A personal blog about photography technique, gear and some of SEO.
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Sony CFexpress “TOUGH” card failure
I bought four Sony “TOUGH” CFexpress cards, and formatted them in my camera (Nikon D5), but one of them could not be formatted and give the following error “Cannot access and format this memory card. Insert another card”. However, I was able to format the card on my laptop, and after doing that the camera… Read More Sony CFexpress “TOUGH” card failure
How to update Google license details on images already on your WordPress site
As detailed in the post How to License Images in Google, in June 2020 Google added the facility to mark images as being licensable so they can show up in Google Image Search with a licensable badge, and that post shows how to add the required IPTC tags in Lightroom to enable this. But what… Read More How to update Google license details on images already on your WordPress site
Optimising Web 2.0 Directory for SEO
A side-project that I have been running for a number of years is a directory site. I’ve tested many WordPress directory plugin and themes for this project, and I found that the best one for what I wanted to achieve was Web 2.0 Directory aka “w2dc” – available from CodeCanyon. And whilst the w2dc plugin… Read More Optimising Web 2.0 Directory for SEO
Alamy Sales Stats
Can you make any money supplying images to Alamy? Alamy has around 125 million images, and its ~45,000 photographers add another 100,000 a day from 173 countries. The stock photography company used to blog about it’s “$100,000+ club” – photographers who have made over $100,000 of sales on the site, and in 2017 there were… Read More Alamy Sales Stats
Nikon D5 CFExpress Firmware (finally) available
The long awaited firmware update that will allow the Nikon D5 to use CFExpress cards is finally available. Type B C:Ver.1.40 https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/320/D5.html
Portrait Lighting Patterns using One Light
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Classic 4 Light High Key Set-Up
Backdrop – one stop brighter than key light. Typically f11 vs f8. Need 4 lights and a lot of space. Typically the background lights would be approx 2m from backdrop, and subject needs to be further still. Could use reflector instead of fill light, or could use one light, maybe a beauty dish or a… Read More Classic 4 Light High Key Set-Up
How to License Images through Google
What is a Google Licensable Image? In June 2020 Google added the facility to display licence details on images returned in Google image search results. Licensable images will be overlaid with a “licensable image” badge, and under the image the text “Get this image on: <Licensor URL> | <Licence details URL>” will be shown –… Read More How to License Images through Google
Headline, Caption and Metadata Settings in Lightroom for News Agencies
Settings used for images destined for picture news agencies. For news images they should be uploaded within one hour of the event. Saving a template version of these settings will help speed up the process to meet news deadlines. [Update July 2020] – see also this post “How to License Images through Google” – for… Read More Headline, Caption and Metadata Settings in Lightroom for News Agencies
XQD and CFExpress
I’m very eager to migrate over to CFExpress. I have had to replace a couple of XQD cards and they are very expensive these days. While I’m waiting, I did a bit of research into the history of the XQD format. XQD The format was jointly developed by Sony, Lexar, and Sandisk as a replacement… Read More XQD and CFExpress
Rob Sheppard 