{"id":32,"date":"2019-08-05T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renderinglight.com\/welcome\/?p=32"},"modified":"2023-08-01T05:55:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T10:55:05","slug":"workflow-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renderinglight.com\/welcome\/2019\/08\/05\/workflow-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Workflow 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you delve very far into the topic of serious digital photography on the Internet, it\u2019s not very long before you encounter the term \u201cworkflow\u201d. The term can sound complicated, and daunting, and confusing. But it doesn\u2019t have to be.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, everyone who uses a digital camera has a workflow of some sort, even if it\u2019s just one or two steps. But most people who become more <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>intentional<\/strong><\/span> with their photography start paying more attention to their photos. As we start to really like some of our photos, and as we become proud enough to show them off, we develop a desire to make them look their best. Additionally, as we begin to take more photos, we realize that we need a way to store and organize them so that we can go back and find them later.<\/p>\n<p>So what\u2019s a workflow? Simply put, <strong>a workflow is a series of steps that you regularly go through after you\u2019ve taken your pictures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This can include any of the following:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>transferring photos from the camera to the computer<\/li>\n<li>renaming photos<\/li>\n<li>culling &#8211; deciding which photos to keep and which to delete<\/li>\n<li>cropping<\/li>\n<li>retouching (tweaking the contrast, adjusting color, converting to B&amp;W, sharpening, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>resizing for the web or email<\/li>\n<li>printing (at home or using a photo printing service)<\/li>\n<li>organizing photos in a system that makes sense to you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Setting up a workflow, or system, for reviewing and processing your photos can (1) make the process of reviewing photos faster, (2) keep your storage drive from becoming cluttered with redundant or not-really-that-great photos, (3) help give you the best quality photos possible, and (4) help you find a specific photo six months from now.<\/p>\n<p>There is no single \u201cright\u201d workflow \u2013 all you need is a system that works for you, and the proper tools to support your system. In the next installment I\u2019ll suggest a sample generic workflow \u2013 and some tools to accomplish various tasks \u2013 as a way to help get you started thinking about your workflow. If you\u2019ve got other tools, or a different process, use what works for you.<\/p>\n<p>Above all, <strong>have fun<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you delve very far into the topic of serious digital photography on the Internet, it\u2019s not very long before you encounter the term&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renderinglight.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renderinglight.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renderinglight.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renderinglight.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renderinglight.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/renderinglight.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42,"href":"https:\/\/renderinglight.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renderinglight.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renderinglight.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renderinglight.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}