NOT lots of images
If you are not careful with your digital workflow, you can easily end up losing pictures. This is not an option for a professional photographer. The good news with engagement sessions is that if you accidentally (somehow) a series of images from an engagement session to lose - you can (probably the Redo)-session! Weddings are on the other side virtually impossible to repeat.
If you accidentally encounter data corruption when you shootthe couple, or downloading of pictures - do not panic! When it enters into the camera, take out the card and go with another card. I had this happen several times lost over the years and have only the corrupt 1 image, and how many images were in the buffer at that time I had to switch to a new memory card.
The more common corruption has occurred, when I am downloading the images on my computer. There are a number of software tools, you can run on the storage card to restore theImages. I have no place to write in this article about the restoration of lost incoming / damaged / deleted images, but I would recommend you buy "PhotoRescue 'version 3 (a Google search) will find the software. I stopped at to buy the software until I felt the need, and when I have a need (an entire memory card from a family photo session, which had changed during the download process), the $ 29 price was worth it! Since the purchase of the software I have a usedNumber of repeats deleted or corrupted files from a memory card.
Backup of pictures
The first thing I do when I returned from a photo session is to download all the images on my computer.
I then some basic checking to make sure there are no images are missing from the meeting. I will check the file number of the first image and the last frame of the meeting - subtracting the two to find out how many pictures were shot. Then I will checkthe actual files on my computer, if it fits.
Such a request would check all the images are missing in the middle of the session to catch, but you will notice that it would not recognize that the images were missing from the beginning or end of a meeting.
Therefore, I have to sort the pictures by "date or document number and scroll through the time stamp to ensure that the whole time that I run shot in the actual images files.
Once the "control" process is completed, I want to burnall images on DVD. Actually, I make two copies of the files on DVD's. A DVD is mounted on the spot and the other DVD is stored in a remote location. I also have an Excel file that functions as a database, I give basic information about the photo session in Excel and fitted with a number so that it can find the DVD to (slightly) later.
Removal of "Secondary Information"
After securing the RAW images are built safely, I will secure my release post-productionProcess. The first step involves the elimination of bad photos. I called it declines. Now I just call them "secondaries".
I create a folder called "secondary" and I move any photos that have problems in this folder. All pictures that are painful to the couple (catching an odd look or a blink, etc.) or mistakes that I made (motion blur, out-of-focus, blown highlights, poor composition, etc.) at the end of the "Secondary" folder.
I want to keep as many photos for the couple topossible, so I try not to remove too many shots. Although I remember an engagement session, where I took over 1,300 photos. For this session, I move very freely Pictures "secondary" folder!
When the photo session leading to a smaller selection of images or when the "pose" in question only had a few shots, I'll try to leave as many of its proceedings, or "pose" as possible.
The renumbering Decision
Suppose start your photo session with 250Images. 50 of them moved into the "secondary" folder. You are left with 200 photos. There are gaps in your photo file numbers.
Some couples do not notice or care to close the gaps. My photo numbers are not likely to be 001-250 (with 50 missing). They tend to be so is something like 6918 - 7168 - and the missing numbers is not very obvious. But it would still run for a discerning traveler, find out the mathematics and the lack of 50 images - or potentialto observe how they navigate through the images click on the numbers that sometimes "skipped".
You need to decide whether it is worth the time, number your "select" images again. I use the freeware RNAME-It version 3.1 (a Google search) will find the software to re-numbered in my pictures, but most image editing software can also with the numbering of the images.
I do not usually do not re-number the pictures. I think I've never had a few ask me for missing images. If they were to do that, I wouldto explain the nature of the images that I remove, and if they really see it, I would probably send them interested. I've found that not to fear when you enter a large amount of first-class photos, couples appear on the 5% -10% that are not included in the price.
There are a lot more to my after-photo-session work-flow, but I too will have to cover that in another article!
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