Photography Notebooks

George W. Bush · Jul 17, 2004

Hey, I was gonna make myself a photography notebook in Microsoft Word. Basically like a table that I can use to keep track of each picture I take. I was going to include things like shutter speed, aperture size, focal length, etc. I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions of software that is designed to do this. Something that I can print out to carry with my camera. Or if anybody knows of something on the internet that would serve the same purpose. Thanks for the help.

George

hobbes28 · Jul 17, 2004

I use access to keep track. You can also look on the properties of the pictures. They usually have all of the info about the technical aspects of the picture.

George W. Bush · Jul 17, 2004

I forgot to specify, but I wanted to use this for my film camera. Thanks for the tip though. Is there a way to import the properties from your digital pics into access to make a database from?

Sk8man · Jul 17, 2004

these properties called EXIF

there are lots of programs to see this info but you can go to file>>>file info at photoshop and see this info.

hobbes28 · Jul 17, 2004

Not really. I just scribble them in a notebook then I made an interface that lets me fill in the blanks for each shot. Kinda time consuming.

fadingaway1986 · Jul 18, 2004

hobbes28 said:
I use access to keep track. You can also look on the properties of the pictures. They usually have all of the info about the technical aspects of the picture.

Wow - I never knew that... But I just looked in the properties - and you are right - there they are!

Says width, height, resolution, bit depth (?), Frame count, Equipment, Camera model, Copyright, Creation software, Colour representation, Shutter speed, Aperture, Flash mode, Focal length, F-number, Exposure time, Iso speed, Mettering mode, Light source, Exposure program, Exposure compensation, and the date it was taken...

How cool - thanks for that info - (even though it wasnt directed at me)...

jadin · Jul 18, 2004

Always keep the original unmodified if you want to keep the data.

George W. Bush · Jul 18, 2004

Thanks for the info everyone. But I'm still trying to find something I can use to log the info for the pictures I take with my film camera. Preferably something that has an empty template that I can print out copies of. Any suggestions?

George

fadingaway1986 · Jul 19, 2004

Somone posted something a few weeks - possibly months back about this sort of thing - it is one they made. I can't remember who posted, or their name... But I think I have it saved on my computer somewhere. Email me on [email protected] if you can't find the thread and I will see if I can find it.

- alecia