Clean Up tool have brought us full circle to the bigger question: What is a photo? Hosts: Jeff Carlson: website (https://jeffcarlson.com), Jeff's photos (https://jeffcarlson.com/portfolio/), Jeff on Instagram (http://instagram.com/jeffcarlson), Jeff on Glass (https://glass.photo/jeff-carlson), Jeff on Mastodon (https://twit.social/@jeffcarlson) Kirk McElhearn: website (https://www.kirkville.com), Kirk's photos (https://photos.kirkville.com), Kirk on Instagram (https://instagram.com/mcelhearn), Kirk on Glass (https://glass.photo/mcelhearn), Kirk on Mastodon (https://journa.host/@mcelhearn) Sponsor: Nitro from Gentlemen Coders Currently featured by Apple as an “App We Love,” Nitro is the new photo editor and manager for Mac, iPhone and iPad from the developer of RAW Power. And now, Nitro is on sale for the holidays. You can get Nitro for 50% off until December 2nd, 2024, and 20% off after that. Designed for every photographer and every photograph, Nitro combines flexible storage options, unmatched camera support, and professional editing tools. If you liked Aperture or RAW Power, you'll love Nitro and its beautiful user interface. On the editing side, Nitro includes full masking support with AI masks, gradients, and brushes. Remove dust blemishes and other imperfections using Clone and Spot Removal tools. And, just like RAW Power, you can apply raw-specific tone and tuning adjustments. Nitro gives you more control over Apple's RAW decoder than any other app. And, it's great at editing JPEGs and HEIF images too! For organizing, your photos can live in Apple's Photos library or in the file system, with support for XMP sidecars and synchronizing metadata and edits with iCloud Photo Library. Nitro also supports more cameras and formats than Photos, Darkroom, or Photomator, including compressed Fujifilm RAW files and the Nikon HE format. And while comparing shots, synchronize pan and zoom of up to 16 images at a time. Integration with ExifTool on the Mac lets you see and compare all of the metadata in your images. Try Nitro for free for 7 days without any obligation. No subscription signup, no nonsense. And remember, you can get Nitro for 50% off until December 2nd, 2024, and 20% off after that. Check it out at https://nitrophoto.app (nitrophoto.app). Show Notes: (View show notes with images at PhotoActive.co (https://www.photoactive.co/home/episode-175-what-is-photo)) Rate and Review the PhotoActive Podcast! (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photoactive/id1391697658?mt=2) Subscribe to the PhotoActive podcast newsletter at the bottom of any page at the PhotoActive web site (https://photoactive.co) to be notified of new episodes and be eligible for occasional giveaways. If you've already subscribed, you're automatically entered. If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes/Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photoactive/id1391697658?mt=2) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast. And don't forget to join the PhotoActive Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/photoactivecast/) to discuss the podcast, share your photos, and more. Disclosure: Sometimes we use affiliate links for products, in which we receive small commissions to help support PhotoActive.

It's that time again: new iPhones! By which we mean, of course, new Apple Cameras That Also Do Other Stuff. Kirk and Jeff are both upgrading their phones this year, largely due to the new Camera Control button but also the 48 MP (megapixel) ultra-wide camera and the new 48 MP Fusion camera that reads data fast enough to remove the shutter lag when shooting raw images. There's a lot to discuss in this bonus-length episode! Hosts: Jeff Carlson: website (https://jeffcarlson.com), Jeff's photos (https://jeffcarlson.com/portfolio/), Jeff on Instagram (http://instagram.com/jeffcarlson), Jeff on Glass (https://glass.photo/jeff-carlson), Jeff on Mastodon (https://twit.social/@jeffcarlson) Kirk McElhearn: website (https://www.kirkville.com), Kirk's photos (https://photos.kirkville.com), Kirk on Instagram (https://instagram.com/mcelhearn), Kirk on Glass (https://glass.photo/mcelhearn), Kirk on Mastodon (https://journa.host/@mcelhearn) Nitro from Gentlemen Coders Nitro is the new photo editor and manager for Mac, iPhone and iPad from the developer of RAW Power. Designed for every photographer and every photograph, Nitro combines flexible storage options, unmatched camera support, and professional editing tools. If you liked Aperture or RAW Power, you'll love Nitro and its beautiful user interface. On the editing side, Nitro includes full masking support with AI masks, gradients, and brushes. Remove dust blemishes and other imperfections using Clone and Spot Removal tools. And, just like RAW Power, you can apply raw-specific tone and tuning adjustments. Nitro gives you more control over Apple's RAW decoder than any other app. And, it's great at editing JPEGs and HEIF images too! For organizing, your photos can live in Apple's Photos library or in the file system, with support for XMP sidecars and synchronizing metadata and edits with iCloud Photo Library. Nitro also supports more cameras and formats than Photos, Darkroom, or Photomator, including compressed Fujifilm RAW files and the Nikon HE format. And while comparing shots, synchronize pan and zoom up to 16 images at a time. Integration with ExifTool on the Mac lets you see and compare all of the metadata in your images. Try Nitro for free for 7 days without any obligation. No subscription signup, no nonsense. Check it out at https://nitrophoto.app (nitrophoto.app). Show Notes: (View show notes with images at PhotoActive.co (https://www.photoactive.co/home/episode-170-iPhone16)) Rate and Review the PhotoActive Podcast! (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photoactive/id1391697658?mt=2) Episode 165 - Sensors and LUTs (https://www.photoactive.co/home/episode-167-sensors-luts) Everything You Can Do with iPhone 16's New Camera Button (https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/everything-you-can-do-with-iphone-16s-new-camera-button/), CNET Episode 146 - Tea and Coffee (https://www.photoactive.co/home/episode-146-tea-coffee) Snapshots: Jeff's Snapshot: MHW-3BOMBER Mini Cube 2 Coffee Scale (https://amzn.to/4efZYOF) Kirk's Snapshot: Peak Design iPhone 16 Pro Max case (https://www.peakdesign.com/collections/mobile/products/everyday-case?variant=41298189058125) Subscribe to the PhotoActive podcast newsletter at the bottom of any page at the PhotoActive web site (https://photoactive.co) to be notified of new episodes and be eligible for occasional giveaways. If you've already subscribed, you're automatically entered. If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes/Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photoactive/id1391697658?mt=2) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast. And don't forget to join the PhotoActive Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/photoactivecast/) to discuss the podcast, share your photos, and more. Disclosure: Sometimes we use affiliate links for products, in which we receive small commissions to help support PhotoActive.

Part of enjoying photography is understanding photography. What makes a “good” photo? How much of that is based on the circumstances around its creation? In this episode, we talk about looking at photography with a critical eye. Hosts: Jeff Carlson: website (https://jeffcarlson.com), Jeff's photos (https://jeffcarlson.com/portfolio/), Jeff on Instagram (http://instagram.com/jeffcarlson), Jeff on Glass (https://glass.photo/jeff-carlson), Jeff on Mastodon (https://twit.social/@jeffcarlson) Kirk McElhearn: website (https://www.kirkville.com), Kirk's photos (https://photos.kirkville.com), Kirk on Instagram (https://instagram.com/mcelhearn), Kirk on Glass (https://glass.photo/mcelhearn), Kirk on Mastodon (https://journa.host/@mcelhearn) Sponsor: Nitro from Gentlemen Coders Nitro is the brand new photo editor and manager from the developer of RAW Power. Designed for every photographer and every photograph, Nitro combines flexible storage options, unmatched camera support, and professional editing tools. If you liked Aperture or RAW Power, you'll love Nitro. On the editing side, Nitro includes full masking support with AI masks, gradients, and brushes. Remove dust blemishes and other imperfections using Clone and Spot Removal tools. And, just like RAW Power, you can apply raw-specific tone and tuning adjustments. Nitro gives you more control over Apple's RAW decoder than any other app. For organizing, your photos can live in Apple's Photos library or in the file system, with support for XMP sidecars and synchronizing metadata and edits with iCloud Photo Library. Nitro also supports more cameras and formats than Photos, Darkroom, or Photomator, including compressed Fujifilm raw files. And while comparing shots, synchronize pan and zoom up to 16 images at a time. Try Nitro for free for 7 days without any obligation. No subscription signup, no nonsense. Check it out at https://nitrophoto.app (nitrophoto.app). Show Notes: (View show notes with images at PhotoActive.co (https://www.photoactive.co/home/episode-163-photo-criticism)) Rate and Review the PhotoActive Podcast! (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photoactive/id1391697658?mt=2) Episode 155: Favorites from The Photo Book (https://www.photoactive.co/home/episode-155-photo-book) Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm (https://www.fotografiska.com/) Rinko Kawauchi at Fotografiska (https://stockholm.fotografiska.com/en/exhibitions/rinko-kawauchi) John Berger: Ways of Seeing (https://amzn.to/3UGRDur) Ways of Seeing website (https://www.ways-of-seeing.com/) Understanding a Photograph (https://amzn.to/3UVWnhj) Geoff Dyer: See/Saw (https://amzn.to/3K5Dgeh) The Ongoing Moment (https://amzn.to/3WxWXDc) The Street Philosophy of Garry Winogrand (https://amzn.to/3WzEDcT) Susan Sontag: On Photography (https://amzn.to/44Dt9a2) Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable (https://weta.org/watch/shows/american-masters/garry-winogrand-all-things-are-photographable) Miles Davis, 1958, by Dennis Stock (https://store.magnumphotos.com/products/magnum-editions-miles-davis-usa-1958) Episode 144: Wrangling Libraries with Matthieu Kopp (https://www.photoactive.co/home/episode-144-kopp) Peakto Search for Lightroom Classic: Using AI to search the contents of your photos (https://www.dpreview.com/articles/0126352152/peakto-search-for-lightroom-classic-using-ai-to-search-the-contents-of-your-photos), DPReview Snapshots: Jeff's snapshot: Peakto Search (https://cyme.io/peakto-search-plugin-lightroom/) Kirk's snapshot: Jonathan Jones: Earthly Delights: A History of the Renaissance (https://amzn.to/3QJJIeL) Subscribe to the PhotoActive podcast newsletter at the bottom of any page at the PhotoActive web site (https://photoactive.co) to be notified of new episodes and be eligible for occasional giveaways. If you've already subscribed, you're automatically entered. If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes/Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photoactive/id1391697658?mt=2) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast. And don't forget to join the PhotoActive Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/photoactivecast/) to discuss the podcast, share your photos, and more. Disclosure: Sometimes we use affiliate links for products, in which we receive small commissions to help support PhotoActive.

Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS) is a running joke among photographers (and musicians), but it's also a real thing that can spin us up with the desire to buy some new camera or lens. We look at what drives this compulsion, and try to be honest about whether it affects us as photographers. Hosts: Jeff Carlson: website (https://jeffcarlson.com), Jeff's photos (https://jeffcarlson.com/portfolio/), Jeff on Instagram (http://instagram.com/jeffcarlson), Jeff on Glass (https://glass.photo/jeff-carlson), Jeff on Mastodon (https://twit.social/@jeffcarlson) Kirk McElhearn: website (https://www.kirkville.com), Kirk's photos (https://photos.kirkville.com), Kirk on Instagram (https://instagram.com/mcelhearn), Kirk on Glass (https://glass.photo/mcelhearn), Kirk on Mastodon (https://journa.host/@mcelhearn) Sponsor: Nitro from Gentlemen Coders Nitro is the brand new photo editor and manager from the developer of RAW Power. Designed for every photographer and every photograph, Nitro combines flexible storage options, unmatched camera support, and professional editing tools. If you liked Aperture or RAW Power, you'll love Nitro. On the editing side, Nitro includes full masking support with AI masks, gradients, and brushes. Remove dust blemishes and other imperfections using Clone and Spot Removal tools. And, just like RAW Power, you can apply raw-specific tone and tuning adjustments. Nitro gives you more control over Apple's RAW decoder than any other app. For organizing, your photos can live in Apple's Photos library or in the file system, with support for XMP sidecars and synchronizing metadata and edits with iCloud Photo Library. Nitro also supports more cameras and formats than Photos, Darkroom, or Photomator, including compressed Fujifilm raw files. And while comparing shots, synchronize pan and zoom up to 16 images at a time. Try Nitro for free for 7 days without any obligation. No subscription signup, no nonsense. Check it out at https://nitrophoto.app (nitrophoto.app). Show Notes: Rate and Review the PhotoActive Podcast! (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photoactive/id1391697658?mt=2) The Next Track podcast (https://www.thenexttrack.com/) Episode 159: Fuji X100VI and the Appeal of Small Fixed-Lens Cameras (https://www.photoactive.co/home/episode-159-fuji-x100vi) Peak Design Sling Bags (https://www.peakdesign.com/products/everyday-sling) MPB.com (https://mpb.com/) Snapshots: Jeff's snapshot: Photographer (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/show/b77cf4bf-9ce1-4d42-94e0-11fcdc10cb03) documentary series Kirk's snapshot: Riply (https://www.netflix.com/title/81678765) series Subscribe to the PhotoActive podcast newsletter at the bottom of any page at the PhotoActive web site (https://photoactive.co) to be notified of new episodes and be eligible for occasional giveaways. If you've already subscribed, you're automatically entered. If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes/Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photoactive/id1391697658?mt=2) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast. And don't forget to join the PhotoActive Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/photoactivecast/) to discuss the podcast, share your photos, and more. Disclosure: Sometimes we use affiliate links for products, in which we receive small commissions to help support PhotoActive.

Hi all! I am sitting writing this late on a Sunday evening with a glass of whisky in one hand (a small glass I hasten to add) and typing with the other.  It's already a business year and we're only a week or two in! In this episode, I have been pondering how you build your business and how, in particular, you do it one client at a time. It's the Societies Convention in London next week and I spent much of today figuring out exactly what I'm going to be doing.  It's been a lot of fun, but it has highlighted my lack of liner thinking, that's for sure! The Superclass and Masterclass we will be running at the Societies Convention 2024 can be found at https://thesocieties.net/convention/speakers/paul-wilkinson/ and we would love to see you there - either at the workshops or just for a well-deserved pint! Finally, all of our workshops at our studio can be found at https://www.paulwilkinsonphotography.co.uk/photography-workshops-and-training/  Enjoy! Cheers P. If you enjoy this podcast, please head over to Mastering Portrait Photography, for more articles and videos about this beautiful industry. You can also read a full transcript of this episode. PLEASE also subscribe and leave us a review - we'd love to hear what you think! If there are any topics, you would like to hear, have questions we could answer or would like to come and be interviewed on the podcast, please contact me at paul@paulwilkinsonphotography.co.uk.  Full Transcript:   [00:00:00] SO it's late Sunday evening, and I'm sitting here on my own, the fire is ticking over, Sarah's fast asleep, and I have a glass in my hand of something, well, rather lovely. It's a glass of whiskey from my in laws who brought me a bottle of Dartmoor whiskey for my Christmas. Tonight, Sarah and I have sat and watched Vera. Of all things, how middle aged can you get we sat and watched Vera on ITV? Why? Well, on Friday night we watched Oppenheimer. On Saturday night, we watched Saltburn. Tonight, we needed something, frankly, a lot less stressful. Harriet, our daughter, did warn us that Saltburn was a little bit on the, how do I put this, fruity side? But, I'm not sure Sarah or I were necessarily predicting it to be quite As lively as it was. And so tonight, we really did need something very gentle. Something very uncomplicated. A whodunit actually is relatively obvious and with no [00:01:00] major stress. Very, very different to the other two films. Which may explain why I'm sitting here drinking a large whiskey that was bought by my in laws. It's been a busy week and I've just prepped a wedding which made me laugh. So, it's a wedding I shot a couple of weeks ago just before Christmas and at this wedding I met a pilot. Now, I've always had a theory that pilots get recruited on their debonair looks and their ability to say what they need to say over the microphone and sound reassuring. Sure enough, as I got talking to him, both things became markedly apparent. So, I'm Paul and this is the Mastering Portrait Photography Podcast. [00:02:00] Haha! So January appears to be running at full throttle and that is not an understatement. I don't know what's going on for a moment emails coming in, inquiries coming in, the phone is ringing we're booked up solid, and next week of course is the Society's Convention, which I'm very, very much looking forward to. It was a shame when it moved around the year a little bit. I couldn't be there last year but this year back very much in full effect. I'm running two workshops, one of which is sold out, the other I hope to see a large crowd. So on the 18th from 11. 30 to 1, headshots. And on that note today I spent the whole day. Piecing together exactly what we're going to cover because the way I've decided to do it is to just have two very basic strobes. Obviously, when you're doing a workshop at a convention, they give you a list of the kit you can cherry pick from and I could have had the very best of the very best. [00:03:00] But the lighting I've chosen isn't, it's not that it's not great lighting, but it's not sophisticated lighting. Very simple lighting that every photographer would start out with, and for both my workshops, both the superclass and the masterclass, I'm going to use this very, very simple kit. Because I get a little bit frustrated when people say to you, oh, you must have amazing lights, or you must have an amazing camera. In the end, it's what you do with these things. And not only that, but after we've finished doing a workshop, I want people to go away and say, Do you know what? I can do that. Otherwise, there's no point in doing a workshop if you're just gonna do a workshop. And in the end, everyone's gonna go can I do that with my lights? And the answer is, no. Or, can I do that with my camera? No. Can I do that with my models? No. There's no point coming to a workshop like that, you know, or rather, there's no point running a workshop like that. So I've backed everything off. We have two simple lights with two small softboxes. That is it. They're mains powered, so I'm going to be tripping over live cables, which I [00:04:00] hate. But today, to try and get my head around exactly what we're going to do, because in the second Masterclass, I committed to doing two lights, ten looks, one and a half hours, one personal.brand, so it's portraits but based around personal branding. I picked on that because it's a very topical thing at the moment. Lots of personal branding, lots of headshots going on. So it seemed like a good vehicle for it. But in the end, it's portraiture. Lit beautifully, lit quickly. You should be able to create pretty much anything you want to with just two lights. In fact, I've won more awards with one light than I have for any other combination of studio strobes. So. I'm running a workshop around just these two lights, but the problem is that I do not have a linear mind. I wish I did, but I don't. I'll give you the example today. Very kindly, one of my clients someone who's modeled for us a lot is both a [00:05:00] client, the daughter of a client and has been one of those handful of people who's been in front of our camera more than anybody else. Stepped in on her Sunday afternoon off to help me figure a path through what we're going to show. I had it all written out, I had it listed. I spent an hour this morning going through that so that I could work my way through a shoot and work out what we're going to do in the workshop. Within seconds of Libby arriving and standing in the middle of the studio, I changed my mind four times. I had to keep going back to the list to remind myself what I was supposed to be doing, what Is it that I intended to do? Because honestly, I don't think like that. I just, I see the person in front of me. I look at the lighting I have and ideas just spring to mind. Not always good ideas. I never said they were good ideas. Just ideas. Or I suppose if you're someone who works in a linear fashion, you might call them distractions. I would call it creativity. Everybody else [00:06:00] might just call it a lack of focus. Forgive the pun. But I did spend today figuring out. Different lighting patterns with the two lights that not only can I do, but they create beautiful imagery and they show just what can be achieved with the simplest of kit and some knowledge of how you're using it. Of course, one of the challenges is going to be in the hotel next week. is it's not a nice dark studio, I don't have all my equipment to hand, anything I'm going to use, the only things that the convention are giving me are a model and two lights and two softboxes, they've said this year, no background, so anything I want to shoot in front of, I've got to take in with me, as well as the stands for it. Which is fine, it's not a big deal, but I need to be able to travel light because I do not want to be traipsing on the train and on the tube across London with tons of equipment if I can avoid it. So I'm going to try and do this in very light touch, very simple equipment and that lends itself to being [00:07:00] something that if you are just starting out in photography, if you've just started to think, you know what? I'm going to do some studio lighting. Then this is going to be one heck of a masterclass for you because I'm literally using the equipment that I started out on. In fact, the equipment we're going to use is even more sophisticated than what I started out on, but that's because everything has evolved. When I started out, everything had analog sliders to set the power. They were great, but they were unreliable as hell. You had to do everything by eye or by light meter, I suppose. And some days, the little sliders would work really well, and it'd be, you know, linear, and as you moved it up a little bit, it would change a little bit, move it down a little bit, it would change a little bit. Heh heh. Uh, but then of course, gradually over time, the carbon tracks wore, and you'd move it up a little bit, and the light would go really bright! And then you'd move it down a little bit, and the light would go off. And I'm like, why am I in the dark now? And then, the modeling light would be a very different power. You could never get them, even though there was two sliders side by side, the modeling light never tracked against the actual [00:08:00] power. Oh, a million things. So, of course, in this day and age of digital control, where you set the numbers on the back of your light, no matter how basic your light is, you're going to set a number, either with a click wheel or with a digital input, and it's going to be pretty much spot on, certainly compared to how people like me, who started out You know, I started out with second hand Elinchrom, a pair of Elinchrom EL500s. I think they were, they were great, but they got very hot, the fans were noisy, they didn't always go off. You didn't have radios back then, we had wires. Um, you had a mains cable, you had a trigger cable. If you were lucky, you could get the little Magic Eye thing to work. I had these, I bought them second hand, but they were fantastic and I loved it. But if you compare that technology to what we're using today, of course, what we've got today, and even the most basic kit, is so sophisticated. Anyway, today I've spent the whole day, or I haven't, I've spent the afternoon, stepping through [00:09:00] the lighting patterns we're going to use, and I'm really excited about it because the images are absolutely stunning. Well, I think they are. You may disagree. They weren't what I expected to do, even though I had a list, but then, I guess, if there's one thing you would expect from me, it's that I'm not going to do what was expected of me, but that's, that's not by choice, I'm not a rebel, it's just I don't think in a linear fashion. That's not my superpower. Sarah and Michelle both do, and that's their superpower. They're very organized. They're very methodical. They're very step by step by step. And I am so not, except in one key area, and that's our workflow. So if ever I talk about workflow, it's actually, it's, it's, in some ways, it's the most. Exciting thing because it's super organized and it's super organized because over the years, I've spent a lot of time making sure I've got it absolutely how I want it. On the other hand, it's not that exciting because it's linear and I'd much rather be out there [00:10:00] being creative. But nonetheless, the one part of my life that is truly methodical is how we ingest images, how we bring them into Lightroom, how we rename them, the workflow from Sarah through to Imagine to do the coloring and back to me. Very linear. There's no messing around with it. If, if the files are brought in they don't go anywhere until there's another backup of them and that's on a different disk. The memory cards are never formatted until the backups are done. The jobs are logged on a big spreadsheet, so I know exactly where everything is. They go to Sarah. I know exactly the workflow of everything. Until yesterday, until yesterday, when Lightroom decided to corrupt the catalog. Now, in itself, not a big problem. It's not a big deal. It hasn't corrupted the images. It's only corrupted the catalogue, but the catalogue has a lot of areas in it, including collections, including certain colourings, and although I've set it to write [00:11:00] any changes in the develop area back down to either the XMP sidecars, or directly into the Photoshop files, that's not as reliable as you would like because of the way it does it. The catalogue is backed up, it's backed up a couple of times, so again, shouldn't be a problem. But it's a big catalogue. It's 11 gig. It's got 738, 000 images in it, as of when I looked a couple of hours ago. So it's a big catalogue. And it was yesterday failing to load. I could kill Lightroom and load a small catalogue. So we, the way Sarah and I move images between the two of us is I export a little catalogue with Smart Previews. She can do whatever she needs. It can go to ImagenAI. It comes back to me. I import it, take all those settings off the Smart Previews. And apply them to the master files. Very straightforward. So we have lots of little catalogues I can use to check that it's not Lightroom that's broken, it's the [00:12:00] catalogue. Try it on a small catalogue, works fine. Try it on our main catalogue, nothing. So, in the end, last night, I left it just running. It was doing nothing, the system was saying Lightroom had crashed, but it was still ticking over, so I just let it go. I went back in this morning, and the catalogue was up, but it wasn't happy. Something has glitched in the catalogue. We had a little bit of a, a sequence of events that led to power glitching, and it must have been writing into the database, and although it's not supposed to cause a problem, it did. So, this morning, I tried to load the catalogue up again. Although it was there, it wasn't happy, so I left Lightroom. Tried to open it again to see if it would flush a cache or two. Now it's not really opening. So, I downloaded a backup. So we have backups. I use Backblaze, which is really good. It just ticks over in the background. And I've got a backup from the last day or two, which is fine. I know exactly what things have changed since that [00:13:00] backup. Because that's the problem with backups, right? Backups are not something that are always today's data. By definition, they're going to be data that you had. Yesterday, or the day before. And that's true here too. But nonetheless, Backblazed downloaded the 11 gig file, told Lightroom to open it, same problems. So I'm not quite sure what's gone wrong, or when it's gone wrong, but it's certainly causing a problem. So, now what I've done is, this morning I set it rolling. And left it ticking over, and as of right now, which is what, midnight, it still hasn't entirely finished re importing and reconfiguring the database. Tomorrow I shall find out whether my efforts to fix it have worked. But the point is always back up your work and always have a solid, methodical, linear process for how you bring your images in, how you catalogue them, how you back them up, how you archive them, and what happens if you have failure, because you're going to [00:14:00] have it. I know that, you know that, everybody knows that. So have a plan as to what you're going to do. It's another reason why, for instance, one of, one part of our workflow is that I don't use Just Lightroom to manage which images are where. It's actually done in folders on the hard drives and then Lightroom reflects those. Why? Well, for precisely the reasons from today. Sometimes things go wrong and the only thing you're left with is a folder of, I don't know Portraits, a folder of weddings at this venue, weddings at that venue. And that way if you do that, at least you're not beholden to the Lightroom side. And I'm pretty chilled about it because I know in the end, if the worst came to the worst, I would simply recatalogue the main drive, which is also backed up twice. It's all fine, everything's still there, I can still get to every image, it's just that I can't get to things like the collections, virtual copies, different crop variations of different images, because of course [00:15:00] they are stored in the Lightroom catalogue. Anyway, I'll get it sorted, I will get it sorted. January's rolling on at a pace and I could have done with it rolling a lot slower today, it would have given me a chance to actually get in there and I know that I've got breathing space for planning and things, but that's not to be. What do we have last week? We did I was shooting a Paralympian, an amazing lady. Of course, these things are always, when I get to speak about them, still under embargo. But it's for the hearing dogs. She's an incredible human being. I might ask if she'd come on the podcast, actually, because she is someone who would be really interesting to talk about the psychology of winning, to some degree, against the odds, but the psychology of winning, absolutely incredible person to work with, just made us laugh. And then another day I spent working with Kent, Sussex and Surrey Air Ambulance, KSS Air Ambulance, photographing doctors, paramedics. Patients, pilots, and of [00:16:00] course, helicopters. And we had one of those really odd days where twice the helicopter was called out, and twice it came back really quickly. I don't know the reasons for that, but it meant I got pictures in this beautiful, crisp, sunny day, a rare one. We haven't had many days like that up until now this year. Of the helicopter lifting, and off it went into the, into the blue sky. It turned around at about half a mile, it came straight back and landed, and it did it twice during the day. And then obviously we were there all day some night time photography as well. And then really all I'm doing now is doing the prep for next week's convention. I can't wait to be there. It's been a while and I am super excited. I'm going to be there Tuesday night all the way through to Saturday doing a super class on Wednesday. Masterclass on Thursday. If you're around and about that, the superclasses sold out, sold out a couple of weeks ago. Apologies if you wanted to come to that. Of course, you could come across to our studio and go to one of our workshops [00:17:00] here. Just Google Paul Wilkinson Photography Workshops. There's a whole suite of those. in the next few weeks, which is, uh, literally this year, it was just going at 100 miles an hour. I don't know, I didn't anticipate it was going to be quite like that. But if you can't, if you fancy coming and talking, doing headshots, for instance, we are running a headshot workshop here at the studio in the next couple of months. So feel free to look at those, Paul Wilkinson Photography Workshops, if you fancy it. The Masterclass on Thursday, which is free with your convention ticket. Come along. We're gonna be doing, like I said, two lights, ten looks, one brand. Just having a look at how you can create a lot of variety out of the simplest of things. But not just variety, some beautiful imagery. And that's what I've been doing today, is putting a plan together, because like I said, and you can hear it in the podcast, you know, I just, I can't help myself. I head in one direction, and before I know it, I'm heading in another. Anyway, my thought for this particular episode, it's only a short one, [00:18:00] the episode and the thought, it's not a particularly deep thought, it's fine. It's clearly January, Christmas is only just past, New Year is Just behind us I'm sitting with a glass of whiskey. This is not in depth psychology, but have you ever wondered when you're sitting on the motorway, as I was coming back from the air ambulance, I had a couple of hours on the motorway looking at all of the cars, every one of those cars is a little ecosystem of people. It's a driver, probably some family members, friends, business, business relationships. The car is going from somewhere to somewhere. It's an individual at the wheel. Yeah, we see it as a traffic jam. We see it as traffic. We see it as a crowd, and yet actually when you're sitting there looking at each of these cars, there's a life, there's a family, there's parents, there might be kids, definitely parents, might be kids. There are Emotions. There are stories. [00:19:00] What are they listening to? Where are they going? What have they been doing? And when you think about it, a traffic jam and all of that chaos on the M25 around London is not a crowd. It's not, it is a car park, it feels like it, but it's lots of individuals. When you think of it like that, it starts to play in your mind about how we look to win customers in our business. It's easy to get drawn into this idea of social media influencing, having a presence, having tens of thousands of followers, I'm going to get a thousand likes on this post, I'm going to interact with this group, that group, every day I'm going to post five or six messages out there. And you can very easily lose sight of the fact that your business isn't a crowd. Your customers are not a crowd. [00:20:00] Your customers are individuals, with parents possibly, with kids, with lives, with jobs, with income. Hopefully enough income they can afford your services. And, when you think of it like that, everything becomes a little bit clearer as to how you should approach. winning your clients. In my opinion, it's not a smart move to just go for glory and have thousands of likes or thousands of conversations because you don't have time to service them. You're not going to service them particularly effectively. You get lost in the noise. Whereas today Libby, she is a client. She's also worked for us as a model. Her father is coming on a workshop In the coming weeks, they bought a voucher for him to come on one of our workshops at Christmas, because he can't stop talking about photography. Their friends came to us for a shoot the other day because they liked what they'd seen on Libby's [00:21:00] family walls. And so the thread continues. And if you ask me about any one of our clients, I can tell you a story that's very similar. One story in particular is of an incredible person called Nikki, who was a bride of mine. I won her wedding. I went round to see her. It was in the days when I would go and visit people to put the pitch in, before we had a really posh studio. I would drive out. I'd take the albums out and I'd arrive. And I arrived at her home in Henley. A little terraced house, beautiful, but a little terraced house. Took me ages to park because it's all little one way streets. Knocked on the door, and I don't think they'd forgotten I was coming as such, but they certainly weren't ready for me, and they were still eating their Chinese takeaway. So I sat, we chatted, got on really well. I won the wedding. Before I'd even shot the wedding, Nikki got back in touch and said, did I fancy pitching to become the photographer for the Hearing Dogs? Forgive me if you've heard this story. [00:22:00] And of course, I said to her, well I've never photographed dogs before, I'm very much a people photographer, it's very much about portraiture. What does it entail? And she said, well that's why I'm asking you, is because I don't want it to be about the dogs, I want to make the hearing dogs a brand that represents helping people with hearing loss. It's not about the dogs. The dogs are hearing aids for people who suffer with hearing loss. Would you consider it? So I said I'd consider it. I pitched for the work. I worked out a photograph of some dogs. I won it. And I'm still there. That's what, 11, 12 years ago? Still doing it. Still loving it. That's where I was with the Paralympian this week. And coincidentally, Nikki now works at Air Ambulance. And she's dragged me over there. Dragged me, that sounds terrible. She's pulled me into working with them as well. One client, one person, an individual who we've looked after throughout. Right from the minute I sat on her sofa, while her and her fiancé sat and ate their Chinese takeaway in front of me. And the one [00:23:00] thing about that, I was starving. I was sitting there thinking, oh God, give me some food. I had to wait until I had closed the pitch out. I'd thrown everything back into the Land Rover and was heading my way back and I could find something to eat. But you should always think of your business, not as a crowd, not, I mean, we do, sorry, I'm contradicting myself slightly here. We work on averages and Sarah and I constantly talk about it's an averages game. It's an averages game. And so it is when you're looking at your numbers and analyzing your sales per shoot, your margins, your revenue per year. Yes, that's an averages game. But your clients are not. Each of your clients is truly unique. And if you're a photographer, I mean that in the absolute strictest sense. They are unique. Banks, shopping centers, car [00:24:00] servicing, they use lines like that. You're unique. You're important to us. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. They don't have to mean it. They can get away with saying it. But not really meaning it, because we're all expecting exactly the same service from them. But, if you're a hair salon, or a beautician, or a personal trainer, or of course, a photographer, when we say to a client, you are unique, you better mean it, because it's true. You build a business, one client. By one client, by one client, and you treat each of them uniquely. If you drift into that whole kind of rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat, not only are you going to run an. inefficient business that doesn't do justice to your clients, my suspicion is you're going to get pretty bored because that type of photography, at least for me, isn't at all interesting. I love the idea that [00:25:00] in every one of those cars, I saw on the M25. was another client who would look differently, would be wearing something different, would look different, would have their hair different, I'd have to light them differently, they had a different business or occupation, so we'd probably have to tune if we're doing headshots, it'd be different, or if they're a family, doing it differently. Every client is unique. You build a business. One client, by one client, by one client, and that's my view on the matter. See, I told you it wasn't deep, but I do really believe it. You really do need to think of this kind of, certainly this kind of business, where your client is in front of your camera. You build a business, one client at a time. And on that happy note, on that happy note I'd love to see you next week, or this week, it is now At the convention, if you're around, I'd love to catch up and have a beer. Mine's a Guinness. That sounds really bad. Buy me a drink. That's not what I'm saying at all. I really am not saying that. I'm simply saying I would love to sit and have a drink. I'll buy [00:26:00] you a drink. Well, not everyone. There's a lot of you, but I'll, you know, we'll have a drink, have a chat. I'm so excited to be going. It's going to be clearly if January is anything to go by, this is going to be one heck of a year. So I hope it's the same for you. I hope you're firing on cylinders. I hope you're having a time of your life. If not, let's have a chat about motivation and excitement at the convention. If it is, well, maybe you could do the same to me to keep me buoyed up too. And in the meantime, whatever else, ladies and gentlemen, be kind to yourself. Take care.  

Olesia Korobka talks with Jason Barnard about geeky tips for content optimization for 2024 (and beyond!) Olesia Korobka is an SEO entrepreneur with a background in media advertising. She prefers actionable and practical things that lead to more leads, sales or other measurable results for businesses. She loves technical SEO and likes to test everything. Olesia is the author of several free SEO educational series and a member of the SEO community in Ukraine. She has just started a blog on Fajela and will be adding more content there very soon! Images are undoubtedly an important part of the digital landscape. A well-optimised image is more than just a pretty picture; it increases website traffic and can improve your search engine ranking. Not only are they visually appealing, but they also tell a story by conveying the message of your content in a clear and compelling way. In this incredibly brilliant episode, Jason Barnard and Olesia Korobka give great insights into certain aspects such as the importance of the "About Page" and in particular the importance of integrating images on it. Olesia shares her exciting theories and experiments on image optimisation and provides brilliant tips on how to use Google's Search Generative Experiences to improve your competitive analysis strategy. As always, the show ends with passing the baton… Olesia passes the virtual baton to next week's fantastic guest, Jason Davis. What you'll learn from Olesia Korobka 00:00 Olesia Korobka and Jason Barnard 02:26 Olesia Korobka's Brand SERP  05:48 Why Doesn't Google Show Brand Website Links in Search Results 06:29 Kalicube's Search Generative Experience Result 06:51 Importance of About Page Optimization  07:39 Why Images are Important on the About Page 08:55 Open Graph Optimization to Boost About Page Visibility on Google 10:08 Experimenting with Diverse Video Formats 10:33 How can Google's Search Generative Experiences Enhance Your Competitor Analysis Strategy? 11:16 Knowledge Panel Cards 11:41 Image Dimensions and Size 14:22 How can Altering Image Sizes and Relevance Improve Image Ranking on Google? 18:01 Is EXIF Metadata in Images Still Relevant for SEO 19:06 IPTC and XMP are Used by Google 20:24 Why Markup is Important 23:59 How Critical is the Consistency Between Schema Content and Page Content for Google? 24:32 Discrepancies in Event Schema and Company Information Errors 26:18 How Does Google Favour Metadata in Marked-Up Pages Over Non-Marked-Up Ones? 27:21 Do HTML5 Tags and Metadata Affect Google's Attention to Your Content? 31:22 How Does Image Optimization Help with Branded Search 32:10 Passing the Baton: Olesia Korobka to Jason Davis This episode was recorded live on video July 25th 2023

Olesia Korobka talks with Jason Barnard about geeky tips for content optimization for 2024 (and beyond!) Olesia Korobka is an SEO entrepreneur with a background in media advertising. She prefers actionable and practical things that lead to more leads, sales or other measurable results for businesses. She loves technical SEO and likes to test everything. Olesia is the author of several free SEO educational series and a member of the SEO community in Ukraine. She has just started a blog on Fajela and will be adding more content there very soon! Images are undoubtedly an important part of the digital landscape. A well-optimised image is more than just a pretty picture; it increases website traffic and can improve your search engine ranking. Not only are they visually appealing, but they also tell a story by conveying the message of your content in a clear and compelling way. In this incredibly brilliant episode, Jason Barnard and Olesia Korobka give great insights into certain aspects such as the importance of the "About Page" and in particular the importance of integrating images on it. Olesia shares her exciting theories and experiments on image optimisation and provides brilliant tips on how to use Google's Search Generative Experiences to improve your competitive analysis strategy. As always, the show ends with passing the baton… Olesia passes the virtual baton to next week's fantastic guest, Jason Davis. What you'll learn from Olesia Korobka 00:00 Olesia Korobka and Jason Barnard 02:26 Olesia Korobka's Brand SERP  05:48 Why Doesn't Google Show Brand Website Links in Search Results 06:29 Kalicube's Search Generative Experience Result 06:51 Importance of About Page Optimization  07:39 Why Images are Important on the About Page 08:55 Open Graph Optimization to Boost About Page Visibility on Google 10:08 Experimenting with Diverse Video Formats 10:33 How can Google's Search Generative Experiences Enhance Your Competitor Analysis Strategy? 11:16 Knowledge Panel Cards 11:41 Image Dimensions and Size 14:22 How can Altering Image Sizes and Relevance Improve Image Ranking on Google? 18:01 Is EXIF Metadata in Images Still Relevant for SEO 19:06 IPTC and XMP are Used by Google 20:24 Why Markup is Important 23:59 How Critical is the Consistency Between Schema Content and Page Content for Google? 24:32 Discrepancies in Event Schema and Company Information Errors 26:18 How Does Google Favour Metadata in Marked-Up Pages Over Non-Marked-Up Ones? 27:21 Do HTML5 Tags and Metadata Affect Google's Attention to Your Content? 31:22 How Does Image Optimization Help with Branded Search 32:10 Passing the Baton: Olesia Korobka to Jason Davis This episode was recorded live on video July 25th 2023

The new Text Object Property for Published Value allows for a value to be pushed to a text object, but also allows for users in XPression or the XPression MOS Client to overwrite the value, if things change. This is a critical fix, since Visual Logic runs any time the XPression scene is rendered, making the original way XPression handled data from XMP or other sources non-negotiable. Now it is possible to update a value. www.rossvideo.com/XPression-U

Adobe has formalized the use of embedded metadata into a protocol they call eXtensible Metadata Platform, or XMP. Since XMP is part of the Adobe product line, it is available in almost every software tool Adobe provides. The benefit of XMP metadata is once it is entered, the metadata is part of the asset, and not a separate database. This makes the asset the database for the asset, as well. Using an asset with XMP metadata, allows XPression designers to link data to fields in an XPression scene. This is accomplished using assets with XMP metadata as well as functionality of the Visual Logic components of XPression 6.1 or higher. Download the XPression Project for XMP workflow training at: http://rossvi.de/1Xmhbs9 Living Live! with Ross Video www.rossvideo.com/XPression-U

Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. In today's episode we cover all the details surrounding Intel's upcoming 12th-Gen Alder Lake desktop CPU's, how XMP 3.0 is going to shake performance up, the internet's reaction to MacBook Pro reviews, and of course we answer your questions live! *This episode of The Full Nerd is sponsored by Avast. Avast One gives you everything you need to take control of your safety and privacy online, and it's accessible through a single, easy-to-use interface. A free version includes essential features such as Free Antivirus, Free VPN and Free Firewall Protection, while the premium version has even more advanced protection. Learn more about Avast One at Avast.com. Buy The Full Nerd merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/pcworld Join the PC related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/SGPRSy7 Follow the crew on Twitter: @GordonUng @BradChacos @MorphingBall @KeithPlaysPC @AdamPMurray Follow PCWorld for all things PC! ------------------------------­---- SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=PCWorldVideos TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/PCWorldUS TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/pcworld

In episode #128 of The CXChronicles Podcast we welcomed Brittany Hodak, Chief Experience Officer at Experience.com (formerly SocialSurvey) based in San Ramon, CA. Experience.com has built one of the world's most impactful Experience Management Platform (XMP) solutions with features to drive operational and behavioral change, in real-time, during the moments that matter. XMP delivers impactful business outcomes including increased customer satisfaction, brand loyalty, online reputation and visibility, as well as improved employee engagement, and compliance - making every customer & employee touch point matter!Episode #128 Highlight Reel:1.) Becoming a CX executive & building an eye & focus for "creating amazing experiences" 2.) Building & growing the team at Experience.com 3.) Understanding how to pin-point your "bulls-eye" customer or ICP 4.) Why investing in CX & EX optimization can help propel your business forward  5.) Leveraging the SUPER Methodology to create Super Fan customers S= Start with your story U= Understand your customer  P= Personalize & connectE= Exceed expectationsR= Repeat Huge thanks to Brittany for coming on the CXCP and featuring her team's work and efforts in pushing the customer experience optimization & management space into the future.Click here to learn more about Brittany HodakClick here to learn more about Experience.comIf you enjoy The CXChronicles Podcast, please stop by your favorite podcast player and leave us a review, this is the easiest way we can find new listeners, guests and future CX'ers!Watch  The CXChronicles Podcast On Youtube HereSupport the show (https://cxchronicles.com/)

Xavier Prévost from XMP consulting on the prospects for soon-to-be-listed coal miner Thungela Resources. Moneyweb's Ciaran Ryan on the two local crypto bundles; the risks and differences. Gary Booysen of Rand Swiss talks the Pick n Pay update and JSE food retailers in general, along with his preferred retailer.

In this episode CEO Scott Harris shares details behind the recent SocialSurvey re-brand to Experience.com, and we dive deeper into why it's so important be in tune with the customer's voice throughout the sales process, not just at the end.  He also spills details that 'haven't been shared on any other podcast' including the name the company almost went with, and the stories behind: the Experience.com domain acquisition and the newest additions of Brittany Hodak & Kristin Messerli. Originally founded as SocialSurvey in 2015, Experience.com has one of the best Experience Management Platforms (XMP) available anywhere, with features to drive operational and behavioral change, in real-time, during the moments that matter. XMP delivers impactful business outcomes including increased customer satisfaction, brand loyalty, online reputation and visibility, as well as improved employee engagement, and compliance - making every experience matter more. Learn more about the new Experience.com platform on their website, and follow them on Instagram: @experience_com ALSO, to get updates about the MME podcast, marketing tips, and to TEXT with me directly, shoot a message to: 214-225-5696! If you are enjoying the podcast, please take a second and LEAVE US A REVIEW! MME is a founding member of the Industry Syndicate Podcast Network - check out our entire line-up on or website!

This week Wes and Charlie talk more Bioshock Remastered, Devil May Cry 3, and Minecraft RTX. Wes spent a little more time overclocking his 5800X but, optimized defaults with XMP enabled, yielded the highest Timespy scores by a significant margin. A surprise Viking crafting survival game called Valheim released last week and immediately became a top 10 Steam hit. Also released: Werewolf the Apocalypse Earthblood, NUTS, and Nioh 2 Complete Edition. Nvidia's attempt at resizable BAR performance enhancements should hit the street later in February with the RTX 3060. Final Fantasy XIV's next big patch should wrap up the initial story line and open up a new one with the Endwalker expansion. AMD intends to release addtional reference cards to include RX 6800 XT's and rumor has it, RX 6700 XT cards should hit the streets soon as well. Finally, if you've got a NZXT H1, you may want to visit their web site for details on how to resolve any fire hazards they may introduce. As always, thanks for listening!

早安，今天是摄影早自习陪伴大家的第1547天，我是咔图摄影教育中心的讲师星明。前两天一位同学在群里说自己的Lightroom目录升级以后出错了，导致目录里今年的照片都看不了了。一句话一下子引起群里一片唏嘘呀，原来好多人都有过类似的经历，包括我自己也有一次在把外出临时目录合并到总目录的时候，操作失误了，一下子弄丢了好多照片。不得不说，Lightroom默认的照片管理机制还是存在一些弊端的。我们知道，Lightroom是通过目录来管理图片仓库的。在默认设置下，Lightroom会把所有对照片的修改结果全部放在同一个目录文件里，就等于把仓库的产品清单和产品档案装订在一起了。这样一旦目录出现问题，产品的档案很可能也就跟着不见了。这时候虽然照片的源文件本身还在，新建一个目录就可以了，但是我们对照片所做的修改就都得重新做，怎么算都是很伤的吧。所以群里很多朋友都说，Lightroom的目录备份过了很久都不敢删。那这个问题有没有办法彻底解决呢？其实Lightroom给我们提供了另一种管理方案，就是借助XMP文件，我更习惯读作“叉”MP。目录设置中勾选“将更改自动写入XMP中”我们在Lightroom的“目录设置”里可以打开这个功能。勾选“将更改自动写入XMP中”。之后我们在修改一张照片的时候，Lightroom就会在这张照片的旁边生成一个只有十几k的XMP文件，这个文件里面包含了我们对这张照片所做的几乎所有的调整内容。之所以说几乎，是因为我发现我给照片做的旗标并没能保存下来。除此以外的星级、关键词、整体调整、局部调整的记录都能够完好保存。lightroom自动生成的xmp文件将照片及XMP导入新的目录后，除旗标外其它设置都被继承了下来这样做的结果就等于在仓库的产品的旁边放了一个备份的档案。这样一旦目录出了问题，我们只需要按照仓库里的产品和档案重新建立一个目录，就基本不会有任何损失了。重建目录时，我们只需要把图片文件和XMP文件一起拖入Lightroom的图库界面，后面的操作就和我们平时导入照片一样啦。将照片及XMP文件一起拖入图库界面完成导入好了，以上就是今天早自习的全部内容。如果你也遇到过同样的问题，可以尽快采取上面的方法管理图库，会安全得多哦。有关Lightroom的更多更详细的使用技巧，可以点击下方的“阅读原文”，找到“数码后期三部曲”的相关课程。今天的分享就到这里了，我是咔图摄影教育中心的讲师星明，每天早上6:30，微信公众号“摄影早自习”，我们不见不散。

早安，今天是摄影早自习陪伴大家的第1547天，我是咔图摄影教育中心的讲师星明。前两天一位同学在群里说自己的Lightroom目录升级以后出错了，导致目录里今年的照片都看不了了。一句话一下子引起群里一片唏嘘呀，原来好多人都有过类似的经历，包括我自己也有一次在把外出临时目录合并到总目录的时候，操作失误了，一下子弄丢了好多照片。不得不说，Lightroom默认的照片管理机制还是存在一些弊端的。我们知道，Lightroom是通过目录来管理图片仓库的。在默认设置下，Lightroom会把所有对照片的修改结果全部放在同一个目录文件里，就等于把仓库的产品清单和产品档案装订在一起了。这样一旦目录出现问题，产品的档案很可能也就跟着不见了。这时候虽然照片的源文件本身还在，新建一个目录就可以了，但是我们对照片所做的修改就都得重新做，怎么算都是很伤的吧。所以群里很多朋友都说，Lightroom的目录备份过了很久都不敢删。那这个问题有没有办法彻底解决呢？其实Lightroom给我们提供了另一种管理方案，就是借助XMP文件，我更习惯读作“叉”MP。目录设置中勾选“将更改自动写入XMP中”我们在Lightroom的“目录设置”里可以打开这个功能。勾选“将更改自动写入XMP中”。之后我们在修改一张照片的时候，Lightroom就会在这张照片的旁边生成一个只有十几k的XMP文件，这个文件里面包含了我们对这张照片所做的几乎所有的调整内容。之所以说几乎，是因为我发现我给照片做的旗标并没能保存下来。除此以外的星级、关键词、整体调整、局部调整的记录都能够完好保存。lightroom自动生成的xmp文件将照片及XMP导入新的目录后，除旗标外其它设置都被继承了下来这样做的结果就等于在仓库的产品的旁边放了一个备份的档案。这样一旦目录出了问题，我们只需要按照仓库里的产品和档案重新建立一个目录，就基本不会有任何损失了。重建目录时，我们只需要把图片文件和XMP文件一起拖入Lightroom的图库界面，后面的操作就和我们平时导入照片一样啦。将照片及XMP文件一起拖入图库界面完成导入好了，以上就是今天早自习的全部内容。如果你也遇到过同样的问题，可以尽快采取上面的方法管理图库，会安全得多哦。有关Lightroom的更多更详细的使用技巧，可以点击下方的“阅读原文”，找到“数码后期三部曲”的相关课程。今天的分享就到这里了，我是咔图摄影教育中心的讲师星明，每天早上6:30，微信公众号“摄影早自习”，我们不见不散。

早安，今天是摄影早自习陪伴大家的第1547天，我是咔图摄影教育中心的讲师星明。前两天一位同学在群里说自己的Lightroom目录升级以后出错了，导致目录里今年的照片都看不了了。一句话一下子引起群里一片唏嘘呀，原来好多人都有过类似的经历，包括我自己也有一次在把外出临时目录合并到总目录的时候，操作失误了，一下子弄丢了好多照片。不得不说，Lightroom默认的照片管理机制还是存在一些弊端的。我们知道，Lightroom是通过目录来管理图片仓库的。在默认设置下，Lightroom会把所有对照片的修改结果全部放在同一个目录文件里，就等于把仓库的产品清单和产品档案装订在一起了。这样一旦目录出现问题，产品的档案很可能也就跟着不见了。这时候虽然照片的源文件本身还在，新建一个目录就可以了，但是我们对照片所做的修改就都得重新做，怎么算都是很伤的吧。所以群里很多朋友都说，Lightroom的目录备份过了很久都不敢删。那这个问题有没有办法彻底解决呢？其实Lightroom给我们提供了另一种管理方案，就是借助XMP文件，我更习惯读作“叉”MP。目录设置中勾选“将更改自动写入XMP中”我们在Lightroom的“目录设置”里可以打开这个功能。勾选“将更改自动写入XMP中”。之后我们在修改一张照片的时候，Lightroom就会在这张照片的旁边生成一个只有十几k的XMP文件，这个文件里面包含了我们对这张照片所做的几乎所有的调整内容。之所以说几乎，是因为我发现我给照片做的旗标并没能保存下来。除此以外的星级、关键词、整体调整、局部调整的记录都能够完好保存。lightroom自动生成的xmp文件将照片及XMP导入新的目录后，除旗标外其它设置都被继承了下来这样做的结果就等于在仓库的产品的旁边放了一个备份的档案。这样一旦目录出了问题，我们只需要按照仓库里的产品和档案重新建立一个目录，就基本不会有任何损失了。重建目录时，我们只需要把图片文件和XMP文件一起拖入Lightroom的图库界面，后面的操作就和我们平时导入照片一样啦。将照片及XMP文件一起拖入图库界面完成导入好了，以上就是今天早自习的全部内容。如果你也遇到过同样的问题，可以尽快采取上面的方法管理图库，会安全得多哦。有关Lightroom的更多更详细的使用技巧，可以点击下方的“阅读原文”，找到“数码后期三部曲”的相关课程。今天的分享就到这里了，我是咔图摄影教育中心的讲师星明，每天早上6:30，微信公众号“摄影早自习”，我们不见不散。

“The most important thing we can do in order to get whatever success we want—build the best product you can. Invest all your energy in making the product absolutely best that you can think of. If you really focus on building an absolutely best product possible, everything else will follow." Arno is an inspiring tech leader with decades of experience in two major creative companies—Apple and Adobe. I’m honored to have him sharing his career journey and passion in this episode. Arno shared his amazing start of his career at Apple, especially when Steve Jobs came back and led the company back to focus, which was the key success factor that brought Apple to where it is today. The entire company had to adapt to Steve Jobs’s new ways of working and to work in an iterative fast paced approach, at the time when Agile was not yet widely known, including how Arno led a complete rewrite of the macOS Finder. Then Arno shared his next illustrious career at Adobe, where he had the opportunities to explore different projects and establish his engineering leadership skills. Arno led an audacious move when he proposed Adobe to open source XMP, a bold action when open sourcing wasn’t common back then. He also shared his lessons in dealing with halted projects, and the perspective that we should embrace when that happens. Arno then shared his invaluable wisdom on how to build products that people love and what to focus on in order to create successful products. Right at the end, Arno shared with me what made him decide to end his career and pursue the things he is truly passionate about. Listen out for: Arno’s career start - [00:08:07] Journey at Apple - [00:11:44] Steve Jobs impact - [00:14:17] Apple’s key success factor - [00:19:08] Working in agile manner - [00:20:40] Building without clear direction - [00:24:38] Tips when revamping product - [00:26:53] How to decide a technical rewrite - [00:30:36] Journey at Adobe - [00:33:00] Contributing to open source - [00:37:18] Dealing with canceled projects - [00:40:33] Director of products - [00:43:56] Building products people love - [00:45:36] Arno’s 3 Tech Lead Wisdom - [00:47:42] Why Arno decided to pursue his passion - [00:53:09] _____ Arno Gourdol’s Bio After a tech career at Adobe and Apple, Arno now travels around the world to capture beautiful landscapes with his camera—living life to the fullest spending time on things he is passionate about. Arno is also an active contributor to some open source projects that he is passionate about. Follow Arno: Website- https://www.arno.org/ Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnog/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/arnog Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/arnog/ GitHub - https://github.com/arnog Our Sponsor Are you looking for a new cool swag? Tech Lead Journal now offers you some swags that you can purchase online. These swags are printed on-demand based on your preference, and will be delivered safely to you all over the world where shipping is available. Check out all the cool swags by visiting https://techleadjournal.dev/shop. Like this episode? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app and submit your feedback. Follow @techleadjournal on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Pledge your support by becoming a patron. For more info about the episode (including quotes and transcript), visit techleadjournal.dev/episodes/20.

Nessa semana o PodCast vai discutir a inevitável polêmica sobre a garantia da Intel com suas políticas de overclock e XMP. Mas nessa semana também rolaram outros assuntos importantes que não podem deixar de ser comentados, como planos para o GeForce Now no Brasil e um jogador de FIFA sendo banido de todos os jogos da EA.

Jeff walks through the details of XMP, what it is, why photographers should care, the pros and cons, multiple options to turn in on in Lightroom, and a couple of lesser known options. Episode Resources Adobe XMP Page: https://www.adobe.com/products/xmp.html Photo Taco – Large Lightroom Catalog: https://phototacopodcast.com/2016/03/07/large-lightroom-catalogs/ Photo Taco – Lightroom On Two Computers: https://phototacopodcast.com/2017/03/18/lightroom-on-two-computers/ Photo Taco – The ULTIMATE Guide ... The post XMP Explained! appeared first on Photo Taco Podcast.

Jeff walks through the details of XMP, what it is, why photographers should care, the pros and cons, multiple options to turn in on in Lightroom, and a couple of lesser known options. Episode Resources Adobe XMP Page: https://www.adobe.com/products/xmp.html Photo Taco – Large Lightroom Catalog: https://phototacopodcast.com/2016/03/07/large-lightroom-catalogs/ Photo Taco – Lightroom On Two Computers: https://phototacopodcast.com/2017/03/18/lightroom-on-two-computers/ Photo Taco – The ULTIMATE Guide ... The post XMP Explained! (Photo Taco) appeared first on Master Photography Podcast.

Ya está aquí el podcast de esta semana, cargado de noticias, preguntas y vamos a aprovechar para hablar de la herramienta niveles. Pero antes de nada, aprovechamos para dar la bienvenida al equipo de carretedigital a Jose Luis Martínez. Se une a nuestro equipo como redactor y lo tendréis por nuestro blog compartiendo todo lo que sabe y pronto también lo podréis escuchar en nuestro podcast. Por otro lado, dar las gracias a los que asistieron ayer a la meetup que teníamos programada en Fnac Sevilla, tuvimos un encuentro dónde hablamos de la Naturaleza y la fotografía a manos de Manu Cruz, una buena oportunidad para pasar tiempo con otros amigos de la fotografía. Os recordamos los dos sorteos que tenemos disponible, por un lado el libro de Fotografía Móvil firmado por Rodrigo Rivas que irá a manos de uno de nuestros suscriptores que responda bien a la pregunta que tenéis en la Intranet. Por otro lado, seguimos con el concurso de una cámara réflex Canon 350D. Tenéis toda la información en los enlaces de interés. Continuamos con las noticias del sector, dónde lo primero que destacamos es la sorpresa que nos trajo Google y que ya anunciamos en nuestro blog, acerca de Nik Collection, un paquete de software que podremos descargar totalmente gratis desde su web. En cambio Yahoo, va pegando pasos hacia atrás, hace poco nos enteramos que su software para subir imágenes automáticamente Flickr Uploader, se convertía en una herramienta de pago. Algo que no va a sentar muy bien a una comunidad muy denostada. Os hablamos de Irix, una lente para dominarlas a todas, también os hablamos de ella la semana pasada y os dejamos un enlace para ampliar la información, de lo que será seguro, uno de los objetivos más interesantes del próximo año. Dejamos las noticias del sector para empezar con las preguntas de fotografía de nuestros oyentes, empezamos con una sobre el RAW y cómo saber si está modificado o no. Explicamos que las modificaciones que hagamos en un RAW quedan guardadas en un archivo XMP que podremos exportar a otro programas de edición, pero que en cualquier momento, podremos volver a los ajustes iniciales del RAW con un simple clic. En cuanto al modo de funcionamiento de los cursos online que tenemos en esta página, para que sea de mayor facilidad, os he dejado en la zona de cursos, las lecciones abiertas y gratuitas marcadas en negritas para que os sea más fácil localizarlas y os anime a suscribiros. También respondemos con varias recomendaciones de libros a una pregunta de un oyente que quiere formarse utilizando libros recomendados, le dejamos una lista amplia sobre algunos que personalmente considero de interés. Por último aclaramos una pregunta que nos viene genial para empezar a hablar de retoque dentro de nuestro podcast de Fotografía y Retoque Digital, y es que vamos a aclarar la herramienta de Niveles, explicaremos cómo funciona y cuándo y cómo debemos de usarla. Pero para empezar a utilizar esta herramienta debemos saber utilizar el histograma, os dejo el podcast donde hablamos de ello. Cuando abrimos la herramienta niveles podremos ver nuestro histograma incrustado junto a tres deslizadores. Uno para las zonas de sombras, otra para medios tonos y otra para altas luces. El en el histograma que tenemos presente, vemos cómo nuestra fotografía se encuentra con el mayor peso de pixeles repartidos sobre la zona izquierda, la zona de las sombras, por lo cual nos está indicando que nuestra fotografía está subexpuesta (oscura). Para corregir dicha imagen tan sólo tendremos que desplazar el deslizador de altas luces hacia la izquierda, comprimiendo de esta forma el histograma para subir la exposición de la misma. Al hace esto, es recomendable hacerlo con el botón Alt pulsado, de esta forma podremos ver de una forma mucho más visual, las zonas que estamos perdiendo al realizar este retoque. En el caso contrario, de una fotografía sobrexpuesta, tendremos el histograma con el peso en la derecha, como vemos en la siguiente imagen. Con esta herramienta podremos ver fácilmente si nuestra exposición es correcta o no. Para compensar la exposición en esta imagen, haremos el mismo proceso pero a la inversa, seleccionaremos el deslizador de sombras, pulsando la tecla ALT, y nos moveremos hacia la derecha, ajustando así la exposición de forma correcta. Todo lo que está a la izquierda de ese deslizador, será información perdida. Es muy recomendable realizar todos los ajustes de nuestras fotografías en capas de ajuste, evitando siempre hacer el ajuste directamente a nuestra fotografía, de esta forma tendremos el control total sobre cada ajuste y podremos eliminarlo y modificarlo a nuestro antojo en cualquier momento y trabajar de forma no destructiva con nuestras fotografías. Enlaces de Interés: Sorteo del Libro: Podcast Rodrigo Rivas Sorteo Telegram: Cómo participar Descargar Nik Collection Todo sobre el nuevo objetivo de Irix Todo sobre los archivos RAW Cursos Online de Carretedigital.com Libros de Fotografía Recomendados: El ojo del Fotógrafo Vidas de los grandes fotógrafos El registro de la luz Los Secretos de la Exposición Fotográfica Sobre la fotografía contemporanea La visión del fotógrafo Composición Fotográfica Todo sobre el Histograma

Creative Cloud discount extended; All About GREP; Quizzler Results (filenames of links); Obscurity of the Week: Jump Object ------------- Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-180.mp3 (18.8 MB, 35:30 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. Creative Cloud subscription discounted rate extended! All about GREP in InDesign Quizzler results: The right and wrong answers, and the winner! (See list of answers at the end of this post) Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Jump Object News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Partner in the UK, offers Adobe DPS (Digital Publishing Suite) 2-day Pro and Enterprise courses in London and Cardiff. NEW for students who are funding their training themselves (not from a company): a 25% discount on any course when you quote "InDesign Secrets." (If you forget to say "InDesignSecrets" then you only get 20% off.) That's a great deal! >> Rorohiko: They just keep making ePubCrawler better, and it's still donation-ware! ePubCrawler is a Fixed Layout ePub Assistant for InDesign. The highly-customizable script takes an InDesign document and converts it to a fixed-layout ePub (think kid's books, cookbooks, photography books, etc.) ready to upload to your favorite reseller. This turns a job that normally takes dozens of hours into minutes! Watch any of their six tutorial videos to see how it works. For InDesignSecrets fans: anybody who donates US$50 or more now will get a free license if and when they release it commercially, like a home-grown Kickstarter! -- We want to hear your stories! Send us a short (less than 1 minute) "worst InDesign training story" that we can play on the air (you'll be anonymous) in an upcoming episode: leave us a voice message at +1-801-459-4477 to record it, or send in your own voice recording. Please follow-up with an e-mail, which we will keep private, including any additional information that you'd like us to know. -- Links mentioned in this podcast: > Creative Cloud subscription offer is $29.99/mo instead of $49.99/mo for first year for any CS3+ upgrader > Adobe's Creative Cloud product page > Our stab at explaining why CC users get new features on the fly but "perpetual" licensees have to wait > We talked about GREP way back in episode 80!  Here's the transcript > Our favorite GREP Resources and GREP Expressions for InDesign > David's lynda.com video InDesign CS4: 10 Things to Know About GREP > Michael Murphy's Learning GREP with InDesign lynda.com course > Convert uppercase to lower with GREP, post 1 and post 2 > Creating a filename list of linked images, post 1 and post 2 > Clients from Hell web site -- QUIZZLER ANSWERS In podcast 179, we asked listeners: "How many ways in InDesign can you figure out the filename of a placed image without using the Links panel or Links panel menu?" The winning entry was submitted by Jim Leonardson, InDesign freelancer in Chicago! For his prize, he chose an autographed copy of Real World InDesign CS6, which is on its way. Here is Jim's list: In the Info panel flyout menu; select File Info to see the image name in the Title of the window Hover the cursor over the link icon in the upper left corner of the image frame. A tool tip appears with the file name. In the Structure pane of the document window, flip down the Root tag, and other tags until you see the “href” and the full path name (In the contextual menu “Select in Structure”) [ED: after first applying an XML tag to the image with the Tags panel] Use the Layers panel; flip down the layer name to show the contents. The link name is shown inside angle brackets. In the Preflight panel, if there is a broken link or document profile violation the link name will be shown. Use the Object > Captions menu or contextual menu to generate a caption. Use the contextual menu, in the Graphics flyout menu select Reveal in Finder, Bridge or Mini-Bridge. If there is a caption that happens to be overflowed, it can be seen in the story editor, tagged as “Text variable live metadata caption name” [We didn't think this should count but it's interesting because it has "Story Editor" in it] In the Package dialog box, under Links and Images it displays name, type, page, status and ICC profile. [He thought of this one "while doing yard work" after we told him he'd won] A wonderful effort, but Jim missed a few. Here are additional correct answers, compiled from all the entries we received: Add image to Library, name appears in Library preview Select image and open the Animation panel, name populates the Name field Apply any preset animation to the image to see its filename in the Timing panel Add image to Articles panel [pulls the filename from the Layers panel, see Jim's #4 above] In the File > Package dialog box, click the Show Report button, all image filenames are listed there [listen to our argument about this in the podcast — fun times!] Add an Image Name variable (Type > Text Variables > Insert Variable > Image Name) to a text frame that touches the image If the image name was included in its XMP metadata [not a default state, and not something you could do in InDesign] you could reveal it by choosing the relevant XMP field in the Object Export Options > Alt Text (or Tagged PDF) area Option/Alt-double click to Edit Original (or choose the command from contextual menu), name is revealed in native editing program. [Technically not an "in InDesign" solution but it's fairly close] Export to EPUB or HTML and look in the mark-up code [Ditto] Use a script that creates a list of filenames [see Links above] Final note: We love that Bonnie Barrett told us in her entry that she tried to find one in CS6's Content Collector — great idea! — but, alas, no luck.

Another DAM podcast interview with Cynthia Hilsinger Here are the questions asked: -How are you involved with Digital Asset Management? -How does the Air Force use Digital Asset Management? -How do you get unstructured assets under control? -How did you develop new metadata panels for use with the Adobe Creative Suite? -What advise would you like to give to DAM professionals and people aspiring to become DAM professionals? #AirForce #AnotherDamPodcast #CynthiaHilsinger #DAM #DAMPodcast #DigitalAssetManagement #DIMOC #government #HenrikDeGyor #interview #Metadata #Pentagon #podcast #Technology #TellingTheStory #USAF #VIRIN #XMP #DOD #Military For a full transcript, visit http://anotherdampodcast.com/ Questions? Email them to anotherdamblog@gmail.com

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