Photo Taco: Quick photography tips

Jeff Harmon walks through the things he has learned as he has incorporated a graphics tablet into his post processing workflow and some specific settings to look at in Photoshop. This is NOT the review between the Huion brand graphics tablet available through monoprice.com and the more expensive Wacom brand, that will come in a few weeks from this episode. Check out Brian Pex's very well done article at improvephotography.com called "8 Reasons You Need a Wacom": 8 Reasons Why You Need a Wacom Tablet: http://improvephotography.com/43742/43742/ Photo Taco Archive: http://improvephotography.com/category/taco/ iTunes review link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo-taco-quick-photography/id980781096?mt=2# Facebook Photo Taco Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/ Photo Taco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/ Photo Taco email: phototacopodcast@gmail.com Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmon_jeff Jeff’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/ Jeff’s Portfolio: http://jsharmonphotos.com Jeff’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/

Jeff Harmon answers a question from listener Mike West about Lightroom Virtual Copies and history. He also talks about how to request Adobe add features to Lightroom and a little about the snapshots feature in Lightroom. Resources mentioned in the podcast: Lightroom: New virtual copies should inherit develop history (vote for the idea): feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_fam…velop_history Add “Cull” Module to Lightroom (vote for idea): feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_fam…-to-lightroom Photo Taco - Lightroom Queen: improvephotography.com/40799/photo-t…htroom-queen/ Photo Taco - Bought Lightroom, Now What?: improvephotography.com/42973/photo-t…ightroom-now/ Photo Taco - Lightroom Collections: improvephotography.com/32712/photo-t…-collections/ Photo Taco - Lightroom Smart Previews: improvephotography.com/39724/photo-t…art-previews/ Photo Taco - Aspect Ratio: improvephotography.com/35813/photo-t…aspect-ratio/ Other Podcast Resources: Photo Taco Archive: improvephotography.com/category/taco/ iTunes review link: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo…d980781096?mt=2# Facebook Photo Taco Group: www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/ Photo Taco Instagram: www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/ Photo Taco email: phototacopodcast@gmail.com Jeff’s Twitter: twitter.com/harmon_jeff Jeff’s Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/ Jeff’s Portfolio: jsharmonphotos.com Jeff’s Instagram: www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/

Jeff Harmon shares a tip on how it is he quickly and effectively culls his images using the star rating system in Lightroom and why it is photographers should consider doing the same if they don't have a culling process or their current culling process is taking more than 15 minutes per shoot. Other episodes mentioned: Why and How of Annual Top Ten: http://improvephotography.com/43254/photo-taco-annual-top-10/ Photo Taco Archive: http://improvephotography.com/category/taco/ iTunes review link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo-taco-quick-photography/id980781096?mt=2# Facebook Photo Taco Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/ Photo Taco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/ Photo Taco email: phototacopodcast@gmail.com Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmon_jeff Jeff’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/ Jeff’s Portfolio: http://jsharmonphotos.com Jeff’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/

Jeff Harmon answers listener question from Ruben Zaldaña about bit depth setup for Nikon Raw files between 12 and 14 and what choosing 12 would give up in order to get a higher frames per second. =============================== Other articles referred to in the episode: 14 bit vs 12 bit Raw - Can You Tell The Difference? https://photographylife.com/14-bit-vs-12-bit-raw The Canon sRaw and mRaw Ouptut Formats: http://dougkerr.net/Pumpkin/articles/sRaw.pdf sRaw Format Explained: https://photographylife.com/sraw-format-explained Cambridge Color Bit Depth Tutorial: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/bit-depth.htm DSLR Lounge 14-Bit Lossless Vs 12-Bit Compressed: https://www.slrlounge.com/nikon-raw-nef-file-quality-option-comparison-testing-14-bit-lossless-vs-12-bit-compressed/ Dr. Emil Martinec The Consequences of Noise: http://theory.uchicago.edu/~ejm/pix/20d/tests/noise/noise-p3.html#bitdepth Digital Photography School 12-Bit Vs 14-Bit RAW - Which is Right for You?: http://theory.uchicago.edu/~ejm/pix/20d/tests/noise/noise-p3.html#bitdepth Laura Shoe 8 bit, 12 bit, 14 bit, 16 bit — What Does It Really Mean to Digital Photographers?: http://laurashoe.com/2011/08/09/8-versus-16-bit-what-does-it-really-mean/ ====================================== Photo Taco Archive: http://improvephotography.com/category/taco/ iTunes review link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo-taco-quick-photography/id980781096?mt=2# Facebook Photo Taco Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/ Photo Taco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/ Photo Taco email: phototacopodcast@gmail.com Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmon_jeff Jeff’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/ Jeff’s Portfolio: http://jsharmonphotos.com Jeff’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/

Jeff Harmon asks listeners to share their Top Ten photos of 2016 on social media and tag them with #phototaco and #topten. Then he talks about how breaking out of his photography comfort zone to take on a new style of photography really helped him to gain confidence and improve as a photography in the last few months of 2016. Photo Taco Archive: http://improvephotography.com/category/taco/ iTunes review link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo-taco-quick-photography/id980781096?mt=2# Facebook Photo Taco Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/ Photo Taco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/ Photo Taco email: phototacopodcast@gmail.com Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmon_jeff Jeff’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/ Jeff’s Portfolio: http://jsharmonphotos.com Jeff’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/

Jeff Harmon goes through the why and the how of an annual Top 10 process that helps him make significant progress year after year in improving his photography. He walks through his own setup using the collections feature of Lightroom so that listeners can get setup to make this process much easier next year. Other photo taco episodes mentioned: Photo Taco - Lightroom Collections: http://improvephotography.com/32712/photo-taco-lightroom-collections/ Photo Taco Archive: http://improvephotography.com/category/taco/ iTunes review link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo-taco-quick-photography/id980781096?mt=2# Facebook Photo Taco Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/ Photo Taco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/ Photo Taco email: phototacopodcast@gmail.com Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmon_jeff Jeff’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/ Jeff’s Portfolio: http://jsharmonphotos.com Jeff’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/

Jeff Harmon takes on the question for listener Scott Spain who asked: "On the heels of this great topic (JPEG Mini), I’d love to hear an episode that contains your thoughts on what image dimensions to use for various avenues. What size for Instagram? Facebook? 500px? What about your Web site… Do you sacrifice a fast loading image to accommodate full-screen viewing on a 5K iMac (4096 x 2304), or is that overkill? What about SquareSpace (and do they re-compress the image when they create multiple sizes for you)? Does this strategy vary for sites like SmugMug and Zenfolio? Seems like these various avenues each have their own sweet spots." Links referenced: Facebook Photo Sizing Guide: https://www.facebook.com/help/266520536764594 Photo Taco - JPEGMini Review: http://improvephotography.com/42357/photo-taco-jpeg-mini-review/ Photo Taco - Aspect Ratio: http://improvephotography.com/35813/photo-taco-aspect-ratio/ Other Helpful Links: Photo Taco Archive: http://improvephotography.com/category/taco/ iTunes review link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo-taco-quick-photography/id980781096?mt=2# Facebook Photo Taco Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/ Photo Taco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/ Photo Taco email: phototacopodcast@gmail.com Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmon_jeff Jeff’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/ Jeff’s Portfolio: http://jsharmonphotos.com Jeff’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/

Jeff Harmon answers a listener question listener David Medranda asked on the Photo Taco Listeners Facebook group: “I have an idea for a PT. I just got Lightroom. What next? It would be a run down of the top, say 5 things you should 1) learn first, 2)prepare (before installing?) 3) incorporate into your new workflow as a novice user." Other Photo Taco Episodes on Lightroom: Lightroom Collections - http://improvephotography.com/32712/photo-taco-lightroom-collections/ 5 Lightroom Performance Tips - http://improvephotography.com/42691/photo-taco-5-lightroom-performance-tips/ Lightroom Vignetting - http://improvephotography.com/39583/photo-taco-lightroom-vignetting/ Fast Lightroom Editing Tips - http://improvephotography.com/36554/photo-taco-fast-lightroom-editing-tips/ Lightroom Smart Preview - http://improvephotography.com/39724/photo-taco-lightroom-smart-previews/ Photo Taco Archive: http://improvephotography.com/category/taco/ iTunes review link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo-taco-quick-photography/id980781096?mt=2# Facebook Photo Taco Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/ Photo Taco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/ Photo Taco email: phototacopodcast@gmail.com Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmon_jeff Jeff’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/ Jeff’s Portfolio: http://jsharmonphotos.com Jeff’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/

Jeff Harmon does a "how I got the shot" (HIGTS) by walking through the minute details that went into his late November 2016 supermoon shot. You can see the shot at http://improvephotography.com/ptsm In short here are the details: Camera: Canon 7DM2⠀ Lens: Canon Kit 55-250 f/3.5-5.6⠀ ⠀ Moon was shot separate and composited with foreground. Foreground settings were⠀ Focal Length: 65mm⠀ Shutter Speed: 1/60⠀ Aperture: f/8⠀ ISO: 1600⠀ ⠀ Bumped up the saturation and painted in some noise reduction of the sky with an adjustment brush in Lightroom⠀ Moon settings were⠀ Focal Length: 250mm⠀ Shutter Speed: 1/60⠀ Aperture: f/8⠀ ISO: 100⠀ ⠀ Took 17 images of the moon, applied white balance and sharpening adjustments then cropped all but the moon from the frame in Lightroom, exported all 17 to TIFF, then stacked them using Regstax 6 (free software) to make them sharper (overcome softness of kit Canon kit lens).⠀ Added the moon back into the foreground scene by matching the size exactly with how it looked in the foreground shot where it was overexposed in Photoshop.⠀ Photo Taco Archive: http://improvephotography.com/category/taco/ iTunes review link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo-taco-quick-photography/id980781096?mt=2# Facebook Photo Taco Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/ Photo Taco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/ Photo Taco email: phototacopodcast@gmail.com Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmon_jeff Jeff’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/ Jeff’s Portfolio: http://jsharmonphotos.com Jeff’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/

Jeff Harmon walks through 5 tips to help photographers squeeze the most performance possible out of the Adobe Lightroom post-processing software. Resources mentioned in this episode: Photo Taco - Photo Editing Computer Hardware: http://improvephotography.com/41219/photo-taco-photo-editing-computer-hardware/ Windows Photo Editing Super Guide: http://improvephotography.com/35216/windows-photo-editing-super-guide/ Mac vs. PC for Photographers: The ULTIMATE Guide: http://improvephotography.com/31242/mac-vs-pc-for-photographers/ Photo Taco - Hard Drive Full: http://improvephotography.com/40460/photo-taco-hard-drive-full/ Photo Taco - Photography and Storage: http://improvephotography.com/37834/photo-taco-photography-storage/ The ULTIMATE Backup Workflow for Photographers: http://improvephotography.com/33562/how-to-manage-storage-storage-workflow/ Photo Taco - Lightroom Smart Previews: http://improvephotography.com/39724/photo-taco-lightroom-smart-previews/ Lightroom Performance - Workflow Tweaks (Victoria Bampton - The Lightroom Queen): http://www.lightroomqueen.com/lightroom-performance-workflow-tweaks/ Photo Taco Archive: http://improvephotography.com/category/taco/ iTunes review link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo-taco-quick-photography/id980781096?mt=2# Facebook Photo Taco Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/ Photo Taco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/ Photo Taco email: phototacopodcast@gmail.com Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmon_jeff Jeff’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/ Jeff’s Portfolio: http://jsharmonphotos.com Jeff’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/

Jeff Harmon answers a listener question about the what, why, and how of exposure lock. Other episodes mentioned: June 2015: Why Shoot in Manual Mode improvephotography.com/33236/photo-t…-manual-mode/ January 2016: Metering Modes Explained: improvephotography.com/36333/photo-t…es-explained/ May 2016: Exposure Compensation Explained: improvephotography.com/38224/photo-t…on-explained/ March 2016: In-Camera White Balance: improvephotography.com/37339/photo-t…hite-balance/ Photo Taco Archive: improvephotography.com/category/taco/ iTunes review link: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo…d980781096?mt=2# Facebook Photo Taco Group: www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/ Photo Taco Instagram: www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/ Photo Taco email: phototacopodcast@gmail.com Jeff’s Twitter: twitter.com/harmon_jeff Jeff’s Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/ Jeff’s Portfolio: jsharmonphotos.com Jeff’s Instagram: www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/

Jeff Harmon shares his thoughts on the hardware announcements made by both Microsoft and Apple in the last week of October 2016 and what it means to photographers. Mac vs PC for Photographers: http://improvephotography.com/31242/mac-vs-pc-for-photographers/ Windows Photo Editing SUPER Guide: http://improvephotography.com/35216/windows-photo-editing-super-guide/ Macdaddy: Stuck between a rock and a hard place http://macdaddy.io/apples-new-macbook-pros/ Photo Taco Archive: http://improvephotography.com/category/taco/ iTunes review link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo-taco-quick-photography/id980781096?mt=2# Facebook Photo Taco Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/ Photo Taco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/ Photo Taco email: phototacopodcast@gmail.com Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmon_jeff Jeff’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/ Jeff’s Portfolio: http://jsharmonphotos.com Jeff’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/

Jeff Harmon walks through an frequently requested review of the JPEG Mini product from BEAMR, what it claims to do, how good it does it, and if photographers should consider purchasing the product. January 2016 Photo Taco Episode - JPEG Compression Levels: http://improvephotography.com/36400/photo-taco-jpeg-compression-levels/ July 2016 Photo Taco Episode - Ps JPEG Exports: http://improvephotography.com/40177/photo-taco-ps-jpeg-exports/ Photo Taco Archive: http://improvephotography.com/category/taco/ iTunes review link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo-taco-quick-photography/id980781096?mt=2# Facebook Photo Taco Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/ Photo Taco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/ Photo Taco email: phototacopodcast@gmail.com Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmon_jeff Jeff’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/ Jeff’s Portfolio: http://jsharmonphotos.com Jeff’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/

Jeff Harmon and guest host Dave Dugdale talk about how to get started shooting video with your DSLR or mirrorless camera. Check out Dave's website at http://improvevideo.com Photo Taco Archive: http://improvephotography.com/category/taco/ iTunes review link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo-taco-quick-photography/id980781096?mt=2# Facebook Photo Taco Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/ Photo Taco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/ Photo Taco email: phototacopodcast@gmail.com Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmon_jeff Jeff’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/ Jeff’s Portfolio: http://jsharmonphotos.com Jeff’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/

Jeff Harmon answers a listener question asking for advice on how to get beyond the amateur results they have been getting. To help with the JPEG Mini project: http://bit.ly/lrvjmini Photo Taco Archive: http://improvephotography.com/category/taco/ iTunes review link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo-taco-quick-photography/id980781096?mt=2# Facebook Photo Taco Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/ Photo Taco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/ Photo Taco email: phototacopodcast@gmail.com Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmon_jeff Jeff’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/ Jeff’s Portfolio: http://jsharmonphotos.com Jeff’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/