Digital BW, The Print

I use negative films for most of my shooting. Specifically, Ilford 
XP2 Super for my b/w and Superia 100 & 400 for the color. I'm having 
trouble keeping track of everything. How do you people file your 
images or do you shoot mostly chromes? I could really use your help. 
Thank you.

Regards,

Tim

www.portraitsofnature.net

At 06:40 PM 9/1/01 +0000, you wrote:
>I use negative films for most of my shooting. Specifically, Ilford
>XP2 Super for my b/w and Superia 100 & 400 for the color. I'm having
>trouble keeping track of everything. How do you people file your
>images or do you shoot mostly chromes? I could really use your help.
>Thank you.
>
>Regards,
>
>Tim

I file both negatives and chromes in hanging slide file pages.  If you cut 
the negatives apart and mount them in slide mounts, you can file them by 
subject.  They are easier to scan in mounts, too.  Each of my 300,000+ 
images has a unique number; for example 61953-31208.   The 619 means 
Honduras, 53 means families, 312 is the number of the hanging slide page 
and 08 is the slot on the page where that image goes.  I can find anything 
in a few seconds (if I have gotten around to refiling it!)

Tina


Tina Manley, ASMP
http://www.tinamanley.com


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Hi Tina,

First off let me say how much that shot of the father and 2 girls 
saying Grace moved me. VERY nicely done.
 Your system involves cutting negatives apart and hanging them in 
slide sheets? I use a Canon FS4000 film scanner so I wouldn't be able 
to scan them in the sheets. Would you mind contacting me off list and 
explaining in some detail how your system works? Thanks again for 
your response.

Tim













--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Tina Manley <images@i...> 
wrote:
> At 06:40 PM 9/1/01 +0000, you wrote:
> >I use negative films for most of my shooting. Specifically, Ilford
> >XP2 Super for my b/w and Superia 100 & 400 for the color. I'm 
having
> >trouble keeping track of everything. How do you people file your
> >images or do you shoot mostly chromes? I could really use your 
help.
> >Thank you.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Tim
> 
> I file both negatives and chromes in hanging slide file pages.  If 
you cut 
> the negatives apart and mount them in slide mounts, you can file 
them by 
> subject.  They are easier to scan in mounts, too.  Each of my 
300,000+ 
> images has a unique number; for example 61953-31208.   The 619 
means 
> Honduras, 53 means families, 312 is the number of the hanging slide 
page 
> and 08 is the slot on the page where that image goes.  I can find 
anything 

> in a few seconds (if I have gotten around to refiling it!)
> 
> Tina
> 
> 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> http://www.tinamanley.com
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

on 9/1/01 2:40 PM, tyork@... at tyork@... wrote:

> I use negative films for most of my shooting. Specifically, Ilford
> XP2 Super for my b/w and Superia 100 & 400 for the color. I'm having
> trouble keeping track of everything. How do you people file your
> images or do you shoot mostly chromes? I could really use your help.
> Thank you.

each roll of neg (color or bw) gets a number in sequential order...1, 2, 3
as it comes in. No exceptions! No image ever goes in the scanner unless the
roll it comes from has a number! Medium format stuff is prefixed M.

every image I scan has the prefix NNN where NNN is the roll number it comes
from

the raw file is NNN <filename>RAW

the final image is NNN <filename>

eg "651 mother and child.psd" and "651 mother and child RAW.psd"

or

the images are archived to CD with both the final image and the raw file on
the same CD. The CDs are also numbered sequentially plus some indication of
what's on them and a date. EG "45 Porcupine Hill 8/01"

so both of the above images go to the samem CD, with all the raw files in a
folder called RAW

the image files on CD are cataloged using iView Media Pro

so when I want to find an image I just look it up on iView, which gives me
the CD number. I put in the CD and I have both the image file and the raw
scan. If I need to scan it again the filename gives me the roll number I can
find it on. Seems to work so far. The best bit is having the roll number as
part of the filename, and storing the raw scans in the same place as the
image wherever possible.


-- 
John Brownlow

http://www.pinkheadedbug.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Johnny Deadman <john@p...> 
wrote:
... 
> the image files on CD are cataloged using iView Media Pro


John,

is this running on PC only? Do you have a site for them? 

Thanks, I  appreciate it.


Antonis

Thank you John,

I'm trying to find a reasonably simple method of keeping track of my 
images that this simple mind can manage. I have a lot of work ahead 
of me as I have taken images for a long time. The worst of it is I'm 
trying to do this and learn how to use photoshop effectively as well 
as learn to print with all its nuances; and there is only 24 hours in 
the day. Where is there a good 96 hour day when you need them? Thanks 
again.

Tim
















--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Johnny Deadman <john@p...> 
wrote:
> on 9/1/01 2:40 PM, tyork@a... at tyork@a... wrote:
> 
> > I use negative films for most of my shooting. Specifically, Ilford
> > XP2 Super for my b/w and Superia 100 & 400 for the color. I'm 
having
> > trouble keeping track of everything. How do you people file your
> > images or do you shoot mostly chromes? I could really use your 
help.
> > Thank you.
> 
> each roll of neg (color or bw) gets a number in sequential 
order...1, 2, 3
> as it comes in. No exceptions! No image ever goes in the scanner 
unless the
> roll it comes from has a number! Medium format stuff is prefixed M.
> 
> every image I scan has the prefix NNN where NNN is the roll number 
it comes
> from
> 
> the raw file is NNN <filename>RAW
> 
> the final image is NNN <filename>
> 
> eg "651 mother and child.psd" and "651 mother and child RAW.psd"
> 
> or
> 
> the images are archived to CD with both the final image and the raw 
file on
> the same CD. The CDs are also numbered sequentially plus some 
indication of
> what's on them and a date. EG "45 Porcupine Hill 8/01"
> 
> so both of the above images go to the samem CD, with all the raw 
files in a
> folder called RAW
> 
> the image files on CD are cataloged using iView Media Pro
> 
> so when I want to find an image I just look it up on iView, which 
gives me
> the CD number. I put in the CD and I have both the image file and 
the raw
> scan. If I need to scan it again the filename gives me the roll 
number I can
> find it on. Seems to work so far. The best bit is having the roll 
number as
> part of the filename, and storing the raw scans in the same place 
as the

> image wherever possible.
> 
> 
> -- 
> John Brownlow
> 
> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com

on 9/1/01 11:41 PM, Antonis Ricos at antonisphoto@... wrote:

>> the image files on CD are cataloged using iView Media Pro
> 
> 
> John,
> 
> is this running on PC only? Do you have a site for them?


http://wwww.iviewmultimedia.com


-- 
John Brownlow

http://www.pinkheadedbug.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Johnny Deadman <john@p...> 
wrote:

> http://wwww.iviewmultimedia.com


Thanks John. I found it, even with that extra w in the address ;-)
Didn't know about it and it's even Mac friendly, not even available on the PC. 
Wow!

Antonis