Just had a wedding photographer speak at our camera club last night.
His work flow was:
1. Get files on computer - date_brideln_groomlnXXX.jpg (he prefers shoot JPG, more on that later)
2. back up files to external hard drive and cd/dvd. Me I just do the cd/dvd.
3. review images to weed out the bad ones (bad composition, blurry, etc)
4. Perform ONLY the MOST BASIC exposure modifications ONLY if you HAVE TO. (white balance, exposure if severly under/over exposed.)
5. Batch process every image to a proof folder (2 images 1 thumbnail and one web preview image with watermark "proof / copyright")
5.a Include file name suffix for TN/PROOF files. (20060330_SMITH_JONES_02355_PROOF.JPG)
5.b include an index number prefix for the files (0001, 0002, 0003, etc) reason being is people notice breaks in file numbers from the ones you weeded out earlier and will ask you about them.(0001_20060330_SMITH_JONES_02355_PROOF.JPG)
5. Place on web site for customer viewing.
6. Editing only customer selections
6.a for anything 11x14 or less basic editing
6.b extensive editing when order bigger than 11x14
6.c save to new file name original 20060330_SMITH_JONES_02355.JPG > 20060330_SMITH_JONES_02355_EDIT.JPG
6.c new file name for each crop (11x14, 8x10, 5x7, etc)
He recommended only using JPEG because he doesn't see the quality difference, he also only saves to JPEG once. If he needs to do EXTENSIVE work, he'll save to PSD during the work and then to JPEG once it's finished.
Canon's Digital Learning Section on Canon DPP contains a wedding workflow session in QuickTime. Might be worth a look.
Edit URL to Hyperlink properly.
//photoworkshop.com/canon/dpp/index.html
Edit for one last word:
He did mention a point that rang true for what I've seen about people. Generally people would rather have a less than perfect (sub-par) shot today than to have a great shot tomorrow.
-Rick
Message edited by author 2006-03-30 13:47:54. |
