If you’ve followed along with the recommendations of earlier articles in this thread, you will have identified “sets” containing your data files. Grouping them together makes it easier to manage the files on your system, and by extension makes it easier to manage your backups. I’ll get back to sets …
Another post for the photographers amongst you who are curious about my processes. This time it’s about how I use GPS data to geo-tag my photos with exact GPS coordinates. Choosing my first book20° 36’41” N, 102° 1’58” EEOS 40D, 50mm/1.8 (A2_003826) By attaching location information to your photos, you …
In my earlier post about image storage, I introduced some of the fundamental guidelines which should help you in designing a filing system that’s going to work for you. I’ve already expanded on the topic of filenames, now we’ll move on to where you put those files. Group your files …
As mentioned in my previous article on image storage guidelines, each file in your collections of images should have a unique filename. It’s time to talk about that some more: You generally should NOT leave files with just their original camera-generated names. The standard “DCF” (Digital Camera Format) names have …
Today when the master copies of our images are usually digital (even slide workers often put a lot of work into digitising their transparencies) it’s easier to store and organise thousands of files than it was to do the same with physical prints/negatives/transparencies. But it’s also easier to lose everything …
Antarctic Skua amongst the ice clouds Laubeuf Fjord, Antarctica This image is one from January’s Antarctic expedition that tends to make people do a double-take. Is that a bird upside-down? Are those clouds? Where’s the horizon? I’d like to “draw back the curtain” and tell you some of what went …
Have you ever dropped your camera? Did it end in tears? I’ve had a few accidents over the years, and was reminded of them recently when a student held out the shattered wreck of an SLR with a sad look on her face. And then over the last weekend I …
