More on RAW
Well, obviously somebody out there is actually reading these entries, as there’s been a few questions as to how I manage my workflow with RAW photos.
My grand plan outlined in the previous entry never really materialized for reasons of time. However, I do have a fairly stable workflow set up now with my RAW photos, so I thought I’d at least try to document that here, in case anybody else was interested in the slightest.
- Grab memory card out of the camera/holder and put in memory card reader.
- Download images to my backup drive using a small application I put together in about 20 seconds.
- Copy the images over to my work drive.
- Convert all the CR2 images to DNG using Adobe DNG Converter.
- Browse through the images using BreezeBrowser (an amazing application), and delete all the rubbish/out-of-focus pictures.
- Post process using Photoshop CS2 (for example, I’ve composed a number of HDR photos this way).
I find this works really, really effectively, and ensures I have plenty of backups should I ever need the originals again.
The next step for me is to try and get some of these photos online. I’m really not impressed with most of the software out there for WordPress, so right now I think that some customization might be in order to get the features I’m looking for.