Today I heard from David Riecks, one of the industry’s leading experts on metadata issues. He informed me that he is working to figure out how social media sites are handling photographic metadata. (Stripping out all, some or none.) Clearly this is a critical issue. To learn more, check out Riecks’s “Photometadata.org” blog post of December 3 on the topic:
“Do Social Media Websites Preserve Photo Metadata?”
Hearing from Riecks motivated me to check out at Photometadata.org, which was not up and running the last time I wrote extensively on metadata topics. I strongly suggest you take a quick look at this important resource site and note how it can help in your specific metadata learning curve.
Photometadata.org is a comprehensive, valuable online learning resource for both quick reference and deeper background learning and in includes how-to tutorials in PDF and video formats. Essential links are listed.
Back in May 2008, in this blog, I reported on some metadata fundamentals in Continue reading “Find Critical Metadata Knowledge at PhotoMetadata.org”
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As far as I can tell, the only clear thing separating so-called digital photography experts and the rest of us photographers is the word “expert.” I’ve met helpful photographers with a mind-blowing amount of experience and knowledge who refuse to call themselves experts. On the other hand, I’ve bumped into a few self-proclaimed experts who could use a lesson or two on some basic aspects of the craft.
While I’m the host of ACMetaforum, I definitely do not consider myself a digital photography expert. At the same time, I have been lucky enough to learn quite a bit of information about a few areas of electronic imaging from some photographers who definitely deserve to be called experts. And all of these experts have digital knowledge blind spots.
This brings us to the interesting reality that digital photography—with its myriad, constantly evolving tools—has totally changed Continue reading “What IS a Digital Photography Expert?”
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