O’Reilly — Saving Metadata to the Original File

In order to properly open or view your Lightroom adjusted image files in Adobe Camera Raw or Adobe Bridge—or another application that reads Lightroom-generated processing instructions—you’ll need to make sure these develop settings travel with the file. In this section, I’ll show you how to do so.

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Actually Michael Mistretta has a good write up on the pros and cons of Raw v. JPEG and shows some examples of what can be done with Raw and the limitations of each.

RAW vs JPEG - Michael Mistretta

Dan McCullum just got his first DSLR (congrats!) and DM’d me on twitter asking for my opinion on whether to shoot in RAW or JPEG. If you are completely photo illiterate, I suggest you stop reading this, get a large mug of your favourite drink and start here. Most amateur photographers have probably heard these terms thrown around before, but don’t know which is better for them.

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One is This Week in Photography Scott Bourne, Alex Lindsay, and a rotating cast of characters who talk about high end gear and general photography news and some tips. Always informative and entertaining…all at once.

The other is Tips from the Top Floor with Christ Marquardt. Chris has a lot of insight on digital photography and it is always easy to learn something from him. He also does travel and holds photography workshops which when he podcasts some of those are always fun to listen to and makes me wish I could attend one of those myself.

Do you have a Photography podcast recommendation? I am always on the look for new ones…leave a comment below!

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PhotoChallenge.org » Are you ready? May Challenge, let’s go!

It’s that easy. Select a beverage and shoot it for the next 3 days. If you have speed-lights or strobes, set up a studio and get creative. Get out and shoot it as many different ways as possible. Below I’ve selected a sample beverage, coffee.

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I hate a straight on flash in someone’s face or scene, and often try to bounce the light off a wall or ceiling. Of course to do that you need an off camera flash. (I have a SB-600). So if you find yourself needing to bounce the light and you don’t have your external flash…do something like this this guy did. Use your iPod, of course.

Nikon D40 + iPod Touch Flash Trick

Occasionally I find myself in environments where I’d like to use the flash because it’s dark, but either I’m so close that the flash will wash out everything, or it’ll give the photo that “frat party photo” feel, neither of which is usually what I’m aiming for. I’ve got a speed flash that can be angled, but I don’t carry it everywhere I go, because at some point I start to look like I need a sherpa. Here’s a fun trick that works almost as well as a real angled flash.

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