Not just Nikon

Moderated by: chrisbet,

Photographs we forgot

Author	Post

Posted by Eric: Tue Feb 26th, 2013 06:32

1^st Post

I just had cause to hunt back 10 years through my archives for an image to be used on another post.

But in doing so, I came across loads of images I 'forgot I took'. In fact the task of retrieving the image took nearly an hour, mainly because of looking at surrounding images from that period.

Often they were secondary images not used in the various publications but others I took for fun on assignments and at leisure.

These were the early days of the D1X and experimentation was the order of the day.

I have now decided to trawl through my archives and cherry pick images that have been buried in the digital vaults and raise them to greater prominence in a "Images I forgot I took" folder.

Hell...I may reuse some for current clients. :rofl:

But I suppose it highlights to me that no matter how good your personal filing system, if you cant remember ever taking an image of 'that'...you will never search for it.

For example, I discovered some stonking good shots of statue moulds and the final moulded products. These are really high detail moulded plastic and the resultant images would make really good abstract backgrounds and graphics ....for the right customer.

:sssshh:

____________________
Eric

Posted by jk: Tue Feb 26th, 2013 16:54

2^nd Post

Good use for Lightroom indexing ;-)

____________________
Still learning after all these years!
https://nikondslr.uk/gallery_view.php?user=2&folderid=none

Posted by Robert: Tue Feb 26th, 2013 17:31

3^rd Post

Yes I am just catching up with some keywording while I am resting up but I know what Eric is saying and keywording isn't going to help that situation when you don't even know you have the images, you aren't likely to search for them.

I pretty well know most images I have but the way I store them helps. I title the folder with the date followed by a brief description of the event. So if I want some pix I took on holiday last year, all I do is go to last years images, find the date that says holiday.

____________________
Robert.

Posted by Eric: Tue Feb 26th, 2013 17:56

4^th Post

Robert wrote:
Yes I am just catching up with some keywording while I am resting up but I know what Eric is saying and keywording isn't going to help that situation when you don't even know you have the images, you aren't likely to search for them.

I pretty well know most images I have but the way I store them helps. I title the folder with the date followed by a brief description of the event. So if I want some pix I took on holiday last year, all I do is go to last years images, find the date that says holiday.
Yes that's what I sort of do...but not as devotedly as I should.
:-(

____________________
Eric

Posted by blackfox: Tue Feb 26th, 2013 19:03

5^th Post

now you started me eric ,found this pic of my 22 foot yacht taken about 30 years ago ,been pinned up in the garage for years ,covered in rust and stains (the photo not the boat) so i took a quick pic and done some cloning in elements .ah the good old days ,still got boxes of slides from the sixties lying around have to have a look ,bet we haven't moved that far ahead or have we

Attachment: past times.jpg (Downloaded 24 times)

Posted by blackfox: Tue Feb 26th, 2013 19:10

6^th Post

and another, digital underwater this time taken with a canon A400 powershot in a u/w housing .taken snorkelling in sharm-el-sheik .state of the art 3 mp camera in its day .took me some good shots at the time .if i recall my main camera for that trip was a new nikon d80 .

red sea fish by black fox wildlife photography, on Flickr

Posted by jk: Wed Feb 27th, 2013 09:48

7^th Post

Well done Jeff.
Love the boat picture. Would like to have one to potter around in these days but moorings in Spain are horribly expensive.

____________________
Still learning after all these years!
https://nikondslr.uk/gallery_view.php?user=2&folderid=none

1st new

This is topic ID = 550
Nikon DSLR Forums > Photography > Photography Projects > Photographs we forgot	Top
Users viewing this topic

Current theme is Blue

A small amount of member data is captured and held in an attempt to reduce spammers and to manage users. This site also uses cookies to ensure ease of use. In order to comply with new DPR regulations you are required to agree/disagree with this process. If you do not agree then please email the Admins using info@nikondsl.uk Thank you.