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Book:   The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers
Subject:   The DAM Book
Date:   2005-11-22 08:57:33
From:   Steve Uzzell
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

From this day forward, all serious photographers, pro and amateur alike, will have 2 pieces of gear in common– a damn good tripod and Peter's DAM book. He takes you, step by easily-followed step, through what can be a daunting process, explains the solid theory behind his recommendations and then GIVES you the best (and in my opinion the only) workflow to follow. He has done all the thinking for you… from the solid perspective of an accomplished, award-winning, prolific professional shooter. I've been fortunate to have received an advance copy of the book, taken Peter's DAM workshop, and can emphatically state that without this workflow, I'd have never made it through the busiest time of my 35-year career. Thank you, Peter.


As digital photographers, we must add both being the lab and the image librarian to our list of skills. Peter demystifies and simplifies what is an overwhelming amount of information to learn, digest, think about, wrap your head around, and put into immediate practice. You can start in the beginning, or you can jump immediately to Chapter 6 and dive right into the workflow. I've already bought a copy for every one of my good clients because they need to know best practices when adding value to my images once they receive them– keywording, access, distribution, archiving, etc.


This book will be your bible, and you will read it over and over again. My images now depend on it. So will yours.

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"As the number of images in a photographer's collection gets larger a system like that in The DAM Book will become a necessity. It makes life easier for the digital photographer. In the event of a major system failure like losing a hard drive, having a simple backup system that is up to date will be all that matters."
--Jerry Callaghan, Boston West Photographic Society