Save your photographs from accidental deletion If you’ve just filled a memory card with brilliant photographs, the last thing you want to do is lose them all. The easiest and fastest way to make sure your important memories are preserved is to transfer them from your memory card to your computer. You are left with …
From camera to computer and beyond You’ve just taken the greatest photo of your life. But what do you do with it now? Here are the basic steps that you can take to ensure that this special photo is stored and preserved for a long time to come: First, get the photo off of your …
Permanent and temporary archive solutions Memory cards do not always work perfectly. Just like any digital storage device, they can experience errors that cause all of the data on them to be lost. If you’ve ever opened a film camera without rewinding the film, you’ve been in a similar situation: all those great vacation photos …
Computer-generated names don’t mean much to you and me Have you noticed how your digital camera names your digital photos? All cameras use a sequential number to identify the photos as they are taken. This leads to wonderfully descriptive file names like DSC0090 and IMG_8897. When you look at these photo file names later on, …
Important photos won’t get lost when they have categories Digital photos are easy to lose. I’m not talking about total loss due to computer or camera failure. Legitimate photos that have nothing wrong with them get moved to your hard drive and vanish. Before you rush out and file a missing photo report, consider assigning …
Dramatically improve your photographs with simple adjustments Do you really want your digital photographs to pop? Digital cameras are not perfect and neither are the photographers who use them. Many photos you take can use some minor adjustments to make them look better. When you edit the digital photos you take, you are improving photos …
Step by step instructions to keep your photo collection under control I spent years taking digital photographs before I developed a system for keeping track of them. This approach did not work out well: first, it was impossible for me to ever find a photo that I was looking for. Second, it took me months …
