File names are hard.
Nailing down a coherent and consistent file naming strategy for my own library took some time. Let alone for my clients. And the thread goes way back. Back to before we even starting thinking about how to support folder structures and manipulate file names in Lightroom.
I think a lot of the reason why photographers have such a hard time with file names in general, goes all the way back to the innovation of “files and folders” in early desktop computer user interfaces. As much of an innovation as the graphical display of files and folders was, the one fatal flaw was that it reinforced a very distinct real-world behavior that eventually conspired to actually make finding a specific thing in the computer more difficult.
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“Themes recur again and again in my work. I have been poor and I wanted to document poverty; I had lost a child and I was obsessed with birth; I was interested in politics and I wanted to know how it affected our lives; I am a woman and I wanted to know about women,” she wrote in her 1976 book, The Unretouched Woman.
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*UPDATE 3* Canon PowerShot G1X Revealed
Canon PowerShot G1X Canon U.S.A. is unveiling two PowerShot Elph-series point-and-shoot cameras and a new flagship Power-Shot G-series model. The G1X (shipping
via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2012/01/canon-powershot-g1x-revealed/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+canonrumors%2Frss+%28Canon+Rumors%29
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Here is the full text article about the Nikon D4 announcement – Nikon Rumors
After searching for several hours, I was able to locate the article that leaked the Nikon D4 details earlier today. Just go to this link and enjoy. Don’t ask me why it’s posted on Wells Fargo’s website. The same website also has information about the upco
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Michael Levin on Continuum
Tempest, 2008 — Michael Levin Sitting in the gallery surrounded by Michael Levin’s photographs, I feel a sense of calm. Though the…
Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2012/01/michael-levin-on-continuum.html
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The photographs of Don Hong-Oai are made in a unique style of photography, which can be considered Asian pictorialism
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Nikon D4: $6,000, Nikkor AF-S 85mm f/1.8G: $500 – Nikon Rumors
The first article about the Nikon D4 appeared briefly online today. The article was dated January 10, 2012 – this may be the actual release date to the public. The January 6th press event could just be to introduce the camera to the press. I cannot publis
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“Fatescapes” examines both the role and limitations of the photographic image as a historical document. “I remove the central motifs from historical documentary photographs,” Mr. Smejkal wrote in an e-mail. “I use images that have become our cultural heritage, that constitute memory of nations, serve as symbols or tools of propaganda and exemplify a specific approach to photography.”
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Art Rogers dies at 93; L.A. Times photographer
Art Rogers dies at 93; L.A. Times photographer
via Los Angeles Times: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/25/local/la-me-art-rogers-20111225
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Missing portion of Obama Hope poster revealed
From Demand Progress President Obama just signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law despite startling provisions that will allow the military to indefinitely detain American citizens. …
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The Rules on News Coverage Are Clear, but the Police Keep Pushing
Reporting and policing can be a high adrenaline business. But the decade-long trajectory in New York is toward expanded police power.
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The Great 50mm Shootout
Every so often the Universe realizes I’m getting a little cocky and sends someone to ask me a simple question I can’t answer. It happened again the other day. Michael Plumridge and Peter Lik asked Tyler what the sharpest 50mm lens was. They were shooting
via LensRentals Blog: http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/01/the-great-50mm-shootout
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It’s really hard to boil down a year of assignments and projects and portraits and personal images down to a small handful. Certain images stand out in our minds because of the memories that accompany them, because of the way the light fell across the scene, because the impact the subject had on our lives.
“Best” is relative. “Best” is personal.
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I’ve got a copy of Weird Sports sitting in the front room of my house and EVERYONE who picks it up, whether they are a photographer or not, loves it. They slowly flip through the pages, laughing hysterically. Definitely recommended. Here’s Sol’s story of putting it together…
THE WILD WEIRD WORLD OF SPORTS
This past year, for me, has been the year of the book. The year I achieved a dream. The year I gave birth. The year I became a father.
I’ve been a little hesitant to write about my book. Maybe because it still doesn’t seem real. But I’m slowly coming to terms with reality, that it is in fact real. Very real.
Another reason I’ve put off this entry is because of how truly personal this book is to me. Not sure if I can express it in words.
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Gizmon iCA: a Leica inspired case for iPhone 4/4s – Leica Rumors
The Japanese company Adplus (gizmon.com) went a step further than the Leica iPhone stickers and designed a real Leica screw mount inspired case for iPhone 4/4s (similar to this Leica i9 concept). The Gizmon iCA has an optical viewfinder, shutter button, c
via Leica Rumors: http://leicarumors.com/2012/01/01/gizmon-ica-a-leica-inspired-case-for-iphone-44s.aspx/
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A Reykjavik Diary
– Photos by Pascal Fellonneau
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LENSCRATCH Favorite Photographs of 2011 Exhibition
Happy 2012! A huge thank you to all the hundreds of photographers that sent me their favorite images of 2011. Note that these images are favorites and speak to the photographer in a meaningful way. I love creating this annual post, allowing photographers
via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2012/01/your-favorite-photographs-of-2011.html
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LightBox | Time
Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time
via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/12/31/lightbox-365-a-year-in-photographs/#1
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Welcome to the Photo Follies 2011 Awards, the Premier Photo Industry Contest In This Universe Or Any Universe Yet To Be Discovered™. Entries were judged by a jury consisting of leading industry figures, including a school of Barbary macaques, and senior Google Street View operators on loan from World Press Photo. Judging was overseen by the Russian Central Election Commission to ensure fairness.
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