Ezra Morley

I’ve never used a camera with CF cards before, but it looks like bent pins are a fairly common problem. 🙁 It sounds like the main advice after bending a pin (and hopefully fixing it again) is to use the bundled USB cable to transfer photos so that the card never has to come out of the camera again.

Here are some resources that might help:…[Read more]

So here’s my first question: how do I “contact my system admin”? That’s what I suppose to do so I can download the program from adobe that helps with writing plug-ins. According to the article, downloading the “Admin SDK – Insights API” is the first step.

I might be wrong, but I don’t think you need the “Admin SDK – Insights API”. I was able…[Read more]

I’m new at coding anything.

In that case, you might want to consider starting with something easier than a LR plugin. 🙂 Seriously though, if you’re dead-set on making a LR plugin, I’d advise that you start out by copying exactly what your tutorial shows, (even if you have no use for the plugin). That will give you a little experience and c…[Read more]

I’d love to help, but I’ve never done any LR plugin coding, so I’m afraid I can’t help much. 🙁
I would recommend not testing your plugin on your good LR installation. You don’t want to corrupt your catalog!

I am normally a fan of drop shadows, but in this case since the rest of the card is “flat” I think the shadow is too much different to be helpful. I’d recommend making it consistent.
I think overall the idea is a good one! Just a little more tweaking to make it perfect. :). I endlessly tweak my designs, and even then am hardly ever completely…[Read more]

Definitely JPG, as it’s the most ubiquitous file format out there that everyone can view without needing special software.

Recently I’ve been delivering files at 3300px long on the long side, which I think is a good balance between high resolution and smaller file sizes. (3300px is big enough to print at 11 inches long, a standard paper size.)…[Read more]

Ouch, that’s a problem. I’m getting the following error…

I’ve never used LR’s web albums, so hopefully @jamesstaddon or @lenspirationlydia or others who do use them can chime in. I did find a link to instructions on how to include copyright watermarks in web photo galleries though. I’m guessing you’ll still need to re-export any galleries that have previously been published though. 🙁

Wonderful! Glad it was such an easy fix. 🙂 I was happy to help!

I’ve never used Creative Cloud, but it looks like the issue is actually a missing file from Microsoft Visual C++ Studio Code, which is required by lots of different programs in Windows. Make sure Windows Update is up to date, and if that doesn’t fix the problem, you might want to try installing the latest version of MSVC from here:…[Read more]

Oh yes, I believe mine is the f/2.8-4 version. Hmm, maybe there aren’t any that are constant aperture, I’m not sure. I’m traveling right now, or I’d look. 🙂 Pretty sure there are at least 17-50mm 2.8 lenses out there though.

I see that you just got a D7200, so it’ll be crop sensor. 🙂 I would recommend a wide lens like the 17-70, as it will be a nice little upgrade to a regular slower 18-55 kit lens. Even 24mm isn’t very wide on a crop sensor.

If you’re wanting it more for portraits or macro work with lots of bokeh, then consider a prime 35mm or 50mm. In my mind…[Read more]

What do you want to use the lens for? (Portraits? Landscape? Macro?) 35mm isn’t very wide if you want to get much landscape in. Are you using these lenses with a full frame or crop sensor? I have a Sigma 17-70 f/2.8 lens that I use ALL the time on my crop sensor Pentax camera.

I’m no lawyer, but this section seems to be OK with making things commercially with the app, as long as you’re not going to sell more than 400 copies of it. 🙂

3. ACCESS AND USE

(A) Our Services are provided for your personal and commercial use except when our Service Content is used to create end products for sale where the lifetime sales of…

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I love verse pics! Here’s one I made the other day, after @Jamesstaddon inspired me with his beautiful typographic skills. I dabble in graphics design, but this kind of thing is a bit above my skill level. @jamesstaddon if you ever do some training on making things like this, please let me know; I’d be interested!

I would not recommend jumping from a D3400 all the way to a D610 unless you plan to make a LOT of money with photography, and need a high-end, expensive camera like that. There’s no point in spending thousands on a camera only to use it with entry-level glass at 10 megapixels. Spend your money on good glass first, and later if you see a need for a…[Read more]

I had been exporting at 50% quality previously, but I’d be curious to know what the image loading time is for you guys when you view my portfolio. Here’s the link if you wish: ernestlloyd.org

It loads very fast for me. Your website software is automatically resizing and compressing the photos for optimized delivery (which is a good thing!) I not…[Read more]

What I’m curious about is why the color space was set to Adobe1998 instead of sRGB. 🙂 I can definitely see a difference on my laptop. From a mobile device I couldn’t really tell.
I definitely don’t recommend 100% JPG compression if the photos are intended to go on online. 80% is more than enough.

Do you mean that the photo should be completely normal, but all the black is being added in when you export? That is indeed weird… :/

Check your export settings. Anything being added somehow secretly in the settings? How do you add your watermark to the photos? Maybe it’s related to that…

Just a quick update: the “runner up” photos are live on our site! https://www.lifelinegifts.com/ Thanks so much again to everyone who participated and submitted photos!