SEO keywords for photographers – my learning curve
I normally put in quite a bit of effort in the SEO keywording of my images, but submitting a recent photo to Getty Images, I realized I still have much to learn about professional keywording. Using keywords helps my clients find the images they are looking for on my website, and also helps my own [...]
Which Canon Powershot to buy for underwater photography – G10, G11 or G12?
An email received today asked for my advice on choosing a Canon Powershot G10 or G11 for underwater photography. There are a number of things to take into account, so I thought I would cover a few in a post. I received the following email enquiry today:- “Carl, Please counsel with me on a camera [...]
Photography and Web Discoveries of the Week – 11 Jun 2010
This week was dominated by the release of Lightroom 3, but we continued to make a small number of photography and web discoveries. Travelling to the US this week on business, one newly discovered quote that resonated with me was “Nothing happens until you press the shutter”…. I need to do this more. Software Updates [...]
Lightroom RGB Percentage vs Photoshop RGB numbers
Trying to get my Lightroom refined images as close as possible to Photoshop optimized versions, I discovered that the Lightroom RGB percentages do not match Photoshop RGB numbers. Lately I have been finishing my underwater images in Photoshop, as Lightroom does not offer the amount of color correction control I waned. However, reimporting my corrected [...]
New Camera Raw, Lightroom and DNG converters releases
Adobe Labs has announced “‘release candidate” updates for Photoshop Camera Raw 5.6, Lightroom 2.6 and DNG Converter 5.6. The updates extend file support to 19 new camera models including:- Canon EOS 7D Canon Powershot G11, S90 Mamiya DM22, DM33, DM56, M18, M22, M31 Nikon D3s Olympus E-P2 Pentax K-x Panasonic FZ38 Sigma DP1s Sony A500, [...]
Adobe Releases Lightroom3 Beta
Adobe has released a beta version of Lightroom 3 for public preview, which includes easier importing, better noise reduction and sharpening tools, improved slideshow capabilities and direct publishing to online photo sharing sites like Flickr. Library module – The import system has been rebuilt to make importing photos into the software easier. You can now [...]
Lightroom Version 2.5 and ACR 5.5 Released
Adobe have released Photoshop Lightroom version 2.5 and Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) Version 5.5. The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.5 update includes enhancements for: Additional camera support for several new camera models including the Nikon D300s, Nikon D3000, Olympus E-P1, Panasonic DMC-FZ35 and Panasonic DMC-GF1. Lightroom Bug Fixed – Lightroom 2.4 on Windows continued to display [...]
DNG converter and Profiles Update
G10 CR2 RAW format I recently purchased the Canon Powershot G10 so I could shoot RAW from a compact platform, and take advantage of the extra bit depth. I have been using Lightroom2.1 and CS3/Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) 4.5 for my processing workflow. Neither of these supported the G10 CR2 RAW format. Note: – As [...]
Lightroom2 Keywording
I have updated my Adobe Lightroom2 keywords recently using the CKVC controlled vocabulary list. After updating the lists, I went through and tidied my keyword structure, and have now set about reviewing the keywords used for each image. During this review I noticed that extra keywords from further up the keyword structure (parent keywords) were [...]
CVKC Keywords Software for Bridge and Lightroom
I recently purchased a version of the controlled vocabulary keywords software from David Rieick’s website (www.controlledvocabulary.com). The CVKC software for Lightroom is slightly different to the version for Bridge, due to Lightroom allowing synonym designations, which are displayed in the CVKC file in {} brackets. e.g Bridge format:- action >aim >>aiming >arm wrestling Lightroom format:- [...]
Keywording and Controlled Vocabulary
This morning I was reading an article in Better Photoshop Techniques (one of my preferred photography magazines), and came across an interesting article by photographer Nick Rains about image keywording. I have been thinking quite a bit about this subject of late, and how I can improve my workflow. Nicks article discussed the technique of [...]
