How To Remove EXIF Data in Lightroom

When I export photos, often I don't want to show all of information, camera, lens, EV settings... Lightroom allows me remove all the EXIF data from my photos. But... There's one thing that I always want exported: my copyright information.

Lightroom has 4 different export format options:

  1. JPEG
  2. PSD
  3. TIFF
  4. DNG (digital negative)

Selecting Minimize Embedded Metadata will remove all of the metadata, the EXIF data, the IPTC data, and all of the extra info.

The Fools: Jay Maisel vs Andy Baio

In the last week of June 2011, Thomas Hawk wrote an article about the copyright lawsuit between Jay Maisel and Andy Baio. It was the first time I heard about it. Thomas Hawk took the point of view that Jay Maisel's lawyers “extorted” $32,500 from Andy Baio and he could do it because Jay had deeper pockets and bigger lawyers than Andy's.

132 comments later:

  1. Most of the comments were in favor of Jay Maisel
  2. The comments became a discussion between a ½ dozen people

Waiting for the Birds

Canon 7D with 500mm f/4 and Jobu Gimbal headCanon 7D with 500mm f/4 and Jobu Gimbal headreifel-20110702-9547.jpg — Copyright © 2009 Syv Ritch: http://www.foto-biz.com/usageterms

Waiting for the birds: Canon 7D with 500mm f/4 and Jobu Gimbal head click on image for gallery

Why are most photographers standing up with the tripod at full height? The birds are tall Sandill Cranes with a 2 month old chick. The Sandhill Crane chick is only a foot and ½ tall.

I use a monopod, and most of the times I'm on my knees like for this photo.

Crumbling Headstone

Crumbling HeadStones is a haunting beautiful photograph … Photograph is 11 in. by 10 in. unmatted … Photograph is custom printed using professional photography satin finish paper. Art Gallery quality! …

Price: $7 including shipping

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I have removed the “artistic” descriptions.

  1. Price: $7 including shipping
  2. Photos are 10 by 11 inch
  3. Custom print
  4. Payments via PayPal or money order

What am I missing? Here's my costing:

Lightroom 4 Available?

Yes, you read right: Lightroom 4 Available? Today, 29-Jun-2011, Google has changed globally its interface and all searches are Instant (you can disable it by disabling JavaScript.) I was searching when this came up! Here's a screen capture from the Google search, just in case…

Lightroom 4 Available?

Lightroom 4 Available

  1. I'm still on Lightroom 3.4.1
  2. I haven't heard any announcement

Norwegian TV Crew

Norvegian TV Videographer Norvegian TV Videographer with a Sony HD XDCAM video camera during the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadaolympics-20100228-0058.jpg — Copyright © 2009 Syv Ritch: http://http://www.foto-biz.com/usageterms

Norwegian TV Crew during the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada click on image for gallery

Lightroom: Stacking Photos

Lately, I've experimenting with panoramas. The simplest and cheapest way is get a wide angle, not a wide-angle but a really-really wide angle, take the photo, crop and trim, and end-up with a photo that is 200 or 300 pixels tall.

I've been using a panorama head, the Panosaurus. I make between 3 to 7 photos and merge them together in Photoshop.

The multiple photos don't have much value in themselves, they are just the intermediary steps for the final photos, but I want to keep them together. The Lightroom solution is: stacking.

Tripod: Giotto's MT8620

Giotto's MT8620 Carbon Fiber tripod: Weight: 1.53kg Max. Load: 8kg Folded: 57cm Min. H: 24cm Max. H: 140cm Extended: 163cm Every photographer needs to have a tripod. Using a tripod changes the equation from taking photos to making photos. It's impossible to take photos with a tripod. The tripod slows me down so much that I have to think, and thinking can be a very dangerous activity. My last tripod was a Manfrotto. I don't even have the model number, they didn't engrave model numbers then. I bought it in 1978 and weighs 7 pounds, it's a big and heavy tripod. It still works perfectly, but I became an old fart and it's heavy. Time to upgrade and become almost current. The Gitzo tripod that I want is $875 (Canadian)! No way Jose, I'm not spending that kind of money. The Induro looks good on paper and on the websites with very good reviews but I live in Vancouver, Canada and I couldn't find a local dealer with Induro tripods. I was left with either Manfrotto or Giotto's. I looked at both and finally bought the Giotto's MT8260 tripod after asking the dealer what he could do for me. $56 less later, I walked out of the store with an excellent tripod in the $300 range. * It's a Carbon Fiber tripod that weigh only 3.4lbs with 4 sections legs (I haven't used the 4th section yet). The center column is not Carbon Fiber, I guess that it's aluminium. * It carries 17lbs. I could have gone with a smaller and lighter tripod but I need a stable tripod that carries 10+lbs for the ball head, the panoramic head, the camera and finally the lens (that's 9½ pounds. I weighted the combination on an industrial scale.) * Each leg can be angled independently of the others. * A small, easy to see and very precise bubble level. The problem with bubble levels on the tripod is that it is very difficult to adjust the tripod to be levelled on uneven ground, because each leg has to be adjusted independently. The “proper” way is a self-levelling head, which will do the same job in a tenth of the time. * The tripod box includes a tripod bag for the tripod with the ball head and a shoulder carry strap for the tripod. The shoulder strap retails for $24. If I had bought the shoulder strap, I would have not been happy, the shoulder pad that is supposed to be non-slip is 75% deficient in the non-slip part. I will have to find a better shoulder strap for the tripod. The tripod box also includes an Allen key and a small wrench. The Giotto's MT8620 is great, it's light enough for me (about half of the weight of my 1978 Manfrotto), it's very steady and does the job. What else can you ask from a tripod? “But wait! There's more…” * Good looks * Impresses the client. It does instill confidence in the client that I know what I'm doing, just like for the camera. The bigger the camera, the more professional you are in the eyes of the client (that's why using micro 4/3rd camera on the job is not a good idea.)

Every photographer needs to have a tripod. Using a tripod changes the equation from taking photos to making photos. It's impossible to take photos with a tripod. The tripod slows me down so much that I have to think, and thinking can be a very dangerous activity. My last tripod was a Manfrotto. I don't even have the model number, they didn't engrave model numbers then. I bought it in 1978 and weighs 7 pounds, it's a big and heavy tripod. It still works perfectly, but I became an old fart and it's heavy.

Quick Guide to Accurate EOS Autofocus

Canon has published a PDF: The Quick Guide to Accurate EOS Autofocus. It's a 2 pager that explains how to use the Autofocus on Canon cameras. It's not just the the Canon 7D, but also applies to the 5DMk2, 1D serie… I love how they use the word accurate. But the vast majority of the focusing problems are related to the wrong understanding/usage of the autofocus.

The most surprising was the importance of the Viewfinder Diopter Adjustment.

http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/app/pdfs/quickguides/CDLC_Accurate_EOS_AF_QuickGuide.pdf

Lightroom: Secrets of Integrating Properly with Photoshop

Lightroom is designed by Adobe be the front end to Photoshop, but many people have lot of problems because Adobe hasn't explained clearly how Lightroom and PhotoShop talk to each other.

Secret #1

The Lightroom version must match exactly the Camera Raw version of Photoshop.

  1. Lightroom includes its own version of Camera Raw. Lightroom doesn't use Photoshop's Camera Raw. Lightroom is a non-destructive editing program.
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