Computer Power Management

We all want to save electricity when we can. Both Macs and PCs have power management controls to spin down hard drives and put the computer to sleep after a designated time. For most situations, it’s not a problem. If you are uploading images to weddingprints.com or sending a large order through LablinK Plus, BIG PROBLEM!! Once the hard drive spins down or the computer goes to sleep, you have lost your connection and the order will not complete. Using the screensaver is fine, but turn off the power saving tools on your computer. If you aren’t using your computer, just turn it off. This will save you lots of aggravation in the long run.

Happy 4th of July!

S.A. Levine

June 09 Java update for Mac!

If you have installed the latest Java update for OSX, it will break the upload feature in Weddingprints.com when using Safari. FireFox works fine as long as you follow the instructions from the May 13th Post. If you prefer Safari, don’t upgrade.

Attention Safari 4.0 users

We have tested the official release of Safari 4.0 on the Mac with www.Weddingprints.com. Uploads work fine, and it’s seems to be a bit faster in general. It has come to our attention that if you install the June 2009 Java update, it will not work!

ATTENTION APPLE USERS!!

Here are some great tips to allow you to use the upload cart with www.Weddingprints.com with either Safari or Firefox.  Firefox requires an additional step, but I will get to that later.

The first thing you will need to do is go to your hard drive and click on the applications folder.  Click on utilities, then java, then java preferences.  This will open a window with two boxes.  In both boxes, J2SE 1.4.2 will be on the bottom.  You will need to drag it to the top of the box for both applet and application.  Here is a screen shot of how it should look when you are done.  Restart your computer, and you should be good to go.  I have tested this with a 1200 image upload in both Safari and Firefox, and it works.
Now, for Firefox users, there is an extra step.  Once you click upload, you will need to go to the progress box and hit the green plus.  This will expand the box to the entire screen, and then reposition itself in the top left hand corner.  At this point the text will be visible with status information.

This test was done with OSX 10.5.7 and the latest Safari and Firefox

Attention Nikon users!

Nikon has just updated their Capture NX 2 (v.2.2.0) software to include automatic chromatic adjustment, automatic distortion control and a 50% speed boost for Intel MAC users and also gains for the PC user. I am using a Dual Processor MacPro and I can affirm the speed boost.

Why are Professional Photographers so expensive?

Caught on Film has a good answer to a question that you may have been asked from your customers before – “Why do you charge so much for a print that I can get at Wal-Mart for under two dollars?”

The answer of course is that your clients aren’t paying for just a piece of paper – they are really paying for your time and expertise.  Or, as Caught on Film puts it, “Think of it this way – the next time you pay $X to get your hair done, a pair of scissors only costs $1.50. But you gladly pay a lot more to hire a Professional.“

Read the entire article here.

Congratulations Steve!

Steve Sedman took Court of Honor for best wedding image at the PPAM convention this year, as well as a Kodak Gallery Award for his beautiful B&W image “The Limo’s Late”.

Daylight Savings

Time to check those cameras and make sure Daylight savings is turned off and go ahead and set it manually. Make sure all your cameras are set the same to ensure files go where they belong.

Our own Steve Sedman teaching at NEIPP!

On Tuesday March 31, Steve will be teaching a workshop about Lightroom and Monitor Calibration. This is a must see for anyone looking to create better looking photographs with less time in front of the Computer and more time behind the camera. http://www.neipp.com/NEIPPFlyers09/NEIPP09Brouchure.pdf

Thank you Ohio!

What a great time in Dayton and thank you to all our customers and future customers who stopped by. The Ohio Professional Photographers Convention is always great!