Johann Gudbjargarson
Johann Gudbjargarson is an amateur photographer living and working in Iceland. His background is software engineering, in which he has a BS degree. When imaging became digital, it merged with his interest in computers and software engineering, to the point now where he lives and breathes photography. You can learn more about Johann and his work at gudbjargarson.net .
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Lightroom and Keywords Part III
Last week I mentioned different ways in Lightroom to tag pictures. On of these methods is "Keyword sets," and I'm going to talk about that feature in more detail right now. Keyword sets are basically a grouping of keyboard... read more
Lightroom and Keywords Part II
As keywords are a very important feature to manage pictures in Lightroom, it is essential to come up with a workflow one is comfortable with to register keywords for images. It takes time and effort to record keywords for... read more
It is very easy these days to find information on the net with search engines such as Google. Useful data can be retrieved by searching for a word or phrase, given by the user, in a database that includes almost... read more
Lightroom's Personality Expressed Through Its UI
June 01 2007
I work as a developer, and one of my interests is UI (user interface) design. I place so much value on this that I even started using the Mac platform more because I prefer the OS X user interface over... read moreSharing a Lightroom Database Revisited
May 22 2007
My last week's post about using Lightroom on multiple computers has received some excellent comments, and not everyone agrees about the need for this. My challenge is that both my girlfriend and I share the same camera in many situations,... read moreMay 15 2007
My girlfriend and I both have Macs at our home, and we are very much into photography and use both machines for working on our pictures. The problem we run in to is that Lightroom is a single user application - two users can’t share a database and work on… read moreLightroom and Keywords Part V - Synonyms
May 08 2007
Synonyms are a very powerful feature of Lightroom Keyword system. It allows you to define for each keyword in you keyword list synonyms that save time, especially when keywording for stock agencies, Lightroom, Photosharing sites etc. to maximize changes of your pictures being found in searches. To enter synonym(s) for… read moreLightroom and Keywords Part IV - Hierarchical Structure
April 25 2007
In many programs, keyword structure can be a flat, one dimensional list of words that are hard to manage as their numbers grow. In the program that I used previously, I had a keyword list of around 300, and that... read moreMarch 27 2007
Probably most readers know about how RSS feeds can save time and make it easier to follow a blog like this. For those who don’t read on: Web pages which frequently publish new content usually support RSS feeds (Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary or RDF Site Summary). When a visitor… read moreLightroom and unique file names
March 20 2007
I think it's important to give pictures unique file names at the beginning of the workflow to avoid possible confusion up the road. A typical file name from digital camera looks something like this: IMG_1700.JPG. The number used in the... read moreLightroom and the future of organizing photos
March 13 2007
Let’s face it - organizing photos today by location, subject, keywords, people etc. can be a cumbersome task. A photographer must be a very organized to stay on top of these tasks, especially when assignments include different locations, subjects and etc. In my iView collection (still haven’t moved all of my… read moreMarch 06 2007
One of the annoyances of digital cameras with interchangeable lenses is dust on the sensor. The sensor can be like a magnet for dust when changing lenses and it needs to be cleaned from time to time. Some modern cameras have built in technology to avoid dust on the sensor… read moreLightroom: Open system and multi platform
February 26 2007
It’s a big decision when you decide on an application and platform to manage your pictures. In a few years time, your picture library might reach thousands upon thousands of images, and if the pictures are all tagged with keywords and collections, you will have invested a substantial amount of… read moreFebruary 20 2007
A powerful addition to Lightroom is the ability to change saturation, lightness, and hue for different colors. Until now, this feature wasn’t in Camera Raw, and the need to go into Photoshop to alter each color channel made the workflow and management of pictures a lot harder — you’d have… read moreFebruary 20 2007
A powerful addition to Lightroom is the ability to change saturation, lightness, and hue for different colors. Until now, this feature wasn’t in Camera Raw, and the need to go into Photoshop to alter each color channel made the workflow and management of pictures a lot harder — you’d have… read moreFebruary 13 2007
Vibrance is a new addition to the Lightroom Beta and is inspired from a similar control with the same name in Pixmantec Rawshooter which Adobe bought last year. I used RawShooter before I decided to switch to Photoshop CS2 Camera Raw / IView after Lightroom beta became available for Windows… read moreFebruary 08 2007
One of the most daunting steps in most photographers’ workflow is to go through the pictures after a shot and select and rate photos. Often photographers take few dozens or hundreds of photographs in a shoot and just go quickly through the photos and work on a few and export… read moreRecent Posts | All O'Reilly Posts
