I'm trying to create a good workflow to save and organize my photos. Any suggestions are welcome.
1) Download the photos from the SD card, creating folders following this standard: yyyymm(dd) - Event Name. Example: 20091201 - Beach at night in Santos
2) Then rename all the files inside each folder, following this standard: yymmdd@hhmmss - Event Name. Example: 20091201@235948 - Beach at night in Santos.jpg
3) Remove all the bad photos, deleting them permanently.
4) Choose those which have potential commercial value and add keywords, title, author, etc.
5) Edit all of those which have potential commercial value so they can be sent to stock agencies or sold as prints, etc. The originals are kept for validation when this is the case, or for playing a different edit for a different purpose.
5.1) Adjust the RAW file (if exists) using Canon Digital Photo Professional and generate an 8 bit TIFF file
5.2) Open the TIFF file on Corel Paint Shop Pro X2 and make any additional adjustments/corrections/topaz, etc.
5.3) Save the resulting file (keeping exif information) on an uncompressed jpg file.
5.4) The edited image should follow the same name standard, but adding text that describes the commercial purpose. Example 20091201@235948 - Beach at night in Santos - stock.jpg or 20091201@235948 - Beach at night in Santos - print 1 by 1.5.jpg
6) Perform a second review of the photos unselected for commercial purposes, and if those don't have any use, delete them and keep only those that have been selected as commercial.
7) Send the edited photos to their intended destination.
Need help on the editing steps, my doubts are:
a) Do you usually apply sharpening techniques as the last step before sending your photos to stock agencies or print?
b) Do you usually apply noise reduction to your photos? And if so, when in your workflow? (I often get refusals on stock agencies because of noise)
c) Do you apply different crops to the same image so you have it available for most print sizes?
Later, I'm sure I will ask a little more...
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