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Photography Explained Podcast Episode 199 - Top Tips To Help You Manage Your Digital Photo Catalogue
You need to organise your photos on your computer so you can find any photo quickly and easily. Once you have done that, you have the small matter of looking after that precious collection of photos, which, as a photographer, is your everything. I don’t want to overstate this—as a photographer, your photos should be your everything. Without them, what have you got?
In this episode, I tell you
Why this is importantWhy you need to get rid of the rubbish (and what it is)How to add data to photos.How to use software tools to keep things organised.How will this help you today, tomorrow, and in the future.I also tell you
What if you use a phone to take photosWhat I doAnd what I did (don’t do this)And a little bit about me.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in (much) less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid!
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You need to organise your photos on your computer so you can find any photo quickly and easily. You need to come up with a filing system that you can add to over the years as you take more and more photos. And you need to be able to keep track of all the photos in the catalogue so you know which photos you have edited, the good stuff you have not yet edited, your best stuff and any rubbish you might have. You need to get rid of any rubbish and any photos that you do not like or need.
Yep, that is my one photo rule in twelve words. Splendid.
In this episode, I tell you
Why we need to organise our photos.How I organise my photos in a single catalogue.The folder structure I use for all my photos.Where my photos are stored.Lots of good talky stuff.What to do with the rubbish.I also tell you
What if you use a phone to take photosWhat I doAnd a little bit about me.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in (much) less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid!
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I want to get straight into taking better photos, beginning with taking fewer photos. We can all take fewer photos and, in the process, take better photos, and in this episode, I am going to tell you how. And yes, I will revisit my one photo rule. And here it is.
“Take the time to take the best one photo of one thing.”Yep, that is my one photo rule in twelve words. Splendid.
In this episode, I tell you
Where did my one photo rule come from?Why I only take two photos of a sunriseHow I take fewer but better photos of buildingsWhy was I taking so many photos?How you can take fewer photos but better photosI also tell you
What if you use a phone to take photosWhat I doAll explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in (much) less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid!
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I want to finish 2024 with a light-hearted look back at my favourite things from 2024. Why not, eh? So join me as I pick up on some stuff from the past year, which has been an excellent year for me and my podcast. so thank you for being with me, dear listener.
In this episode, I tell you
What was the most popular episode of the Photography Explained Podcast in 2024?What was the least popular episode of the Photography Explained Podcast in 2024?What is the oddest photography question I was asked in 2024?What was the best photography question I was asked in 2024?Who cares about all this photography stuff anyway?Rubbish photosRAW vs JPEG – I don’t know what I am talking about.What are irrelevant details in my world of photography?My one photo ruleWhat are the recurring themes in the Photography Explained Podcast in 2024?Why you shouldn't use flash photography in museumsI also tell you
What if you use a phone to take photosWhat I doAll explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in (much) less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid!
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I have loads of rubbish photos cluttering up my computer, clogging up my hard drives, and preventing me from finding the good stuff that must be in there somewhere, surely?
We all take rubbish photos every now and then, so it’s okay—not every photo we take is a masterpiece. But if a photo is rubbish, get rid of it. If you have photos that you are never going to do anything with, why not get rid of them, too?
In this episode, I tell you
How this happenedHow many photos I haveWhat I am going to do about itHow this will help youI also tell you
What if you use a phone to take photosWhat I doOne good or bad related thing that I did once (yes, really)All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in (much) less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid!
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RAW and JPEG are file formats. Photographers use both. JPEG images have an amount of processing and compressing done to them when a photo is taken. RAW photos have no processing done to them other than creating the file, that is.
JPEG photos can be viewed by anyone straight off the memory card. To view RAW photos, you need specialist software.
JPEG files are smaller than RAW files, but RAW files contain more data to work with than JPEG files.
These are the main differences, but what does this all mean?
Do we need to know all this stuff? Yes, we do, dear listener.
In this episode, I tell you
What JPEG isWhat RAW isWhat the differences are in the RAW vs JPEG debateWhy this stuff mattersI also tell you
What if you use a phone to take photosWhat I doOne good or bad related thing that I did once (yes, really)All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in (much) less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid.
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Digital camera sensors are important, sensitive, expensive bits of kit that need looking after. There are things that we can do to protect them from bad stuff, but if bad stuff gets to them, there are things that we can do to remove that stuff.
This applies to all of us photographers at all times, so it is pretty important that we know this stuff.
In this episode, I tell you
How to prevent bad stuff from getting to your camera's sensorWhat to do when you get bad stuff on your camera sensorWhat bad stuff is that gets on our sensorsWhy prevention is so much better than cleaningI also tell you
What if you use a phone to take photos (just look)What I doAll explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in (much) less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid.
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So you are in a museum or an art gallery. Or some other similar place. It is lovely and quiet, with nice low-level lighting and local lights highlighting all those fantastic exhibits. The whole place has been carefully designed with a bespoke lighting scheme.
And you see something really cool that you would love to photograph. What do you do?
Look is what you so—no more. Do not take a photo. Do not start popping your flash gun. Or the flash-type thing on your phone.
And in this very ranty episode, I tell you
Why you should not use your flash in an art gallery or museumWhy is using flash a waste of time anyway?I ask why everyone is photographing the same thing at the same time.Why you should stop taking photos of everythingAn alternative plan to stop this nonsenseI also tell you
What if you use a phone to take photos (just look)What I doAll explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in (much) less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid.
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Camera lenses are optical and engineering marvels. Camera lenses must be treated with care and respect when used, stored carefully and regularly maintained and cleaned. Take good care of your camera lenses, and they will take good care of you for years.
In this episode, I tell you.
What needs protecting in a lens?What gear can help you look after your lenses?How you store lenses.How you clean lenses.How to safely change lenses.How to safely use lenses.I also want to tell you
What if you use a phone to take photos?How I look after my lenses.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid.
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There are so many lenses out there. How can you possibly know which lens or lenses will help you? Relax – I have got this covered.
Lenses on cameras give photographers options. To understand how lenses can help you take better photos, you need to know what you want to photograph, how you want to take these photos, and what you want your photos to look like. Once you know these things, you can find the lenses that work for you and look into the wonderful world of lenses.
In this episode, I tell you.
Where do you start with this?How I ended up with the lenses I haveHow the lenses I have help me to take the photos I needI also want to tell you
What if you use a phone to take photos?What I do. Or did.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid.
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A listener asked me to do an episode strictly on lenses, so here it is. If you want me to explain something, just hit the “Send us a text” link on the podcast feed, and you can have your own almost personalised episode of the podcast. How utterly splendid.
Lenses attach to cameras and focus what you point your camera at onto the camera sensor. So, lenses are quite important in photography terms!
In this episode, I tell you.
What are the main types of lenses?What focal length is (quickly).What aperture is (not as quickly).What does this stuff all mean to you?I also want to tell you
What if you use a phone to take photos?What I do.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid.
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OK, I have spoken a lot about taking better photos. But in the final episode of this series, I tell you what you need to do. Yes, dear listener, it is time for you to start your journey to take better photos—which we all want to do, right?
So this is what you do. Start with choosing your best 20 photos. Put them in a safe place, be it a folder, album, or even a pile on the floor. But start with 20 photos and go from there.
Simple eh?
In this episode, I tell you.
How to get down to your best 20 photos.How this will help you.How you can keep improving your image capture.Why simply thinking before taking a photo is such a powerful tool.I also want to tell you
What if you use a phone to take photos?What I do.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid.
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To be the best at one photography thing, you must decide what that one photography thing is. This is how you can find your perfect photography niche.
Trust me, I have been there. I used to photograph everything and anything for anyone and everyone. I was all things to all people. And what was the result of that? I was all over the place and not very good at anything. Sure, I could take a decent standard of photos, but that was all—good enough. And I wasn’t improving; I was staying average at lots of things.
Does this sound familiar to you? Are you constantly trying different things but not progressing? Are you wondering how to improve your photography?
If you are, you are in the right place.
In this episode, I tell you.
Why choosing a photography niche will help you to take better photos.How you can choose your very own photography niche.And what you need to do next once you have done this.I also want to tell you
What if you use a phone to take photos?What I do.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid.
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Get out more and take photos, but take fewer photos. This will help you take better photos. Getting out more and taking photos gives you lots more opportunities to create new stuff. But don't try to create too much new stuff, or you will end up with lots of average photos that you do not have the time to do anything meaningful with.
And none of us want that, do we? No, we don't, Rick.
In this episode, I tell you.
· Why getting out lots taking photos is good for you.
· Why getting out and taking lots of photos is not good for you.
· What you can do about it.
· What if you use a phone to take photos?
· What I do.
All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid.
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Are you taking loads of photos but not getting great results?
Are you spending forever on your computer trying to find decent photos to edit?
And are you taking hours editing average photos and wondering why they are not turning into great photos?
Relax – I can help you with all of these.In this episode, I tell you.
Fifteen things that you can do that will help you save time.Fifteen things that will change what you spend time on for the better!Fifteen things that can help improve your photography.How and why this stuff really works.What if you use a phone to take photos?What I do.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid.
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Photo editing can be daunting. Knowing where to start can be challenging, as can knowing when to stop! But don’t worry, I can help you. I can tell you what you need to know and do.
And how you approach editing is crucial Editing for me is all about enhancing what is in a photo that you have taken and no more. Yes, that is all editing is to me, making the best of what we have captured.
In this episode, I tell you.
Why you should be picky about which photos you edit.How to start editing.My editing workflow – very briefly.When it is ok to remove stuff from photos.Why you should not spend forever editing photos.What if you use a phone to take photos?What I do.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid.
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A great way to get better at photography is to learn from other photographers. There are loads of great photographers out there and loads of great photos. But where do you start?
This is where I can help you. I will tell you ten photographers from whom I have learned. This is your starting point.
There is another photographer that you can learn from.
You, dear listener. Yes, you.
In this episode, I tell you.
How you can learn from other photographersThe ten photographers that I like and have learned from myself (to get you started)How you can learn from your photosHow getting a critique of your photos can help youWhat if you use a phone to take photosWhat I do.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid.
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Photography Explained Podcast Episode 182 - Phone Camera vs DSLR - What Are You Missing With A Phone?
You take photos with your phone. You got into photography by taking photos with your phone, and you have never used a camera.
So what?
You are missing out on the wonderful world of photography, that’s what! And it is a big what, too.
While phones in cameras get better and better, taking photos with a phone is not the same as taking photos with a camera. And not as good.
In this episode, I tell you.
What are you missing out on if you take photos with a phone?Why a camera is such a special thing.Why I don’t like taking photos with my phone.And why I love taking photos with my camera.What if you use a phone to take photos? Throughout the episode!!!.What I do.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid.
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Cameras are, of course, designed to take high-quality photos. And phone cameras have improved so much that they are a credible alternative to cameras. But which is better to take photos with? A digital camera or a phone? Is one better than the other? Or is there a place for both?
Most people have phones these days, and most phones have cameras built into them. So why would you need a camera? Well, there are differences, and I am going to tell you what they are.
In this episode, I tell you.
The main differences between cameras and cameras in phones.Why you might be OK with your phone.And why you might benefit from getting a camera (and all the other stuff that goes with having a camera).About the taking photos bit.What I do.And why I do what I do.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love? How utterly splendid.
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We can change many settings in cameras and lenses, too. These settings will change depending on what you are taking a photo of and the ambient light levels. With the correct camera settings, we can take better photos. That is why our cameras have all those settings, after all!
Join me in this episode and discover how mastering your camera settings can transform your photography.
In this episode, I tell you.
The main camera settings that you can change.Why I don’t use the exposure triangle.Examples of what I do are sprinkled throughout the episode.What if I use a phone to take photos and not a camera?What if I use a film camera? For the last time.And finally, what I do. Very specifically, what do I do?All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!
What is not to love?
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