Tag: metadata

Take the Pain Out of Assigning Metadata in Lightroom
Use this method to apply valuable metadata in just a few minutes.
By Jeff Carlson on September 18, 2018

Nicolesy on Choosing Photo Gear for Travel
Nicole S. Young (nicolesy) posted a great short article on using Lightroom’s metadata filters to help you choose which camera gear to pack for your next trip: Using Lightroom to Select Lenses for Travel. Essentially, look at which lenses you used the most on previous trips, and then pack just those, not your entire collection. ...
By Jeff Carlson on May 6, 2014

Chapter 8 of Take Control of Your Digital Photos Now Available
We’re almost there. The latest chapter of my book Take Control of Your Digital Photos is now online for TidBITS Members, and it’s an important one: “Back Up and Archive Your Photos.” Digital photography is great in that you can shoot and store so many photos, but a failed hard disk can wipe them out. ...
By Jeff Carlson on August 13, 2013

Chapter 7 of Take Control of Your Digital Photos Now Available
If you’re a TidBITS Member, head over to read the latest chapter of my book-in-progress Take Control of Your Digital Photos, “Organize Photos into (Smart) Albums.” In this installment, I assemble all the work we’ve put into tagging and rating photos to quickly locate images. I also explain why I rarely use regular albums, opting ...
By Jeff Carlson on August 5, 2013

Chapter 6 of Take Control of Your Digital Photos Is Now Available
We’re getting to the end of my serialized book Take Control of Your Digital Photos, and Chapter 6 is a doozy. In this new section, “Assign Keywords and Other Data,” I take a step beyond the advice earlier about assigning metadata during import and look at ways to efficiently tag your photos with additional metadata. ...
By Jeff Carlson on July 29, 2013