My photography workflow

Step1: taking photos

Here is what I use to shoot photos these days:

• Canon EOS 40D digital camera, with the following lenses: Canon E-FS 17-85mm, Sigma 70mm 1:2.8 DG Macro, and a quite old Canon EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 III.
• SanDisk Ultra-II or Extreme-III 4Gb cards
• QStarz Q1300S GPS recorder
• LowePro Primus AW bag

I shoot all my photos in RAW.

Step2: transfer photos to the computer

I’m using a PC running:

• Windows 7 RC
• Adobe Bridge CS4
• Adobe Photoshop CS4 (64-bits)
• GeoSetter
• CR2 Codec (64-bits) by Ardfry
• Microsoft Excel :)

I’m using the “Download Photos” options from Adobe Bridge CS4.

Step3: geotagging photos

I’m downloading the GPS track and convert it into a GPX file using Travel Recorder software provided by QStarz.

Then GeoSetter to map photos and GPS track using timestamp. Geo coordinates are then stored in .XMP file along .RAW files.

Step4: basic keywording

Using Excel to build my own taxonomy.

Import the taxonomy into Adobe Bridge CS4, and do basic keywording with Bridge CS4. Keywords are stored in .XMP files.

Step5: developing photos

Using Camera Raw to apply non-destructive changes (stored in .XMP files)

Step6: publishing photos

Using my own scripts + Adobe Configurator to easily produce JPG to publish on Flickr

• Resize in 800px
• Apply sharpen
• Apply JPG compression

Pushing photos to Flickr

Apply precise keywording using Flickr tools

Step7: publishing on my site site

Using my own tool named phpFlickrSynch to read Flickr data, store photo infos in my local database