Sometime back, I mentioned, I was thinking about a processing matrix of sorts, well here it is, now I need to make a better looking pdf version
Photographic Workflow Matrix |
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| Shoot | Process | Proof | Print/Output | ||
| Task/Digital | Exposure, be accurate, avoid under exposing shadows. | Download from camera. Process to format suitable for future reference. Colour correct. Add colour Profile. | Archive to CD/DVD. Add/Import to catalogue program. Print out hardcopy if needed.‡ | Send to Print bureau for output as either Lambda or Pegasus print, or inkjet or print in-house using inkjet printer, or publish to the web. Infinte control available in digital tools such as Photoshop | |
| Task/Analogue | Neg film expose for the shadows, usually over. Positive Film expose for the highlights.¶ | B&W Neg Film, process for the highlights.† Colour Neg process. Positive film Process. |
B&W make proof sheet colour neg, get machine proofs. Positive, view on light box. File negatives and proofs away for future reference. | B&W, make work print. †Colour neg, make print, some local burning and dodging possible. | Finished B&W prints can take as long to produce as the skills of the printer allow. |
| Software/Digital | Raw Files jpeg files 5 megapixels plus |
Download from camera. Process to format suitable for future reference. Colour correct. Add colour Profile. |
Archive to CD/DVD. Add/Import to catalogue program. Print out hardcopy if needed. | Send to Print bureau for output as either Lambda or Pegasus print, or inkjet or print in-house using inkjet printer, or publish to the web. | |
| Software/Analogue | Choose a format and film type to suit the task at hand, eg 35mm for street photography, 5x4 and larger for landscape or product photography and so on. | Choice of film developer, determines time temperature and agitation method, which in turn affect reults like contrast and grain. | B&W requires minimum time maximum black. Labs produce colour proofs, using machinery with associated costs, and time. | Expose for the highlights change filters for the shadows, then make local adjustments in darkroom, B&W only. No global contrast control, local contrast control in Type C is not impossible but technically difficult | Finished B&W prints can take as long to produce as the skills of the printer allow. |
| ¶ Remember the trade offs. | |||||
| †The choices here, are exhaustive, it is even possible to make your own papers, and chemicals. | |||||
| ‡To an extent many packages will do this task sufficiently, such as Adobe Bridge, but iView Media Pro, frees up choices in terms of physical media and it’s location. | |||||
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