http://iso50.net Life through the viewfinder Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:41:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, it's now June 12th, 2008. I have over 5000 images (I know this doesn't compare to mountains of images other people have) and I have to re-start my process of organizing them because....I just don't remember what I did before. So, this and all of my other domains have ... http://iso50.net/?p=48 Just updated WordPress, Gallery and my skins to the latest versions. Started editing my photos so the gallery is enabled and I'm adding content into it. http://iso50.net/?p=36 Lack of updates is because I was busy the last two weekends sorting out the new car purchase. I've been buying a car for about as long as I have been working for my company. There are a lot of factors that came into play. On one hand, I really ... http://iso50.net/?p=33 Obivously there's no point in wasting energy on images that definitely do not make the cut. http://iso50.net/?p=32 The first and foremost step is to transfer the images from the removable media over to the editing workstation. There is a number of viable ways of transferring the images. Manually dragging over from the card to the hard drive Using the application's built in method. (Most applications have this feature built ... http://iso50.net/?p=31 First, I sat down and decided what tasks I would be doing (in no particular order): Download the images to the hard drive Back up my originals Eliminate images of poor quality. (Don't go overboard here, some images may gain value over time) Adjust White Balance Keyword Add copyright data/metadata/IPTC Label (Optional) Convert from RAW to TIFF or ... http://iso50.net/?p=30 I've spent a bit figuring out my personal workflow and it wasn't an easy or fun task especially because I did not know where to start and what to do...I've given some thought to creating a logical workflow and I've documented my progress up to date so others who are ... http://iso50.net/?p=27 My workflow begins when I take a photo with my camera. My camera's color space is set for Adobe RGB (it offers a wider gamut than sRGB and loss of information should occur as close to the end of the workflow as possible). My camera is almost always set to ... http://iso50.net/?p=26 Logical Layer - The logical layer is how I think about the photos. To me, the logical layer is very important beause it offers a completely different way of organizing photos. By thinking logically and using well defined keywords from a controlled vocabulary scheme it becomes a lot easier to find ... http://iso50.net/?p=25 Physical Layer - The reason I call it the physical layer is because that’s how I lay out things on my hard drive. Although I'm still dealing with 1's and 0's stored on my hard drive, it's easier for me to think of these as physical objects. The best analogy I ... http://iso50.net/?p=24