Compress

Been here working on our site and images of our inventory for 12 days now and have learned a lot, real fast.  We want the best, and we're going to be the best.  So when I was handed the task of photographing our cars and make them look the best, I go OCD on it.  Reviewing images and seeing that they are not what I want, I make changes.  Co-workers have been letting me know what adjustments would look good and giving Congrats on the great job that I'm doing.  I kept looking at the images, zoomed in and they were nasty and that doesn't fly with me.  

Started reading on JPEG Compression and Lightroom to see what I could do to improve.  Made several changes and I was still not happy with what I was getting.  I know now that it wasn't software.  It was camera settings.  I was shooting at ISO 400, which you think you wouldn't get a lot of noise on a photo but there was.  I adjusted to ISO 100 and came back in and edited and MAN, what a difference!!  I'm shooting from atop a tripod with a shutter speed in between .5 seconds to 1/10.  So I should have had very little noise.  But the ISO on the older camera I guess just isn't up there with the new ones.  Currently I'm running a 5 year old Canon 60D that has seen a lot of miles.  

Jobs like these, where you're able to take the time to learn and grow from are the best.  The freedom to walk back out and try something again is how all jobs should be.  Edison is quoted as saying, "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."  So keep trying till it's right, we weren't built with the instructions on how everything works.