Digital Work flows seems to be a never ending learning curve! Then you need to revise everything you thought you knew every month when a new piece of software or equipment is released. Here are outlines of our workflows that are working for us (at the moment). We welcome any comments on how to make these better or what works for you...
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This is the most important work flow to get right as it could result in a lot of wasted time, frustration and even loss of images. This is also where the biggest differences between film and digital are noticed, and can turn any advantage digital has into a nightmare. Before with film, we could put the roll in a bag for processing and move onto the next shots and at the end of the day go to the bar and relax while the film went for processing. With digital you can leave the images on the cards, but you would need a few cards, and you are only delaying the big jobs of transfer, cataloguing and backing up. If there was an error on the card it would be too late to reshoot. The advantages of digital is that there is no need to ever lose a shot as everything in is your control providing the work flow is slick.
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Sorting, cataloguing, back up and delivery...
A digital photographer has to to use his computers and spend time at his desk. We have tried to minimize time spent in front of the screens as much as possible by streamlining the workflow on location as much as possible, and try to keep to tradition where the photographer concentrates on taking the pictures and does minimal retouching and reproduction work post shoot. We use a server for image storage and back up and primarily the internet for digital delivery to clients. |
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Digital Work Flow