

I think of them as lasting 2 years to be safe. HDs live for about 3-5 years of constant use. Relatively reliable, should be accessed every year at least to refresh the data. Losing data is a nightmare we have to prevent rather than deal with when it happens.Ĭonsider backing up raw images, smaller jpg version of the originals, and your final versions of the images.ĭO NOT RELY ON ONLY ONE SYSTEM Storage Systemsġ. KEY MESSAGE: Back up in multiple places and at multiple stages. Personal Projects and Documentary Work 3. I do however separate my work into three rough categories which each have their folder structure by date:ģ. This saves a lot of space and allows you to keep one consistent system. My suggestion is to save your images in folders by date with a keyword:ĭepending on which workflow you use for editing, you can create collections of images from different folders without moving the original images or having duplicate copies of them within programs such as Lightroom or Capture One. Image size in pixels: (here I would always go for the largest size) 2. This is out of the scope of this article but as an overview, things to decide beforehand in the camera are: Neither is better overall or worse, I use them for different things. Later in this article I compare two of my editing workflows, one using Lightroom and another using three different programs: Capture One, Bridge and Photoshop. Learning a few keyboard shortcuts and buying a mouse with more buttons which you can assign functions to (like the back function – control/command + z ) are two hugely important steps towards the professionalisation of your photography and will save you hours and millions of button and keyboard clicks. *Keywording and captioning where necessary
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Typical mistakes that come from not having a consistent workflow include sending people raw files or unedited images, or ones saved in the wrong colour space or in a completely wrong format or size, or just simply having a hard drive full of duplicate images named something like final.jpg, final.psd, final2.jpg, finalfinal.tiff and finalimagereadytopublish.jpg or myfinalimagereadyforprint. It is a repeatable pattern or system of working that is used to increase efficiency, save time, and avoid making fundamental mistakes.

Your workflow is the entire process from taking an image to its final presentation form. Ways to sort through images in Lightroom Classic CC and Adobe Bridge.Digital Workflows 2: A guide to Sorting through your Images
