Annotate images with text

Annotating your images with with text or images is a very common part of photo workflow and is often the last step before publishing.

Most workflow programs like darktable and album creation applications such as jalbum will allow you to automatically add logos, titles, and copyright notices to your images.

As good as these applications are they often have some limits on how much control you have over the process.

If you want near total control over the process and don’t want to custom edit every image in your photo editing application then command line tools are your best option

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Remote Control for EOS Rebel Series

Remote controls are a great addition to your camera bag.  For me, the greatest advantage for these devices is that you can take a picture without inducing any camera shake during long exposures.

You can buy commercial remote controls, or you can build one yourself that has more character.

There are a lot of sites online that describe the actual construction so I will refer you to one of them for the construction details.

A good site to use is:   http://picsbylance.com/?p=1443   (link no longer works)

I made several changes in the construction to meet my requirements.  Since I wanted this remote to do long duration “bulb” exposures I did not need the focus/exposure button.  Since these would be for long exposures I used a toggle switch instead of the push button for the shutter.

The cable I used was from a 3.5mm standard stereo mini-plug and I left a junction in the middle so I could add an extender cable if I needed more distance from the camera.

I used an old 35 mm film container for the switch box for fun (it actually feels good in the hand).

Jim

Welcome!

Welcome to my new site.

This site is primarily for the purpose of displaying my photographs as well as sharing some of my photo editing scripts and techniques.

I do almost all my image processing and programming on a Linux computer but I use mostly open source solutions which can be run on many different platforms.

In addition to photography I will also cover nature, science, and almost anything I think may be of interest to others.

I hope you find something here you like!

Jim