Traveling this summer? Don’t forget to change the time in your camera. Otherwise, your metadata will be wrong. Why does this matter? Lightroom 4 and iPhoto both use the time recorded by the camera to sort your photos. There’s nothing as annoying as having them completely out of order. There are ways to fix this later, but it’s much easier to do it ahead.
Go to the menu on your camera and look for Date/Time. On my Canon, it’s in one of the Wrench Menus. And don’t forget, most cameras use 24 hour clocks, so 3:00 is 3:00 AM. In the next post, I’ll tell you how to reset the date and time in Lightroom 4, in case you already forgot to do it.
I’m glad you’ve found my blog. I teach photography workshops and often think of photo tips I want to share with my students. So, I’ve added a blog to my website. I hope you’ll check back often and follow me. And be sure to share the posts with your friends.
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Congratulations, Great first Blog.
Best of wishes with your new blog and adventures Caroline! I’d follow you anywhere, you are such an interesting, passionate and fun person. Great meting you in Paris 🙂
Great tip Caroline! I didn’t even think about doing this. And congrats on your blog–you always inspire me. 🙂
Thanks, Lynn! I’m terrible about remembering to change the time… so I figure that other people probably are, too! I’ll be blogging again this spring, after having taken some time off to get more organized. Hope you’ll follow me!