James Andrews

Photography is one of my hobbies. Sometimes I’ll do a wedding for a little extra money, sometimes I’ll shoot models. Trying to keep track of everything is a pain. Last night I was organizing apps on my iPhone and decided to look for some new ones while I was at it. I came across one called “Photographer’s Workflow”. From the images in iTunes App Store it looked like it did pretty much everything, and it was $3.99. Cheap enough for me to want to give it a try.

I downloaded and synced the app to my first generation iPhone. The first thing I noticed was that it requires use of Google Calendar. I give it my gmail account and password and it connected. Fulfilling that requirement, I attempted to add a project.

I add my project and the app crashes. I go back to the app, and enter the project. None of the information is there, and there’s no way I can see to delete the project and start again. I add another project, and wouldn’t you know it happens again. App == FAIL.

This app looked so very promising. I was really upset about the requirement for Google Calendar. I don’t want all my business information on the cloud, I’d rather have it sync to iCal through iTunes, or at least have the option for it not to use Google, and just keep it on my Phone. I couldn’t get a project to work at all which means that the application was totally useless to me.

I have contacted Apple for a refund.

Don’t waste your time, the app needs a lot of work.

This has been something that has been kicking my ass for a very long time. I have probably about 300-400GB of digital photos I have taken over the years, and one of the things that I have yet to find is a way of organizing them that makes me happy. None of the applications that I have used allow me to manage them the way I want too.

First off I am looking for Mac OS X solutions, I have no intention of moving over to windows. I have tried iPhoto, Aperture, and Lightroom. I want IPTC access, and while Aperture and Lightroom offer IPTC they both fail in their execution. The thing that really keeps me from using either of these applications is the inability to batch change image IPTC data after importation. The last thing I want to do is have to go through and separate my images before I import them, and editing each images IPTC data post importation SUCKS ASS! iPhoto is pretty lack luster in my opinion. I tried Shoebox Pro, which is lame lame lame. Total resource hog, and the interface sucks. I don’t want to just throw them in folders either because many would fit more than one category. Also, please do not suggest online solutions, I want something local.

It’s driving me crazy. I just want to spend a day organizing photos and be done with it.

In a separate note, I am also really hoping the next Macbooks have USB3.0 USB 2.0 is too slow!