Comments for Brett Gross Photography http://brettgrossphotography.com A dozen dozen? Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:08:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on The Rebuild Plan by Marcus http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/12/09/the-rebuild-plan#comment-418 Marcus Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:58:30 +0000 http://brettgrossphotography.com/?p=338#comment-418 Hi Brett, thanks for the explanation. Now I understand what you mean and I will consider this idea especially after reading about your problems with faults in my future backup strategy. Thanks you again Marcus Hi Brett,

thanks for the explanation. Now I understand what you mean and I will consider this idea especially after reading about your problems with faults in my future backup strategy.

Thanks you again
Marcus

]]> Comment on The Rebuild Plan by brett http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/12/09/the-rebuild-plan#comment-417 brett Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:54:05 +0000 http://brettgrossphotography.com/?p=338#comment-417 By snapshotting I mean to make a point-in-time backup. For me, this backup is stored off-site on DVD. My intent is to make a snapshot of each Project as I finish with it (my Projects are all time-based). That allows me to (in theory) do a restore to a known-good state. The problem with Vaults is that they are full backups of the whole Library. If you have acquired a corruption (as I, sadly did) then your backups become corrupt from that point onward. To snapshot your Library, just make a copy of it with the Finder. To snapshot a Project use File > Export> Project (and optionally include referenced masters). If you size your Projects to fit onto DVD then you can very easily store that in a semi-permanent fashion. By snapshotting I mean to make a point-in-time backup. For me, this backup is stored off-site on DVD. My intent is to make a snapshot of each Project as I finish with it (my Projects are all time-based). That allows me to (in theory) do a restore to a known-good state.

The problem with Vaults is that they are full backups of the whole Library. If you have acquired a corruption (as I, sadly did) then your backups become corrupt from that point onward.

To snapshot your Library, just make a copy of it with the Finder. To snapshot a Project use File > Export> Project (and optionally include referenced masters). If you size your Projects to fit onto DVD then you can very easily store that in a semi-permanent fashion.

]]> Comment on The Rebuild Plan by Marcus http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/12/09/the-rebuild-plan#comment-416 Marcus Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:15:30 +0000 http://brettgrossphotography.com/?p=338#comment-416 Hi, could you please elaborate a bit on what you mean with snapshoting projects and how to do that. Thanks a lot and good luck with your plan. I did something similar using ruby, xml and osascript to convert my iview lib to Aperture. Marcus Hi,

could you please elaborate a bit on what you mean with snapshoting projects and how to do that.

Thanks a lot and good luck with your plan. I did something similar using ruby, xml and osascript to convert my iview lib to Aperture.

Marcus

]]> Comment on Tiffen Dfx WTF? by guate6 http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/10/08/tiffen-dfx-wtf#comment-414 guate6 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:16:48 +0000 http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/10/08/tiffen-dfx-wtf#comment-414 Hello. I don't know how far you've gotten with finding out about Tiffen Dfx, but I do know there's a v.2 that's available for an unlimited 15 day trial. I've had it for less than a day and am overwhelmed...to the point where I don't even know where to begin. I've used glass filters during my short time photographing (8 years, more seriously for 3), and admittedly, there are a lot of filters Dfx has to offer. Many say it's complementary, instead of rival to Nik. In any case, I am looking for advice on filters to use for wedding photography as I have my first wedding in April 2009. Thanks and good luck! Hello.
I don’t know how far you’ve gotten with finding out about Tiffen Dfx, but I do know there’s a v.2 that’s available for an unlimited 15 day trial.

I’ve had it for less than a day and am overwhelmed…to the point where I don’t even know where to begin.

I’ve used glass filters during my short time photographing (8 years, more seriously for 3), and admittedly, there are a lot of filters Dfx has to offer. Many say it’s complementary, instead of rival to Nik.

In any case, I am looking for advice on filters to use for wedding photography as I have my first wedding in April 2009. Thanks and good luck!

]]> Comment on An AppleScript to Mount Server Volumes by sean http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/06/04/an-applescript-to-mount-server-volumes#comment-397 sean Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:25:27 +0000 http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/06/04/an-applescript-to-mount-server-volumes#comment-397 my IT team thanks you! my IT team thanks you!

]]> Comment on Travel Essentials: Navigation by brett http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/10/09/travel-essentials-navigation#comment-396 brett Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:11:53 +0000 http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/10/09/travel-essentials-navigation#comment-396 @Brent- Funny you should say that because the Big Dig in Boston is one place where the paper map is a necessity as your GPS won't be able to see the sky. To be sure, you're right about Hawaii. Once you're outside of a town you don't have a lot of opportunities to get very lost! @Brent-

Funny you should say that because the Big Dig in Boston is one place where the paper map is a necessity as your GPS won’t be able to see the sky.

To be sure, you’re right about Hawaii. Once you’re outside of a town you don’t have a lot of opportunities to get very lost!

]]> Comment on Travel Essentials: Navigation by Brent http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/10/09/travel-essentials-navigation#comment-385 Brent Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:23:13 +0000 http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/10/09/travel-essentials-navigation#comment-385 > What happens if you are on the Big Island of Hawaii and your GPS unit’s power adapter breaks (for example)? Well... actually... there's really one road here, and it goes in a circle around the island... and it's not like you're going to cross a state line by mistake... Getting lost in Boston is a better example. Nothing like drunken-cow paths to prove the value of a good navigation device, because even paper maps looks like a child's scribbling. > What happens if you are on the Big Island of Hawaii and your GPS unit’s power adapter breaks (for example)?

Well… actually… there’s really one road here, and it goes in a circle around the island… and it’s not like you’re going to cross a state line by mistake…

Getting lost in Boston is a better example. Nothing like drunken-cow paths to prove the value of a good navigation device, because even paper maps looks like a child’s scribbling.

]]> Comment on Travel Essentials: Navigation by Lynn http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/10/09/travel-essentials-navigation#comment-383 Lynn Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:22:27 +0000 http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/10/09/travel-essentials-navigation#comment-383 What happens if you are on the Big Island of Hawaii and your GPS unit’s power adapter breaks (for example)? i seem to recall a repair being made with parts from another GPS power adapter! LOL! What happens if you are on the Big Island of Hawaii and your GPS unit’s power adapter breaks (for example)?

i seem to recall a repair being made with parts from another GPS power adapter! LOL!

]]> Comment on How to Geocode with Aperture & HoudahGeo by brett http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/05/04/how-to-geocode-with-aperture-houdahgeo#comment-372 brett Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:22:03 +0000 http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/05/04/how-to-geocode-with-aperture-houdahgeo#comment-372 @Matthew- I shoot Canon RAW almost exclusively and HoudahGeo seems to put the GPS metadata into my master RAWs fine. It may have been a glitch for you that day. I always try to remember to shoot a picture of my GPS before I start a trek to make sure that I can more easily sync my camera and GPS's times. It really helps! @Matthew-

I shoot Canon RAW almost exclusively and HoudahGeo seems to put the GPS metadata into my master RAWs fine. It may have been a glitch for you that day.

I always try to remember to shoot a picture of my GPS before I start a trek to make sure that I can more easily sync my camera and GPS’s times. It really helps!

]]> Comment on How to Geocode with Aperture & HoudahGeo by Matthew Weinreb http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/05/04/how-to-geocode-with-aperture-houdahgeo#comment-369 Matthew Weinreb Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:08:30 +0000 http://brettgrossphotography.com/2008/05/04/how-to-geocode-with-aperture-houdahgeo#comment-369 Hi there, I have an AMOD GPS tracker which is tiny and has a USB port. I import all the imagery into houdahgeo from the card, then apply the track log and then save it all. I then save it into Aperture as normal (geocoded) However I recently did this without having confirmed my camera time first and nothing worked. So always confirm camera time with online time before setting out to do geo-coded stuff (it may also have been because I only shot RAW and Canon RAW apparently doesn;t support GPS embedding?!?!?!) In future I will shoot a JPG at the same time. Hi there,
I have an AMOD GPS tracker which is tiny and has a USB port. I import all the imagery into houdahgeo from the card, then apply the track log and then save it all. I then save it into Aperture as normal (geocoded) However I recently did this without having confirmed my camera time first and nothing worked. So always confirm camera time with online time before setting out to do geo-coded stuff (it may also have been because I only shot RAW and Canon RAW apparently doesn;t support GPS embedding?!?!?!) In future I will shoot a JPG at the same time.

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