TKSeminars

I’m not quite sure where all the time went, but May is National Photo Month. There are a number of sites out there promoting it, and providing tips as well for taking great photos this Spring and Summer. With the amount of snow and rain we’ve had down here on the Front Range, the wildflowers […]

As a follow on to the previous post, attached is a little primer on metadata.
It should provide a sound foundation for covering the basics and getting you started. If I get a chance, I’ll cook up a screencast example of how PhotoInfo works. For now enjoy the article :
“Metadata 101 : Create Image […]

In class last week, we talked about photo metadata and editing it. I have a primer prepared and will have that up later in the evening, but for starters visit Microsoft’s page for the tool :
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/photoinfo.mspx
If you want to get started directly and install the application, click the link :
Photo info download ( click […]

In the last class ( 4/17 ), questions came up about how to make sure your images are stored in a way that they’re going to last a long time. I’ll describe a few possibilities, provide some things to think about and then let you decide.
First, all media fail. Whether they are CDs, […]

Is something taking over your computer every time you plug your camera into to retrieve your digital images? Take a look at this screencast to learn why this is happening and what you can do to stop it!

As we talk about the amazing capabilities of digital, around the world many people interested in these things are asking questions about whether digital is revolutionizing photography, or if it is a mere evolution. Whether you’re a revolutionist or evolutionist, there’s no doubt that the average person is now capable of taking great photos […]

In class we showed the Photographer’s Edge cards - they were the card stock custom cards with quotes and a window for a 4×6 horizontal or vertical photo. We almost forgot to post these on the site, but the great people at Photographer’s Edge have a fantastic product, which can be found at :
Photographer’s […]

Late in Tuesday’s class we talked about inkjet papers, finishes and sizes. There are a lot of commercial papers you can buy in places like CompUSA, Best Buy, etc. - Kodak, HP, Epson all make papers specifically for their printers. It’s safe to assume if the make of your printer matches the make […]

Tuesday in class we went over a lot of things at a breakneck speed. In particular, we talked about all the cool online services to make cool things like t-shirts, cards, stamps, canvas prints, panoramas, to name a few. We wanted to put some more details around them so you can get cracking […]