Week 4

This week we looked at equipment and went through an overview of different types of equipment that would suit beginners. There is so much to explore in this area and so you will find a few helpful links in the slideshow for certain aspects. Please let me know if you are thinking of buying a new camera and would like any advice about makes/models. Here are also some other useful links: SELECTING RAW & JPEG https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/lightroom-cc/how-to/raw-vs-jpeg.html CANON – https://www.trustedreviews.com/how-to/change-your-camera-format-to-raw-4246540 NIKON – https://onlinemanual.nikonimglib.com/d3500/en/09_more_on_photography_06.html FUJI – https://fujifilm-dsc.com/en/manual/x-t10/shooting/raw/index.html SONY – https://helpguide.sony.net/ilc/1540/v1/en/contents/TP0000818693.html EDITING SOFTWARE There are quite a few choices for editing software and image libraries. I process a lot of photographs and have to have everything very securely backed up for work. For this I use Lightroom. For my photographs of my phone I use apple’s photo’s in which I try to go through and delete a load once in a while plus favourite photographs. It’s all very time consuming but perhaps trying out 30 minutes a week could be a start… Lightroom – https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop-lightroom.html?mv=search&mv=search&sdid=L7NVTQ8Y&ef_id=Cj0KCQjw8e-gBhD0ARIsAJiDsaUUWC8-09NSHKypZ3JMsv0bNZHyJjniyR8CFK4jZ9-Cl47aaczqNbwaArNuEALw_wcB:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!3085!3!520937987423!e!!g!!lightroom!1422699962!59976286070&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8e-gBhD0ARIsAJiDsaUUWC8-09NSHKypZ3JMsv0bNZHyJjniyR8CFK4jZ9-Cl47aaczqNbwaArNuEALw_wcB Here is also a useful link to how to organise your photographs. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2014/oct/17/how-can-i-organise-all-my-digital-photos Hard Drive https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/buying-guides/best-portable-hard-drives-for-photographers (I have the transcend which is great). Here is a link about storing photographs. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2018/apr/12/how-can-i-store-my-digital-photos-for-ever-external-hard-drive As mentioned in the email, please feel free to download any of the materials from the last 4 weeks. The passwords are subject to changing alongside the documents within after the 6 weeks. All the best for your future photographic endeavours. Best, Kate