Episode 135: Metadata

“I never metadata I didn’t like.” Do we need to spend hours entering metadata for our images? Or do we even care about metadata? Jeff and Kirk look at why metadata is important, and at some automated solutions like AI-assisted object recognition in the Photos app, Lightroom, and other tools.

Hosts:

• Jeff Carlson: website, Jeff's photos, Jeff on Instagram, Jeff on Glass, Jeff on Mastodon
• Kirk McElhearn: website, Kirk's photos, Kirk on Instagram, Kirk on Glass, Kirk on Mastodon

Show Notes:

• Rate and Review the PhotoActive Podcast!

• Oops! Did Vice Just Give Away John McAfee's Location With Photo Metadata?

• Take Control of Your Digital Photos
• Episode #2 - Managing Photo Libraries
• Episode 31: Benefits of Digital Asset Managers
• MetaImage Unlimited
• Excire Foto
• Excire Foto 2022 can analyze and keyword your entire photo library using AI, PopPhoto
• How to use artificial intelligence to tag and keyword photos for better organization, PopPhoto

Our Snapshots:

• Jeff: Shift Happens: A Book about Keyboards
• Kirk: The Dolly Zoom: More Than A Cheap Trick - YouTube

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