Howdy and salutations folks! Hope ya’all had a GREAT Holiday! I am about to totally inundate you guys with a massive attack of images, so don’t fret! I just have a lotta stuff I wanna get up for sale. Most (if not all) are from my photoshoot on New Years Day, so you people who are on DA and also here get to see them a LOT faster than you would on DA :) In the meantime I am still a hurting unit after busting my ass (just about as literal as you can get) while shooting those Elk and slipping and falling on the ice. Thank Goodness my tripod has snowshoes on it (metal steel jaws for winter) otherwise I would have smacked my head probably as well. The rise back down to Denver was a total bitch and a half, I was in utter complete pain….thankfully my Mom came with me as she has a Golden Eagle Parks Pass, and drove…..I honestly don’t know what I would have done if I had been alone. Maybe hitch a ride with the Elk who looked at me as I fell some 15 feet away, basically saying “wtf is with this guy” They just sat there and stared and one started approaching kinda putting her head down almost asking if I was ok lol I did get some amazing shots though…..ahhhh the rumblings and musings of a working clutzy nature photographer lol
So I have been messing around in Lightroom lately…...I gotta say it is brilliant and I still have a long way to go. I think I have really reached the point to where I can finally figure out just how it fits into my workflow. Now I just need more storage space as I am running out of room ultra fast here! A quick search showed Microcenter has 200gig external Hard Drives for 69-. Ya I am on that today I do think! MUST be done!
Anyways, how are YOU all doing out there in photoland?? I hope GREAT! Also all thank you for all the recent sales! I am pretty stunned as I have had quite a few lately! Thanks guys!
—John
jdebordphoto.com
Brian Puhl IPA, 9 months ago
Nice to see you’re liking Lightroom, I love it myself. Sorry to hear about your fall… guess its the dangers of the job! :) Who said photography isn’t dangerous? LoL
Holidays were great here, quiet!- just the way i like em! Havin some issues with darkness on prints, but who isn’t?
Nick Johnson, 9 months ago
I flippin love lightroom. Great program. I usually just do RAW adjutments on all my work so lightroom works well for me. Yeah i just had to invest in a 300gig external. I realy need to do a backup on disk too. 90gig’s of photos to back up. Yikes!
Anyways.. Be carefull out there and See ya around!
Scott Ruhs, 9 months ago
Looking forward to seeing the fruits of your labor…and pain. Hopefully the pain has subsided.
Definitely back up your photos on a regular basis and if you can store your back ups off site,then do so. Not only can hard drives die, but there is always the possibility of losing things in a fire, etc… Photos are one of those things that cannot be replaced. I’m the service manager at a computer store and have seen many people lose their precious photos, etc… to hard drive failure, and it is very expensive to get them back if the failure is severe. The cost of a good back up system is relatively cheap compare to data recovery.
Cheers!
Scott
mlgkats, 9 months ago
surry about you fall, get well, keep posting , i miss living in denver and seeing the mtns such memories of childhood, and congrats on your ale
Sherstin Schwartz, 9 months ago
Awww, I read your journal on DA about the elk incident and I always laugh (not at you!) when you said the elk was staring at you as you’re laying on the ground. Good thing your camera is ok…. I’m glad you like lightroom… I loooove that program! Congrats on the sales as well : )
Kimberly Adams, 8 months ago
Congrats on the sales John, that is so very exciting. Hope you are feeling better soon.