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Adobe Lightroom 1.2 Released

To my surprise I opened Lightroom last night only to be notified that version 1.2 was now available. Version 1.1 was only released a little while ago. I had a quick look through the release notes. There does not appear to be any feature enhancement just a number of bug fixes.

There is however support for some additional camera RAW files, including the Olympus E-510. Which suits me as this is now what I am using most of the time. Although, version 1.1 which officially supported the Olympus E-410 also worked with the E-510 (but very slooowly).

Lunar Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse August 2007

During the recent Lunar Eclipse a couple of days ago (28th August 2007) I decided to take some photo's with my new E-510. I wanted to achieve something a little bit different. Most moon pictures I've seen are either close-ups or time lapse sequences. Without sufficient zoom capabilities to do a close up and the unpredictable weather I opted for a long exposure shot.

I mounted my camera on the tripod, set it up (F10, 100ISO, IS1, noise reduction on) let the camera do a pre-focus on the moon, changed to manual focus then re-framed the shot. With my cable release triggered the camera and waited.

Moving Folders in Lightroom

As your image collection grows and you run out of storage space you will be sure to have a requirement to move all or part of your collection. I have just gone through the process of installing a 1 Tera-byte internal RAID5 array to cater for my growing collection. By the time I fill this the price of storage should be suitably affordable to allow another upgrade in capacity.

Lightroom 1.1 Folders

What I found the quickest and easiest way to move my collection was to use Windows Explorer and make a copy of my collection on the new RAID drive (best to make sure you have a copy while you get things working again). I then started up Lightroom 1.1, as it could no longer find my images all the folders turned red. With a right click on the folder it was as simple as selecting Locate Missing Folder and browsing to the new physical location.

The Value of Photos

There seems to be an emerging trend in the world of photography where more and more photographers are happy to give their photos away for virtually nothing. What I am referring to here is the emergence of more and more micro-stock sites.

It was just last week that I was invited to join another such site in New Zealand. The payout figure per image was less than $1 NZ, not really the way to make a descent living. To rub salt into the wound, what a lot of these types of sites do is have a minimum payout figure of around $100. So to make a measly $100 you need to have more than 100 downloads of your images, some photographers simply don't get there.

Don't get me wrong, micro-stock sites have their place, just not if you are a photographer. If you are looking for images to purchase they are great! You can get lots of images for your next web project or presentation very cheaply.

Photographers Rights in NZ

## Updated 30th July 2009 ##

Whether you are an amateur or professional photographer you need to understand your rights and moral responsibilities.

Laws around photography and copyright vary from country to country, so make sure you understand what is applicable to you.

If you are in New Zealand one of the best sources for information is the Advertising and Illustrative Photographers Association (AIPA). They have a lot of photography related resources (many of which are written by, Clendon Feeney Barristers and Solicitors) available, including:

  • Image Licencing Contracts.
  • Model and Property Release documents.
  • Numerous White Papers.
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