Lesson Info
81. Importing Images
Summary (Generated from Transcript)
The lesson is about importing images in photography, emphasizing the benefits of using card readers or directly plugging the card into the computer for faster transfer. The instructor also mentions using Adobe Lightroom as an example for importing and organizing photos. They explain how to use the copy option to import photos into Lightroom and suggest synchronizing the folder for faster importing, especially when dealing with a large number of images. Additionally, the instructor mentions the ability to import from multiple sources simultaneously and recommends letting the computer do the hard work of downloading while you can attend to other tasks.
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Class Introduction
23:32 2Photographic Characteristics
06:46 3Camera Types
03:03 4Viewing System
22:09 5Lens System
24:38 6Shutter System
12:56 7Shutter Speed Basics
10:16 8Shutter Speed Effects
31:57Camera & Lens Stabilization
11:06 10Quiz: Shutter Speeds
07:55 11Camera Settings Overview
16:12 12Drive Mode & Buffer
04:24 13Camera Settings - Details
10:21 14Sensor Size: Basics
18:26 15Sensor Sizes: Compared
24:52 16The Sensor - Pixels
22:49 17Sensor Size - ISO
26:59 18Focal Length
11:36 19Angle of View
31:29 20Practicing Angle of View
04:59 21Quiz: Focal Length
08:15 22Fisheye Lens
12:32 23Tilt & Shift Lens
20:37 24Subject Zone
13:16 25Lens Speed
09:03 26Aperture
08:25 27Depth of Field (DOF)
21:46 28Quiz: Apertures
08:22 29Lens Quality
07:06 30Light Meter Basics
09:04 31Histogram
11:48 32Quiz: Histogram
09:07 33Dynamic Range
07:25 34Exposure Modes
35:15 35Sunny 16 Rule
04:31 36Exposure Bracketing
08:08 37Exposure Values
20:01 38Quiz: Exposure
20:44 39Focusing Basics
13:08 40Auto Focus (AF)
24:39 41Focus Points
17:18 42Focus Tracking
19:26 43Focusing Q&A
06:40 44Manual Focus
07:14 45Digital Focus Assistance
07:35 46Shutter Speeds & Depth of Field (DOF)
05:18 47Quiz: Depth of Field
15:54 48DOF Preview & Focusing Screens
04:55 49Lens Sharpness
11:08 50Camera Movement
11:29 51Advanced Techniques
15:15 52Quiz: Hyperfocal Distance
07:14 53Auto Focus Calibration
05:15 54Focus Stacking
07:58 55Quiz: Focus Problems
18:54 56Camera Accessories
32:41 57Lens Accessories
29:24 58Lens Adaptors & Cleaning
13:14 59Macro
13:02 60Flash & Lighting
04:47 61Tripods
14:13 62Cases
06:07 63Being a Photographer
11:29 64Natural Light: Direct Sunlight
28:37 65Natural Light: Indirect Sunlight
15:57 66Natural Light: Mixed
04:20 67Twilight: Sunrise & Sunset Light
22:21 68Cloud & Color Pop: Sunrise & Sunset Light
06:40 69Silhouette & Starburst: Sunrise & Sunset Light
07:28 70Golden Hour: Sunrise & Sunset Light
07:52 71Quiz: Lighting
05:42 72Light Management
10:46 73Flash Fundamentals
12:06 74Speedlights
04:12 75Built-In & Add-On Flash
10:47 76Off-Camera Flash
25:48 77Off-Camera Flash For Portraits
15:36 78Advanced Flash Techniques
08:22 79Editing Assessments & Goals
08:57 80Editing Set-Up
06:59 81Importing Images
03:59 82Organizing Your Images
32:41 83Culling Images
13:57 84Categories of Development
30:59 85Adjusting Exposure
08:03 86Remove Distractions
04:02 87Cropping Your Images
09:53 88Composition Basics
26:36 89Point of View
28:56 90Angle of View
14:35 91Subject Placement
23:22 92Framing Your Shot
07:27 93Foreground & Background & Scale
03:51 94Rule of Odds
05:00 95Bad Composition
07:31 96Multi-Shot Techniques
19:08 97Pixel Shift, Time Lapse, Selective Cloning & Noise Reduction
12:24 98Human Vision vs The Camera
23:32 99Visual Perception
10:43 100Quiz: Visual Balance
14:05 101Visual Drama
16:45 102Elements of Design
09:24 103Texture & Negative Space
03:57 104Black & White & Color
10:33 105The Photographic Process
09:08 106Working the Shot
25:29 107What Makes a Great Photograph?
07:01Lesson Info
Importing Images
Alright, for importing, this is a short little section here. I mentioned this before, I think, downloading from the camera is painful, in my mind. I was helping someone download images, and we didn't have a card reader at the time, and we had to go through his camera and you had to download the company's software to get from the camera to the computer, and that was just annoying as can be, and it was actually very slow. The USB transferring devices in the cameras are really low end things, and they just don't tend to transfer very quickly. These card readers are much, much quicker and they're really not too much money. You can also plug your card into the computer itself and that can be very, very quick as well, so that's a better system to have for the long term. Throughout the rest of this editing section, I'm gonna talk about Adobe Lightroom. I don't work for Adobe, I don't care about if Adobe does great or does terrible, no I do (chuckles) because I have all my photos in Adobe Ligh...
troom and I don't wanna switch, but I'm gonna use it just as an example because it's the most popular program out there, and it's pretty common and its controls are pretty universal. So, it doesn't really matter what program you use, and so what I'm gonna be talking about is not specifically how to work Adobe Lightroom, it's just this is how I would work the controls, and here's what it happens to use in Adobe Lightroom, and so that's what I'll be talking about as we go through this. We are able to import our photos into Lightroom using a copy option, where it copies all the photos from the card to our destination of choice. We're gonna usually put it in some sort of photo folder, and this is what I do most of the time 'cause it's pretty easy and with Lightroom, once you do it once, it kinda wants to do the same thing again, and again, and again, and I throw everything to a new folder so it's always going to the same obvious place, which makes things very easy. But, because it's moving the photos and it's adding them to the catalog at the same time, there's a lot of things going on and the process is a little bit slow. So, if I'm in a hurry or if I've shot a lot of images, what I'll do is I'll take all the photos and I'll just put 'em where they're suppose to go right away and then I will go in and I will add them, so now Lightroom is not trying to move them at all. If you know Lightroom very well, this is synchronizing your folder. This is up to 25% faster if you're moving large files. If you're going out on safari with Kenna and I, and you're shooting 2,000 photos in the day, I recommend just move all the photos to the hard drive where you want them, and then let Lightroom add them to the catalog. That could save you 15 minutes of downloading time, so that you can get to bed at a reasonable hour. You can use multiple sources, so if you have a card reader that has multiple cards, or you have one of these and you can plug your card in, with Lightroom you can actually select different cards and you can import from all of these cards simultaneously at the same time. Someone else gave a class here at Lightroom, and I'm trying to remember who they are to give them credit, but that is, let your computer do the hard work and don't spend your time waiting for the computer to work. Download, and then go have dinner, or go take a bath, and then come back after it's downloaded, but you can get all this going and have it working at the same time really hard for you while you're not even there. You don't have to sit through, I gotta get this one card in, and then this card here, and for those who shoot with multiple cards, there are devices out there where you can download with different types of cards, or multiple of the same style card, in one stack. This is one from Lexar, and this is, personally I think designed for news or sports photographers so that they can have multiple cards all being downloaded at exactly the same time to Lightroom.
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Love love all John Greengo classes! Wish to have had him decades ago with this info, but no internet then!! John is the greatest photography teacher I have seen out there, and I watch a lot of Creative Live classes and folks on YouTube too. John is so detailed and there are a ton of ah ha moments for me and I know lots of others. I think I own 4 John Greengo classes so far and want to add this one and Travel Photography!! I just drop everything to watch John on Creative Live. I wish sometime soon he would teach a Lightroom class and his knowledge on photography post editing.!!! That would probably take a LOT OF TIME but I know John would explain it soooooo good, like he does all his Photography classes!! Thank you Creative Live for having such a wonderful instructor with John Greengo!! Make more classes John, for just love them and soak it up! There is soooo much to learn and sometimes just so overwhelming. Is there anyway you might do a Motivation class!!?? Like do this button for this day, and try this technique for a week, or post this subject for this week, etc. Motivation and inspiration, and playing around with what you teach, needed so much and would be so fun.!! Just saying??? Awaiting gadgets class now, while waiting for lunch break to be over. All the filters and gadgets, oh my. Thank you thank you for all you teach John, You are truly a wonderful wonderful instructor and I would highly recommend folks listening and buying your classes.
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