I use Adobe Lightroom as my primary image management software on both the PC and Macintosh. One of my persistent frustrations has been the “creeping slowness” issue, especially on an extended shoot. For instance, on day one of my trip to Africa last year, my catalog had about 8000 images and was nice and speedy. …
Tag Archive: Photography
Mar
25
Fast, non-destructive lens and perspective correction? Please?
OK Adobe Lightroom Team, Apple Aperture team, are you listening? I’ve just spent the last 10+ hours doing something manually that belongs in your products (Lightroom & Aperture): Correcting the perspective and lens distortion of photos non-destructively. Here’s the problem: I have about 30-40 photos that need to undergo this process: Please, will someone out …
Mar
19
Geotagging San Juan, Part 1
On my trip to San Juan Puerto Rico, I decided to make my first formal foray into the world of geotagging. On advice of my friend Saadiq, I brought along a GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr, a small USB device that records your location and time. So far, I’ve managed to geotag nearly all of the photos on …
Aug
18
Springamp Weighs in on Lightroom vs. Aperture
Both are great products, but which one is better? This question comes across my desk every so often, so I figured I’d take the time to give this topic some serious treatment.
Aug
08
The Power of Selective Focus
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Aug
05
Great photos from low-end cameras
Do you need a great camera to take great pictures? My main shooting rig is a Canon 1Ds mark III digital camera, and indeed, with this terrific (albeit quite expensive) camera I have taken a number of well-regarded photographs, some of which have even sold for multiple hundreds of dollars. However, one of my very …