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Forum: General Photography
07-05-2018, 03:03 PM
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- Capture RAW (DNG)
- Using card reader, copy folder from card to computer desktop
- Eject card reader and remove card
- Use ExifTool to apply lens model name to standard EXIF (semi-automated and easier than it sounds) for vintage lenses and lenses without support in LR
- Import into Lighroom with basic key words and expanded copyright information written to the LR catalog. Also as part of import, the folder's files are copied into the Pictures directory organized by year and date where they will permanently reside and never (ideally) be changed again.
- Delete folder from desktop
- Either immediately or later, there is a first pass flagging of files for removal. A file may be removed if an obvious duplicate, has obvious technical flaw with no visible positve side effect, or is simply boring with useful attributes. Once the flagging is done, the files are removed from LR and from disk as a batch operation.
- At some time, there will be a second pass over the files where the following is done:
- Addition of additional key words and comments
- Flagging images of merit
- More flagging and removal of undesirable images
- Processing of desirable images for online sharing or publishing to prints/cards/goods. A few notes:
- PP is always done on virtual copies
- The virtual copy feature is highly leveraged, particularly for pass-through to external editors (e.g. Photoshop) and for publication-specific edits (e.g. edits intended for printing to a specific printer/paper icc profile)
- Tags are liberally applied at each step, both for descriptive reasons and to document purpose and context
- The collection/subcollection feature is used for grouping images (virtual copies mostly) into meaningful categories.
All of this make it easier to find a particular image using search, drill for photos from specific events, trips, subjects, or topic.
I will note too than I maintain several export profiles, each of which is tailored to the intended publication target. I will also share that I don't export to DNG or any other proprietary format or meta data structure. Exported files are always JPEG (sRGB) or 16-bit TIFF (ProPhoto RGB or Melissa RGB). I will also add that in addition to mirrored storage, two weekly backups are also done to an external drive. I do not use cloud-based backup.
The above may seem involved, but no step outside the actual PP editing is particularly time consuming and there is nothing in the above that does not pay a dividend down the road.
Steve
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