Pro-Imaging

Discussions on the Pro Imaging discussion list were varied and valuable starting off with who uses Kelvin these days? An interesting discussion that took in different
white balancing considerations and methods various members prefered in
different situations.   Lots of good stuff chewed over.

One of our members is off on an extended boat journey to foreign parts and
was looking for advise on the safest way to back up the work she has shot.

Following on from the TV programme in the UK of the making of an issue of
Vogue there were some interesting observations on how the photographic
content was produced.

What software to do the business accounts on a Mac so what do the members
recommend?   

Nikon D3S raw files were giving  member problems...upgrade the
software....again, or use a suggested work-around!

Business advise discussions are always popular on PI and this week we
discussed the issue of clients expecting work for derisery amounts and how to
educate clients to the real cost and true value of reliable professional quality
photography and service.

Aperture 3 was released and inevatably this featured in the week's
discussions...some are finding issues already but others offered solutions as
always on PI!

Lightroom and the various methods of working with it gave members the
opportunity of sharing their experiences.

Orphan works is a constant impending nightmare for professional
photographers, so UK members were more than interested in the outcome of
the outcome of the first reading of this bill in the house of Lords.

Connecting Macs the simple way and restoring from time machine.  Advise was
forth coming from one of our Mac experts.

Several members reported on having received a particularly strange scam on
pro photographers.

Can you recommend an admin. program for studio use asked one member,
several members had suggestions.

We discussed Picade and Bron lighting and for something quite different...how
Belgian Agencies are getting their point across to clients.

We were amazed to hear of a digital camera lost overboard years ago but the
pictures on the memory card were said to be fine. Many members doubted if
this was possible given the salt water.

A member had a series of pictures of groups of people shot inside that had
some very strange unwanted artifacts on the walls.  Members came up with the
possible answer as to why.  Lesson learnt for many!

We also discussed the collection of money owing!  In these more difficult time
this was a useful business discussion.

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Contributed by Richard Kenward - Artisan Digital Services