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1. Introduction:
The concept of the Public Library and Card Catlog applied to photographs. Definition of Metadata. Who needs this stuff? Isn't this a lot of work? Get a system for your workflow. Learn how to organize, how to be productive. (12 min)
2. Where are your pictures?
The system is applicable to all Digital Asset Management systems - it's the Concept not the Keystrokes. Dedicated Hard drives. The Catalog. Cull your images; edit down, leave only the good ones. Delete. (13 min)
3. Organization:
File Naming Convention. Folder Structure. Name Templates and Presets. Use file types and extensions that can be made to work for you. (14 min)
4. Import & File Naming Template:
File Handling on Import. Create a Naming Template. Seth's Develop settings. Metadata Preset. Copyright. Thumbnail Preview size. (27.5 min)
5. Edit Selection and Ranking:
Ranking with Stars and Labels. The use of dual screens. Deletion. Re-name for out-of-sequence files. Save out the Metadata. (15.5 min)
6. Captions:
Basic. Global and Local metadata. Access online data for caption & metadata use. (13.5 min)
7. Keywording:
Keyword Hierarchy. Use Public and Private metadata. Keyword suggestions. Search for keywords. Keyword concepts. Keyword Sets. (30 min)
8. Filtering with Metadata:
Use filtering in Lightroom to find and view subsets of your Library. Use Keywords and Metadata. Create a Quick Collection and save 'virtual' Collections. Use Smart Collections that update automatically as new photographs are keyworded. (18 min)
9. On-the-Road:
Learn how to take a 'remote' Catalog on the road while leaving the originals at home - yet still be able to work with all of your files. Working with a laptop and external drives. Drive naming. 'Off-line' files. Size of Previews. Learn how to safely integrate new files with an original master Catalog: three scenarios & methods. Import Settings and Keywords. Create a Catlaog and Previews to be taken on the road. (17 min)
10. XMP sidecar Files:
XMP & Sidecar defined. Are they needed? The DNG option. (7.5 min)
11. Archive & Backup:
Lightroom's Catalog Settings & Backup option. A 'Very Scary Story'. The difference between a Backup and an Archive. Hard Drive Strategy. Bootable Backup. (23 min)

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Luminous Landscape Video Journal - Issue 18 HD

1. Introduction
Michael introduces LLVJ-18.
2. Jack Dykinga - an interview
Michael talks with Pulitzer prize-winning landscape photographer Jack Dykinga. Jack is a Tucson, Arizona based photographer who has published 10 photography books, regularly shoots assignments for National Geographic Magazine and leads photographic tours throughout the Americas.
A slideshow follows.
3. Spring Run-Off - Algonquin Park, Canada, Spring 2008
A High Definition video shot during a Spring '08 workshop in Ontario's Algonquin Park. Jack Dykinga, Michael Reichmann & participants photograph moose and rainy landscapes.
4. Antarctica 2009 - 67˚South, The Gullet
A video shot during The Luminous Landscape's 2009 expedition to the Antarctic peninsula.
The video features extended footage of a rarely-visited 'inside passage' south of the Antarctic Circle: The Gullet. A slideshow follows.
5. Madagascar
A feature shot in this exotic Indian Ocean country off Africa's South East Coast. Michael gives a 'making-of' commentary on several of his published photographs from Madagascar including Baobab Alley.

6. L-L Guide to File Backup in the Field
Michael details and demonstrates current strategies for backing up your photo files on location.