While I was shooting an event last week, the client, who was looking over my shoulder, said, “That should be a good picture. Can you upload it to our Twitter account right now?”
I replied that it wasn’t possible with my camera but I could transfer the photo to my nearby laptop and then e-mail it to him. He said not to bother. He held out his cell phone, snapped a picture and uploaded it to his Twitter account. He seemed quite pleased with himself.
I was shooting at ISO 6400 with a 500mm f4 lens. He was using an iPhone 5. You can probably guess how his picture looked.
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I received an e-mail from a magazine editor looking for a photographer in Toronto. He said they pay based on what camera the photographer uses: a “big dslr” – $400; a small camera – $200; a “pocket camera” – $100. He said this was only fair since big cameras cost more.
He added that he was smart enough to check a photo’s EXIF data to see what camera was used so a photographer couldn’t claim they used a bigger camera.
When asked why they didn’t pay based on the actual photography, the editor said that was too complicated.
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If you use a Mac computer and send files on a DOS-formatted USB flash drive, you may know that various invisible Mac files become visible to a Windows user. These files are harmless but can cause some confusion or concern to less experienced Windows users.
You can delete these invisible files by using a few simple Terminal commands or by using CleanEject. Terminal commands and CleanEject can be configured by Automator into a contextual menu item to make deleting the invisible files one-click easy (okay, two clicks).
Since most corporate clients use Windows, removing these invisible Mac files will make your presentation look a bit more professional.
