Archive for the 'Tutorials' Category
Image Mechanics Off-line Archiving System: The Next Generation
It’s been over a year and a half since first developing the unique archiving system that we have since used to safely and efficiently store the terabytes upon terabytes of image data that our clients consistently generate. In that time, the system has barely changed, and we feel that we can safely say this is [...]
On the Road in Atlanta
I arrived Sunday for the PDN On the Road series in Atlanta. The trip was pretty good even though on the Chicago to Atlanta leg I had to sit next to the bathroom. I have had worse flights so all in all it was a very efficient and painless trip. I loved [...]
Digital Exposure Exposed
Film and digital photography have just enough things in common to lull you into a false sense of familiarity. Basic exposure rules still apply like they did with film, but just like different film stocks had their own exposure rules, digital chips have their own special requirements. Shooting digital is closer to the way [...]
Image Mechanics Off-line Archiving System
As capture specialists, Image Mechanics generates a huge amount of data on a daily basis. We have photographers who can shoot over 3000 medium format digital images per day and we often have multiple shoots happening simultaneously.
We had to find a solution for archiving all of this data for ourselves and for [...]
Five Secrets of Tethered Shooting
1. Use Bridge as your workflow software. Set up the shoot using your camera manufacturers software and choose a capture folder. Next, open Adobe CS2 Bridge and point it to the capture folder. Volia! Previews are faster than in DPP and more accurate (easier to adjust) than in Leaf.
2. Use [...]
Pimp My WFT-E1A
This post is for all our RobGalbraith friends. Since you can’t mount a WFT-E1A, AND use a tripod at the same time, this was our solution. We just mount our WFT-E1A to the vertical side of a Really Right Stuff L bracket (B57L in the case of a Canon 1Ds Mark II) [...]
12 Step Program for setting up the WFT-E1A on Airport
This is a How-To for setting up the Canon WFT E1A on a Mac using an Apple Airport Base Station. The method for setup would be different but essentially the same if you have a different wireless router. For those of you that don’t know, the WFT-E1A (lousy name) is an attachment for some Canon [...]
