If you have a camera, which I think most of the people have nowadays, the photos are stored in the memory of camera.

The photos taken from the camera have one problem that the file name is a sequence of letters and numbers which increments with every new photo.

It is a huge task to organize these photos especially when there are thousands of photos taken from the camera.

Photo Event Organizer – Organizing Events in Your Life

Photo Event Organizer is a free software for Windows which can do the task of organizing these photos in an interesting way.

It can scan the photos in the specified folder and break them into events. The default even gap is two days which can be customized in the options.

This means that if you have taken photos yesterday and today, Photo Event Organizer will automatically make an album of these two days and you can easily name this album whatever you like.

Automation Organize Photos With Photo Event Organizer

This is very useful as we usually take sequential photos and like to see the set of photos for a particular event.

Photo Event Organizer is very easy to use. Unlike other photo organizing software like Google Picasa, Photo Event Organizer does not take any input from the user except for the first time when it asks for a photo folder to be scanned.

After that it will automatically scan the whole hard drive and sort photos into organized events.

When you start Photo Event Organizer, it will ask you for the folder you want to scan. Just browse to your desired folder and press the scan button.

It will scan the folder and will give you the list of events that it has identified in the left hand pane.

You can expand the contents of each even and they will be shown in the right hand pane. You can rename each event to your liking and save all the events.

That’s all you have a beautiful eventful organization of your photos.

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Before fleeing the country with extra batteries and your digital camera, know that a list of wedding photography tips can turn you from a frantic relative to a calm amateur ready to make a couple’s day even more special.

Once you agree to stand in to capture the day’s images, sit down and talk with the couple. Ask them what kinds of shots they expect, or want. Take notes, so that you won’t miss the “must have” pictures, as you’re wandering around looking for more creative angles.

Once you know the location of the wedding, take time to check it out. Will the couple repeat their vows in a church, where the lighting can be troublesome? Are the almost-newlyweds saying “I do” in a sunny garden? Wherever the event will occur, take some practice shots beforehand, so that lighting will be less of a worry on the big day.

Make sure you’re prepared — this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Are your batteries charged? Do you have an extra memory card for your camera? Have you turned off all the buttons that might beep during a serious part of the ceremony?

Write down everything you might forget, and take the list with you to the ceremony. It’s easier to check off necessary shots during the wedding than realizing afterwards that you missed capturing the bride’s grandmother.

The most helpful wedding photography tips range from focusing on both the big challenges and the small details. Move to different spots for shooting candids, as well as the more formal pictures. For example, take a ladder with you so you can shoot down to avoid cutting anyone out of the wedding party. And capture the smallest of details — a page from the guest book, or a closeup of the bridesmaids’ shoes — to provide images of the wedding the couple might have missed because they were concentrating on their vows.

If a relative or friend has chosen you to provide wedding memories, be prepared. If you can get a family member to help you coordinate guests during the wedding, shooting one of life’s happiest moments can be a snap.

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While there are many photography studios that offer special maternity photo sessions, anyone with a digital camera can create beautiful and deeply personal images. In fact, you might feel more comfortable posing for your husband than you would if you were working with an unfamiliar professional. If you do want to capture your pregnancy, here are some tips to help you create beautiful and tasteful photos.

First, you need to feel comfortable. Your maternity shoot can be as casual as you need it to be. If your feet are swollen, do not force yourself into high heels. Instead, take some pictures in your front yard in your bare feet. If you are feeling too exhausted to move around much, take pictures in your living room. Your photos will look best if you are relaxed and comfortable.

While you might choose to have just one maternity photography session during the later part of your pregnancy, many women take a series of photos so that they can see how their body changes over the course of their pregnancy. Consider taking a photo of yourself in the same location once a month until you give birth.

Some moms-to-be like to take pictures that emphasize the natural beauty of their pregnant bodies. Often times they try to capture this beauty by posing nude or topless. Although photos like these can be personally meaningful to you and your spouse, remember that revealing images might make some of your relatives feel uncomfortable or embarrassed. Feel free to take any photos that you feel like taking, but you might want to choose a less revealing photo to include in birth announcements.

After you finish your photo session, upload your photos into a photo editing program. Your digital camera might have come with some photo editing software. If not, there are plenty of free programs online that offer basic image editing capabilities. Take time to play around with different color options. Black and white photographs and sepia images are always timeless treasures.

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A few months ago I received a gift: a boxed set of digital photography books. I have owned many different digital photography books in the past, but these books were different in the way they were written. The books made digital photography, and photography in general, easier to understand to the point where I started to take more good pictures than bad ones.

Learn to Take Better Digital Photos the Easy Way

In case you were wondering, the boxed set was called: Scott Kelby’s Digital Photography Boxed Set, Volumes 1, 2, and 3. If you would like to become better at taking digital photos, I highly recommend that you purchase this set of three books. Regardless of whether you are new to digital photography, or experienced, you will find learn new as you read through these books, and then be amaze at how you have learned to take better digital photos.

The one thing that makes these books stand out is that fact that they aren’t long-winded. Each page is short, contains a photograph of the topic at the top, and a few paragraphs that explain the topic. Each page covers a single topic, and is very easy to read. Scott doesn’t go into confusing details about how to take a great photo – he just tells you how to do it. Many books would go into detail about setting the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO for taking a specific photo, but Scott would just tell you what settings you should use without the extra long-winded explanation, so you learn to take better digital photos easily.

Scott also tries to add a little humour to some of the topics to keep the lessons interesting. While it isn’t over the top, it does keep you wanting to read more. At the end of each book, there are example shots that he has taken, and below each picture he explains – in step-like-form – how he took each of the shots. This allows you to understand what you need to do to take a similar photo.

Very large books have been written to help with understanding digital photography. Scott’s books, however, are just over 200 pages each. Since each page isn’t very long, it won’t take you long to read through each one. Another reason there are three books is because he covers many different subjects throughout all three books. Everything from portraits, group shots, weddings, sports photography, and photography equipment are explained through the three books.

3 Volumes That Explain how to Take Better Digital Photos

The first volume sets the stage for the next two. By starting with volume one, you begin to understand the basics of digital photography. The first chapter doesn’t go into introducing you to apertures, shutter speeds, or equipment, but rather how to get tack-sharp photos – something everyone who takes photos would probably like to learn. The chapters for the first volume are self-expanatory:

1. Pro Tips for Getting Really Sharp Photos
2. Shooting Flowers Like a Pro
3. Shooting Weddings Like a Pro
4. Shooting Landscapes Like a Pro
5. Shooting Sports Like a Pro
6. Shooting People Like a Pro
7. Avoiding Problems Like a Pro
8. Taking Advantage of Digital Like a Pro
9. Taking Travel & City Life Shots Like a Pro
10. How to Print Like a Pro and Other Cool Stuff
11. Photo Recipes to Help You Get “The Shot”

As you can see there are many topics discussed in volume 1 alone, and set the basis for allowing you to take better digital photos. Volume 2 continues to build from that with the following chapters:

1. Using Flash Like a Pro
2. Building a Studio from Scratch
3. Shooting Portraits Like a Pro
4. Shooting Landscapes Like a Pro
5. Shooting Weddings Like a Pro
6. Shooting Travel Like a Pro
7. Shooting Macro Like a Pro
8. Pro Tips for Getting Better Photos
9. More Photo Recipes to Help You Get “The Shot”

Between the first two volumes, you can easily see that there are many topics discussed – many topics that you would probably be interested in learning to help you take better digital photos. Still, there is one more volume that covers the following:

1. Using Flash Like a Pro, Part 2
2. Using Your Studio Like a Pro
3. The Truth About Lenses
4. Shooting Products Like a Pro
5. Shooting Outdoors Like a Pro
6. Shooting People Like a Pro
7. Shooting Sports Like a Pro
8. Pro Tips for Getting Better Photos
9. Avoiding Problems Like a Pro
10. Yet Even More Photo Recipes to Help You Get “The Shot”

While many topics may seem to be repeated throughout several of the books, each one provides even more tips to help make you a better photographer.

If you would like to take better digital photos, and you would like a straight-forward approach to doing so, I highly recommend you pickup a copy of Scott Kelby’s Digital Photography Boxed Set, Volumes 1, 2, and 3 if you want to take better digital photos.

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Unlike JPEG files, however, there are many drawbacks to using RAW files, and most who use digital cameras probably won’t want to use this format. The more experienced photographers, on the other hand, may love what RAW has to offer.

Proprietary format.

Let’s start the discussion by talking about the fact that there isn’t a standard RAW file format. Each camera manufacturer create their own RAW format, so there isn’t one standard format. In fact, a camera manufacturer may produce a different RAW format for each camera they produce – so even a manufacturer won’t use a single format standard among their products.

This causes headaches for the consumer because if they upgrade their camera, the software they were using to edit their previous RAW photos may not be updated enough to edit their new camera’s RAW format.

Larger file sizes than JPEG files.

A RAW file is much larger than an equivalent JPEG file – I’m talking about 2 to 6 times larger. This has a drawback in that a digital camera can’t take as many pictures per second with a RAW file compared to a JPEG due to the fact that it must save more data. The benefit of a larger file size is that there is a lot more data within a RAW file than a JPEG.

With the size and price of memory cards, storage space for larger RAW files shouldn’t be a big issue.

Need specialized software to edit a RAW file.

Since RAW files have no common standard, not all photo editors are capable of editing RAW files. With each new RAW format created by a camera manufacturer, an update to the photo editor may be needed.

The good news is that cameras that can shoot the RAW format usually include software that can edit the files. While the included software isn’t as robust at Photoshop, or another large photo editor, the included software does do a good job. Software packages such as Photoshop tend to support more RAW formats through various updates.

Can’t print RAW files.

JPEG files are supported by any print shop in the world, but none of those printers support RAW files. You will first need to convert the RAW files to a support file format, such as JPEG, before the photo can be printed.

Minimalist settings applied.

The one benefit that a RAW file has over a JPEG file is that the settings specified in the camera aren’t applied to the image. Why is this a benefit? If you had the wrong color balance set in the camera when you take the picture, you can easily change it on your computer with a RAW file very easy without any degradation in quality. For JPEGs, you would need to remove the color cast through much editing and possible degradation.

Also, if you shoot black and white, the JPEG files will not contain any RGB color information. For RAW files, all that color information is retained in the RAW image, so you can always print that image in color or black and white. The black and white setting in your camera is applied to the JPEG file, not the RAW file.

More overhead for editing.

As discussed in my previous post, a JPEG file contains 8-bits per color channel of data for each pixel. RAW files can contain 10-, 12-, or 14-bits of data per channel of color data. This provides an enormous amount of overhead for editing. This overhead helps to prevent any color banding in the image.

Another benefit is with regards to sharpening. With JPEGs, sharpening is done in-camera, which means that it becomes a one-size-fits-all method of sharpening. Since RAW files haven’t been sharpened in the camera, you can then sharpen the image in your photo editor any way you like. This can also help reduce the noise that can occur because of unwanted sharpening.

Recover some data.

If you have a small amount of blown highlights in your image, you can’t recover them very easily with a JPEG file. With RAW files, however, there is still a chance that those highlights can be recovered because of the amount of data that is stored in the file. While you can’t work miracles with some really bad images, for minor issues, you may be able to save your work.

While the above points do provide advantages and disadvantages for using RAW files, not all digital cameras support this format so you may not have a choice. The RAW file format is not for everyone, but if you do like to edit photos and have a camera that can shoot RAW files, then you may want to give it a try.

In addition, some cameras have the ability to shoot both RAW and JPEG files with each picture that is taken. This provides the best of both worlds, but it does use up more storage space on your memory card.

Are there any other points that can be added to the above list? Which format do you prefer to use, JPEG, RAW, or both?

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