JarvieDigital Photography

I’m in search of the best lightroom article that has never been written.
(As far as I can tell)

Here’s a series of twitter messages I sent out this morning.
I figured it might be important enough to put on the blog since more people view it on a daily basis.

Somewhere out in the tubes there’s an article/blog called: “10 things to do to speed up lightroom” I just can’t find it! Please write one!

In that blog tell me what the fastest computer would be and what tips you suggest about how to run the computer etc…

If I do too many pictures in one catalog am I overburdening things and slowing lightroom down? What’s the magic number?

In fact almost everyone writes about the 10 new features they love in LR2
I would but hundreds of people already did it.
And the article is always called “10 features I love in the new Lightroom 2″

Thomas hawk wrote about the new LR2 features
It’s probably my preferred so far. But seeing how they were all the same I stopped looking at them.

In that Thomas Hawk article Sephen Shankland makes a comment that makes it seem like he knows a bit about speed issues in lightroom. Turns out he has a blog over at CNET

• This article needs to be by someone who really really knows what they’re talking about.
• Not written by someone who is simply a user. (Heck I’ve edited tens of thousands of pictures and i’ve noticed trends but I’m certainly not the person to write this because I would only have theories and not solid facts)
• Base their 10 points on facts and not speculation
• Give us the perfect setup
  (I have a quad core and that sped up things immensely! But I want more)
• Going from picture to picture is where the most annoying lag is.
• In my case I don’t care about the exporting/crunching of images i’m talking about the navigation more so… moving from grid to develope and from picture to picture or applying the edits.

Some lightroom developer needs to do this (maybe they have)

Or someone that likes doing detailed research

I wouldn’t mind Scott Kelby writing this up because he certainly chats with the adobe people a lot and isn’t afraid to ask the questions. Plus everyone seems to read his blog so he can at least pose the question.

Update:

Thanks to Calanan for finding an article that gives 5 apparent ways to speed things up.
Heere’s the twitter message he sent

calanan @jarvie How about 5? http://tinyurl.com/3a3vda

5 tips are great but I want more.
An article not just for the common lightroom user. I want something geared toward huge catalogs and not just focused on speeding up lightroom on an old crappy computer but on an already upgraded computer.

Something that goes more into depth.

I could probably spit out 5 tips to make lightroom faster based on experience.
But i want some really solid stuff going above mere observations and guesses.

Saying get a faster computer and get more ram is cheap because that speeds up every computer. Say that and then explain how it benefits and perhaps give an example.

Am I being too demanding? Lots of people out there blogging and looking for things to write about… just trying to help make the best lightroom article ever.

dwterry @jarvie I have Lightroom store my data in XMP files with the images. That way my edits and my images get backed up simultaneously.

dwterry @jarvie The other advantage is that frees me to blow away my LR catalog any time I want. Which is about every few thousand files or so.

jarvie @dwterry XMP files? that sounds so messy. but i’m willing to listen. Will that make them import into any lightroom with settings in-tact?

Plus i thought one of the points of lightroom was to be more than a place to edit… DAM
DAM - a way to Manage our Digital Assets

If I really had a choice and it worked I would love to have ALL my pictures in the same library… so that might be going the wrong way.

zelph @jarvie I have 17,000+ on my home computer’s lightroom catalog and only about 1,000 on my laptop… I see no noticeable difference

This isn’t what I’ve heard elsewhere, but I’m not sure he’s wrong. I don’t really know if my catalog with 5000 runs faster than those with 40,000 plus.
Now we just need a thousand more people to say what they think and we’ll get down to the bottom of this

I’ll add in my thoughts on some of the pictures I took for people that might be interested
Let me know if you like that.
At the end of the post (13 pictures down)
Is my favorite one… so make sure you see them all I guess.

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She liked her shoes even though she never wore them because we couldn’t see them and they sank into the grass.

I showed some more serious kinds of poses in the last pose i thought I’d add a smile more usual to her.

I would think most girls would want pictures of themselves that look like they belong in some magazine. They buy those wedding magazines all the time anyway right Well I did a few that way and she oblidged nicely.

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I wish I could recommend foresters camera service in SLC.

I enjoyed talking and working with the guy at Kew’s Camera service in Provo…
and would recomend him as he has great prices.
Even though he gave my D200 back to me and said there were no prices. (didn’t charge anything)
And replaced the grip for like 25$

And there was most certainly a problem… backfocusing… but his type of test would have never found it.

FORESTERS

Then i called nikon and they said send it here or take it to an authorized fixer upper.
So i drove to SLC and left it there.

They promise to call back within 48hrs… First off that’s a Bold Faced LIE!
I called back instead the first time.
They thought they might have the machine to fix it… they don’t so they would send it to Nikon and take care of things. I paid them money to ship it… i like that convenience for me.

But this is where it went down hill… that was like 2+ weeks ago.

I’m suppose to get a call back giving me an estimate on cost to fix.
Let alone the fixing time! NOTHING. I called and they’re closed…

I will call back tomorrow and then let you know what’s up.

I’m on the list for a D700… but I don’t know if I really was going to get it.
Now I might have to! Now if I only had the $3000 to actually get it!

I really had hoped I could recommend them in good faith… but foresters has let me down terribly.

I am back from my trip to Oregon.
I drove 1800 miles and took about 5000 pictures (lots of family)

I will work on getting those up and edited soon.
Hopefully before I start my 6 photo shoots in the next 7 days.

I am sad to say that before I left I wasn’t able to post pictures from all of my shoots I did in June or July.
But I was just aiming to get them all edited (which i did)

And unless there’s a clamoring I don’t see my self getting to them.
And august is going to be even harder. 10 weddings and bridals to go with most of them.

But I will try hard to post from an event from time to time.

Let’s hope I get around to it more than i expect.

The other thing that makes it difficult is that I’m hoping to post more to the Envision the World Blog

scott

For my 100th post I thought it would be a good time to celebrate YOU!

The number of readers has doubled recently since I fixed the google problem.

But I’d like to have you share your websites so that I can know who you are and follow what you do.

Or you can share other interesting photography blogs/sites that you like.

Hope to hear from you!

Technorati Profile

For my 99th post I decided to celebrate and allow ya’ll to become fans on Technorati

Fun stuff eh?

So for a while I’ve been on the naughty list for google.
This has prevented FF3 users (like myself) from viewing the site.

I was hacked a while ago… i thought I fixed it and never did until earlier today.
(It’s not as hard as I thought it would be… I should have done it a while ago)

I know i’m good to go again because I’m using the site again on FF3.

So welcome… or welcome back to those that haven’t been able to see the site for a while.

I’ve been editing non-stop this week and getting a lot of jobs done.
But I’ve only been releasing full password protected galleries.

That means I haven’t been posting them.

This is a good thing if I still need to edit your pictures… because I’ll be able to get to them faster.

For everyone else… stay tuned.

I’ll post some stuff on my 4th of july adventures.
Straight from the camera style. Because they’re way down the line in editing.

I did two photo shoots for them recently

Engagements
They liked the first set I did so much they wanted more. And she was sick for the first one so she wanted some while she was feeling better.
She also figured since I was doing a book for their reception and she was making a slideshow that some extra pictures for it all would be nice.
I think it went quite well
Thanks to Allyson for assisting on this photo shoot.

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Bridals
The next day we went to thanksgiving point and took pictures for her bridals.
I get to post them because I know he’s seen her in the dress… because he came along.
I’d like to thank Dawnee who assisted on this photo shoot.
Thanksgiving point has lots of spots all over the park it always makes sense to get a golf cart and be nice to the people at the desk so they can let you stay after the front desk is already closed so you can get great lighting.
We kinda went overboard this evening and took Tons of pictures… but she loves them a ton so I suppose it works.

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Example Bridals

Examples Engagement

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We took pictures at two different locations.

Riverwoods business park and the Provo amtrak station

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They’re getting married later in August in Manti.

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You know… like “So you think you can Dance?”

There are a lot of people wanting to Take pictures out there. Awesome!

But I’m gonna take a shot at classifying their level of interest in photography.

1. In word only -
It’s an excelent thing to want to be better at photography
In this stage someone would have to push you to actually do something
What it means to me:  40%/30% commitment… me doing most of the work
Meaning… I love your appreciation for photography and hope it goes well
If you’re really attractive it could be worth it. haha

2. If it’s convenient
This means you really want to, but there are a lot of other things just a bit more important.
Photography doesn’t have to be #1 for everyone. I suppose it’s better for business
What it means to me: It’s kinda like a 50/50 commitment. Usually results in getting the basics down and being satisfied. One photography Lesson is typical. But they’ll cancel the lesson if something comes up.

3. Stop at Nothing.
They’ll figure out how to be a better photographer wether or not I help them.
What it means to me: It’s like a 100/100 partnership.
They are resourceful and persistent and that makes me more willing to help.
What I like about it the most… I’m not the one arranging the times.
If you really are #3 I won’t be the one setting up stuff.
I might inform when I have a job you can come watch/assist.

The point is… I understand all 3 and it’s alright to be 1 or 2
But i probably won’t be as helpful for 1 and 2… unless it’s convenient for me (Or she’s cute)

This goes for everything… there’s a lot of people out there that are willing to teach and help. But what do you bring to the table? And showing thanks doesn’t have to be material… but above all it comes in the sincerity of your desire and your appreciation.

I’ve been working on an extremely ambitious photography project over the last couple of years.

It’s been a lot of research and planning and prep and now things are starting to roll.

#1 A Beta of the Envision Project is up and running online
And it is only available upon request
(but there is presently no search functions)

#2 Envision the World Podcasts
We will be doing a podcast (an audio show)
It will consist primarily of interviews of photographers and various people who have traveled all over the world
They will tell us their stories, share pictures and help us to connect to other countries and cultures.
They will represent many fields and lifestyles and provide knowledge in addition about photography and travel.

# 3 A supporting blog has been started
News and info about the project
As well as hosting for #2

Here’s a wedding from 2 weeks ago.

It was May and yes it snowed

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I never did show pictures from my mexico trip about a month ago.
As with the previous post, you’ll need to check the online galleries
and then I’ll hopefully I’ll get around to adding a couple pictures to this post.

ONLINE GALLERIES OF MEXICO PICTURES
Be aware that there are a lot of pictures online because the people involved want them.
I would cut them down into more manageable chunks for unassociated viewers.
But unless the interest is high… i think I’ll stick with doing my other projects.

The way things went down I ended up taking way more pictures than i planned.(6000)
That’s because we were doing all sorts of activities at night that I was also taking pictures of.

I enjoyed the event and already the director is hoping I’ll go back next July (or any time I want I suppose)
But it is a ton of work and I don’t know how much charity this little body can give each year
Besides I’ve got to spread the love right?

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Other Groups (The Maine, Ivory Line etc)