peter_cohen

<p>As other posters have suggested, I suspect the problems lies somewhere besides Lightroom. I have 419,303 images in my catalog and don't experience any of the problems you've described.</p> <p>Adobe TV is a great, free source of video tutorials on how to use Lightroom. Likewise, YouTube is filled with tutorials from beginner to expert level, so maybe you can poke around a bit to find out where things started to head south for you.</p>

<p>I just doesn't have the spill kill option.</p> <p>I use mine almost exclusively outdoors, and can't say enough good things about it. The light is provides is absolutely gorgeous with superior shadow transitions provided you're using it 6' from subject or closer. For portraits, I've never seen better, and I've used a bunch including the Halo.</p> <p>Very sturdy, stands up well to wind.</p>

<p>+1 for CrashPlan</p> <p>I have about 6TB of images on CrashPlan. Their customer support is great if you need it, and the interface is very easy to understand and use. Works like clockwork. They have many options for where you can store your backup. Been using them for years without issue.</p>

<p>See if you can find a print shop in your area that specializes in large-format graphics. I regularly have prints made for banners and signs at parties that are bigger than what you're considering. FWIW, the printer I use requests a PDF at half the final output size, and they scale it up to final output.</p>

<p>+1 on Jos' suggestion:</p> <p>https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/help/lightroom-smart-previews.html</p> <h2 id="Advantages of Smart Previews">Advantages of Smart Previews</h2> <a name="main-pars_text"></a> <ul> <li>Smart Previews are much smaller than the original photos. You can free up disk space on devices with smaller storage capacities (for example, SSD drives) by choosing to keep original files on a high-capacity external device (for example, NAS devices or external discs). For example, 500 raw images from a high-end DSLR camera may occupy 14 GB of disk space. The Smart Preview files for the same images amounted to 400 MB of disk space.</li> <li>Continue to work with your Smart Preview files even when the device containing your original photographs is disconnected. You can perform all edits that you would perform on the original file.</li> <li>Automatically sync any edits made on Smart Preview files with your original files, as soon as the device is reconnected to your computer.</li> <li>Once created, your Smart Preview files are always up to date. When your storage device is connected, any edits you make to the original file are applied instantly to the Smart Previews as well.</li> </ul>

<p>There are many videos on DIY eyelighters on YouTube.</p>

<p>Given the fact that the Eyelighter is about 5-10x what the softbox will cost, I think it's about more than the look. Cost aside, the Eyelighter is amazing.</p>

<p>The Buff mini lithiums have two outlets per battery, and can power pretty much anything including the fan you mention. Just a thought -- albeit a more expensive one -- have you considered the Elinchrom Quadra. 400 ws and light as a feather with a battery pack that is very manageable. It's my go-to location light and we do a lot of senior portraits. Matched with a Softliter II, the output is beautiful and very adjustable from just a touch for fill to full 400 ws.</p>

<p>I respectfully suggest you consider revising your workflow and editing. An hour+ on each file is way out of scope for making any kind of profit.</p>

<p>In case you're concerned, I have 345,020 images in my one catalog. Never had a problem.</p>

<p>I'm wondering if any other Elinchrom Quadra owners have experienced the trouble described below.<br> <br /> I have an Elinchrom Quadra, out of warranty, that I love. However, at least once on every shoot, it exhibits odd behavior, most frequently blinking the digits in the panel showing the power setting for more than a minute or more. After which it returns to normal behavior. This is with fully charged battery plus a fresh battery on the Skyport Speed transmitter. I have read the owner’s manual and the behavior is most closely like that on page 17 under Troubleshooting for “The display flashes, no flash can be released.”<br> <br /> Obviously, when this occurs on paid shoots it’s disruptive to the session and embarrassing to me. For the investment I made in the Quadra, I expect reliable operation. Today on a high school senior shoot, I had to replace the Quadra completely with one of my QFlashes. Again, embarrassing and a waste of about 10 minutes.<br> <br /> If you had this happen with your Quadra, what's the cause and how did you solve it?<br> <br /> Thanks,<br /> Peter</p>

<p>In many cases its the veil that's being blown vs the dress. In those cases, the assistant holds the veil out and then lets go and jumps back as the image is captured.</p>

<p>I'm with Jeff. I have 307,000 images in one catalog. From the click on the task bar until the splash screen goes away it's 10 seconds. Shutdown is almost instantaneous. Lightroom CC 2015.</p>

Great comparison between the two treatments. Love the top one.

<p>There was recently a thread about shooting the hora. My wife and I specialize in bar and bat mitzvahs, so I thought I'd post this chair raising image. My wife's on a ladder and I'm 45 degrees on either side of her with my camera on a monopod, extended as high as it will go. Critique if you wish.</p><div></div>