I considered and noted down the workflow which I would use for a portrait session of two teenagers (my daughter and her friend). This would be a relatively short session of about half an hour in length, and in a location which made them feel at ease. As this was to be an informal session, my subjects and I discussed taking photos in the garden which was agreed by both girls.
Current Workflow
Plan session – who is involved, time of day, location, length of time of session, special considerations e.g. teenagers (exam time – need to work around revision and homework, choose a suitable location if after school, verbal consent)
Plan an idea of what to shoot
Organise kit – Batteries on charge, select lens(s), lens cloth, return camera settings to standard (ISO, white balance, aperture, AV, jpeg/RAW, single shot, focus, exposure metering)
Shoot – review in camera with models(s)
Reshoot if necessary
Upload images to computer via camera software
Check images and delete obvious failures
Select images for processing using star system in Canon Zoombrowser software
Edit photos and rename
Print / upload to blog
Backup on external hard drive
Suitability of my current workflow
I organised a portrait session with my daughter and her friend to make it fun for them both. I followed my flowchart through and it worked well. I would benefit from adding “Organise props” to my flowchart at the point of organising my camera kit. Items such as a small stool and waterproof sheet came in handy, although it was quite bright and a blanket on top would work better visually. I had thought about a cushion. Adding this prompt would enable me to look more organised.Having already completed the exercise looking at editing, I would now revise my editing process to include creation a folder called delete for each shooting date. This enables me to speed up the process of finding an image if I delete the wrong one by mistake. I can also double check the folder before deleting.
The area I had not considered when writing this workflow in the beginning was emailing a couple of photo’s to my daughter’s friend’s mum.
Revised workflow for a portrait shoot
Plan session – who is involved, time of day, location, length of time of session, special considerations e.g. teenagers (exam time – need to work around revision and homework, choose a suitable location if after school, verbal consent)
Plan an idea of what to shoot
Organise kit – Batteries on charge, select lens(s), lens cloth, return camera settings to standard (ISO, white balance, aperture, AV, jpeg/RAW, single shot, focus, exposure metering)
Organise props- cushions, waterproof sheet and blanket, standing stool etc.
Shoot – review in camera with models(s)
Reshoot if necessary
Upload images to computer via camera software
Check images, make delete folder and move one star images across to it
Delete obvious failures
Select images for processing using star system in Canon Zoombrowser
Edit photos and rename
Print / upload to blog / copy of selected photos for model’s mum
Backup on external hard drive
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