So here when Will invited me to join this project of using the compact camera as a pro and blog about it, I said, “Of course!” A smaller camera with a big picture will help me to tell my clients’ stories better. In my sessions last year, we did two types of photos, we almost always set up my big light somewhere inside or outside and did more classic family portraits. Then, we would go do what the family is passionate about.  This year, I will use my DSLR for the more classic work and then the Lumix GF3 for the rest of the session and we will take videos along with the stills. We will be picturing it more and more.

When Will approached me about offering my skills as a color consultant and applying them to video, I was excited to be part of the team. Being able to bring my past skills in photography and color management together for picturingHD.com and use them in creative digital products is not only going to be  fun, but a learning experience as well. I plan to show you how to color enhance your images and video and to show you techniques in iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, Lightroom 3 and the exciting new video features in Lightroom beta 4.  I will help you to picture it in picturingHD. We have a lot to cover. So let me begin with who I am and my past experience…

Get Will Crockett’s ideas on the best way to store and backup your files for picturing. Everybody has a ton of photos from their camera, but what is really the best way to handle all of those files? What storage is the safest, easiest and will still be there for you years from now. You will want to view Will’s video on storage.