The Luminous Landscape Guide to Asset Management

Where The #%*!
Are My Pictures?

A 3 Hour Multi-Segment Training Video
with Michael Reichmann and Seth Resnick

Learn Organization From The Experts

This Tutorial teaches the strategies and techniques
that allow you to know exactly where & what your pictures are and
to find them with a few key strokes—whether you have 500 or 50,000+

The tutorial is hosted by Michael Reichmann & Seth Resnick. Seth is a highly successful professional stock & editorial photographer. He is also a principal of D65 which offers workshops & seminars in photography and digital workflow.

If as a photographer, looking for a particular file or image, you have ever asked the question "Where is ...?" or "Don't I have a shot of...?", then this tutorial is for you.

Watch Michael & Seth go through the strategies & techniques of file organization following a typical shoot. They use Adobe's Lightroom 2 but the strategies are applicable to any Digital Asset Management program. As Michael says, "It's the Concepts not the Keystrokes."

The advent of digital photography has created a great need for the careful organization of files. To be effective, that organization must allow for the quick retrieval of any file that has been created; this must include originals, edited originals, layered working files, final output files and backups. The strategies must include those to select, name, choose media & media systems and to apply metadata easily and quickly.

Sounds complicated? Sounds time-consuming? It is not - if effectively organized and executed. This is what you will learn. More often than not it is a case of do once, use many times.

File backup and archiving is another part of organization. This Tutorial will teach the most effective strategy for true file backup.

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About The Tutorial

The L-L Tutorial "Where the #%*! are my Pictures?" is comprehensive and in-depth. It consists of over 3 hours of live video training. The price is just US $29.95.

"Where the #%*! are my Pictures?" is made up of 11 .mp4 video files designed to be viewed on a computer monitor using a free media player such as VLC Player, QuickTime or Adobe Media Player. Windows, Mac, and Linux systems are all supported.

"Where the #%*! are my Pictures?" is produced in High Definition video suitable for playback on a modern computer with a powerful graphics card. If your computer is less than two years old you should have no problem playing these videos. There is a Standard Definition version available here with a smaller demand on the CPU & graphics card for those who have older computers (Mac G4, G5 & older Wintel machines).

The video can also be viewed on a television; see our FAQ.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction:

The concept of the Public Library and Card Catalog applied to photograph management.
Definition of Metadata.
Who needs this stuff? Isn't this a lot of work?
Get a system for your workflow.
Learn how to organize, how to be productive.

2. Where are your pictures?:

The system is applicable to all Digital Asset Management systems - it's the Concept not the Keystrokes.
Dedicated Hard drives.
The Catalog.
Cull your images; edit down, leave only the good ones. Delete.

3. Organization:

File Naming Convention.
Folder Structure.
Name Templates and Presets.
The use of file types and extensions; make them work for you.

 

4. Import & File Naming Template:

File Handling on Import.
Create a Naming Template.
Seth's 'Kodachrome' Develop settings.
Metadata Preset.
Copyright.
Thumbnail Preview size.

 

5. Edit Selection and Ranking:

Ranking with Stars and Labels.
The use of dual screens.
Deletion.
Re-name for out-of-sequence files.
Save Metadata.

 

6. Captions:

Basic captioning.
Learn to use Global and Local metadata.
Access online data for caption & metadata use.

 

7. Keywording:

Keyword Hierarchy.
Use Public and Private metadata.
Keyword suggestions.
Search for keywords.
Keyword concepts.
Keyword Sets.

 

8. Filtering with Metadata:

Use filtering in Lightroom to find and view subsets of your Library.
Use Keywords and Metadata to filter.
'Concept' keywords
Unique camera-specific metadata
Create a Quick Collection and save permanent 'virtual' Collections.
Use Smart Collections that update automatically as new photographs are imported or keyworded.

 

9. On-the-Road:

Learn how to take a 'remote' Catalog on the road and leave the originals in the Library at home - yet still be able to work with all of your files.
Working with a laptop and external drives.
Drive naming.
'Off-line' files.
Size of previews
Learn how to safely integrate new files with an original master Catalog: three scenarios and solutions.
Import Settings and Keywords.
Create a Catlaog and Previews to be taken on the road.

 

10. XMP sidecar Files:

XMP & Sidecar defined.
What's inside an XMP?
Are they needed?
The DNG option.

 

11. Archive & Backup:

Lightroom's Catalog Settings & Backup option.
A 'Very Scary Story'.
The difference between a Backup and an Archive.
Hard Drive Strategy.
Bootable Backup.

 

If you're the type of person who learns best by live demonstration and a hands-on approach
rather than from a book, then the L-L Tutorial "Where the #%*! are my Pictures?" is for you.

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FAQ

A FAQ for Download Video can be found here.

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About This Video

The video was shot in March 2009 in Miami Beach using Lightroom 2. The video cameras used were Sony EX-1 & a Sony SR12.

Equipment used:

- Mac Pro & 30" Cinema Display

Special Thanks

Many thanks are due to Jamie Spritzer & Luci Resnick for allowing us to interrupt their lives for three days! Oh yeah... and thanks to Leo too!

Credits

Shot and edited by Christopher Sanderson.

Copyright

All video is ©2009 Terra Luma Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Note that because this tutorial is a download
there are no shipping costs, import taxes, or duties.

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Learn to organize your photographs - Now!

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June, 2009