Apparently I am really slow!

[Tammie]

OK. Here's a new one.... (it's always a new one with me) Here I am in Bridge (ya'll are surprised I could find my way there..Aren't ya?) Anyhoo here I am correcting 500 photo's (seems like that many) I really just can't believe how horrible my pictures look....Then I had an epiphany or a brain fart.
**I had taken a class on workflow a few weeks ago that Raymond put on in the Woodlands. I remembered he said something about checking or unchecking something in bridge.....I unchecked the auto on exposure and low and behold my beautiful photo appeared! Oh My Gosh! I almost started crying. I unchecked all the other stuff too and it made my photo soooo much better than auto had done. And this after adjusting how many thousands (not exaggerating) of photo's?
Am I the only person who will rat herself out or does this happen to others and they just don't mention it?

Thanks?

[Buddha]

Bragging about mistakes doesn't come easily. You did well.
What did you learn from this?

[JamesB]

I once spent 45 minutes trying to figure out why my printer was not printing (text only)

Uninstalled the drivers, re-installed the new ones from the web site. Unplug printer, turn off PC, turn it all back on hook it all back up still would not work. I tried EVERYTHING I would tell someone else to do.

then I had a briliant idea, replace the ink tanks..... whoooooohooooo that did the trick.

then a few years later I found out that many of the Epson printers were NOT reporting the correct ink levels in the printer monitor utility

James

[Daniel Bates]

If I listed all the bonehead things I have done with my 1D in the past week, well, let's just say that it would be a long list. Tip: check your exposure compensation settings before shooting two hundred frames of a fencing competition.

[Tammie]

Oh Wise Budha......I have come to realize God has a sense of humor!!! He tries it out on me everyday!

Oh and also not to be too proud of oneself...Although I discovered that it works better with everything turned off.....I can't figure out how to keep it off? I am having to go in and uncheck the auto crap(on every stinkin photo) I thought I was about to be ahead BUT, I think I am still spendin about the same amount of time to get that stuff off........Man! I just can't get a break!

Trials and Tribulations of Tammie-Stay tuned for the next adventures.

See Ya!

[Sara Nugent]

A loooonnnggg time ago - before computer retouching - someone I knew gave me a Pasche airbrush so I could lean to retouch my photos. I bought an air tank, read what I could about airbrushes and tried to teach myself how to use it. The whole idea was that you had to keep it moving to avoid paint buildup - which could cause a splatter (called a spider). No matter what I did, I kept getting spiders.

So I signed up for an airbrush class given by Professional Photographers of America - a week long class in Indiana. (I live in Houston). The class was pretty expensive, plus a week in a hotel and driving there - big investment for me.

The first day of class, the instructor was beginning to explain how to use the tool and the first thing she said was: "Take the protective CAP off." Well, Duh! How was I to know that was a protective cap? Of course I had never tried to use it without the cap on!

Pretty expensive trip to find that out. Actually, it was a great class and I was never sorry and went back the next year.

Sara

[AndrewCCM]

I once was editing a wedding video and had spent nearly 30 hrs... My kid crawls in and turns off my machine...Corrupts my video RAID!!! Yeah I had backups of the raw tapes, but the edit was gone gone.

Needless to say, I don't shoot video much anymore these days...I just couldn't get efficient enough to make it worthwhile financially. But that's another topic. :)

[engstrom]

Originally Posted by Tammie

Although I discovered that it works better with everything turned off.....I can't figure out how to keep it off? I am having to go in and uncheck the auto crap(on every stinkin photo) I thought I was about to be ahead BUT, I think I am still spendin about the same amount of time to get that stuff off........Man! I just can't get a break!

See this link to set your defaults with Auto off.

http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/DCForumID36/16788.html

[NathanJK]

THHHHHAAAAAANNNNKKKKK YYYOOOOUUU John! I've ALWAYS had a lot of hate reserved for the "auto" settings that no matter what were always on.

[epoh]

I had the exact same issue with the 'auto correct' feature in photoshop/bridge. I was so happy when I learned how to turn it all off!

[digitaldooda]

I teach Photoshop and sometimes feel it is the blind leading the blind. I know I probably shouldn't say this.....I should pretend to be the "all knowing Yoda of digital" but it just ain't so. This technology is a fluid and everchanging medium. It just seems better if you travel it with a group. I have a class and most of my folks are regular members....kinda like this friendly forum. I really appreciate the community here and it is a great resource for information. Many of the suggested links I find here end up on my "cool links" section of my website.
Thanks!