Comments on: A dash of splash

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:34:56 +0000

Hi Heather,

The only data I enter in the IPTC fields is the copyright information – my name, address, website, and designation that work is copyright protected. I have Lightroom set up now with a pre-set template for that too, so just apply that whenever I do an import. Aside from putting in a few key words when doing the import, I don’t worry too much about the rest.

Hope this helps!

By: Heather M. Smith

Heather M. Smith — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:18:53 +0000

HI! Do you have any 411 about using the metadata in lightroom? I mean in regards to the various “IPTC” data fields…what do I put in there? Is it overkill to use all those fields…I don’t even know what those fields mean…. I am anxious to try out this water droplet thing too!

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:44:12 +0000

Hey Alistair – sure thing. Picked up the instructions from Strobist a week or so ago. Pretty straightforward too…

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-photograph-water-drops-with-one.html

By: Alistair M

Alistair M — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:11:10 +0000

Loved the sensousness of your watershots. Any tips on the set up you used to capture them?

By: Kevin Mullins

Kevin Mullins — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:34:10 +0000

Yep, LR is a beast of a product. I can only hope (but I’m sure this is going to happen), that Adobe shifts all the photo editing stuff that we still hop into PS for into a future version of LR. Being able to rely on just LR for photography would be stunning, then leaving PS for the digital artists/designers/web designers et al.

For reviews Jason, I don’t know if you’ve looked at any of the new firewire card readers? I’m toying with the idea of getting one but I’ve yet to be convinced….

And Brian – your LR PDF is killer. Downloaded and using it now. Thanks

By: Rich C

Rich C — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:42:25 +0000

In answer to Brian’s first question on the 5D Mark II. I recently purchased one, and I’ll be pulling together a full review very shortly. I’ll be sure to drop a note here to let you know when I do it. Being a previous owner of a 10D and 30D, and a current owner of a 40D as well I’ve got some observations from the point of a regular Canon user.

Overall, sneak peak, it’s a good camera. No complaints beyond the oil on the sensor (the way it came to me). Once that was cleaned I’ve had a good experience with the camera.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:03:12 +0000

Almost forgot to mention. I recently finished a Lightroom Keyboard Shortcuts Quick Reference Card. It lists every Lightroom keyboard shortcut in a nice-looking format. Knowing all the keyboard shortcuts can really help increase speed while working.

You can check it out here:
http://www.brianreyman.com/keyboardshorcuts.html

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:58:11 +0000

Lightroom rocks – it’s one of my favorite/most used programs.

Also, nice set of shots Jason! It’s interesting how many water drop shots were taken as a result of the Strobist post. Speaking of that, I actually shot my own last weekend

http://www.brianreyman.com/galleries/waterdrops

On a separate note, I’d love to see a review on the 5D Mark II. Maybe Canon’ll send you one!

I’d also be interested to hear opinions on the best value (speed/quality vs cost) memory card readers.