Last night at the Stonybrook Camera Club here in Wrentham, MA, (www.stonybrookcc.com) I had a chance to present a class on workflow.  In the planning of this workshop, I decided to focus on helping the photographer define their own workflow by identifying the elements important in creating their own.  I outlined 6 major steps from capturing the image to delivering the finished product.  The ideas behind each step came from a conversation I had online at the Canon EOS Digital Photography Forum on LinkedIn along with research across the web plus my own point of view.

My workflow centers around Adobe's Lightroom so I also have to send a thank you to Scott Kelby for writing the book on Adobe Light Room workflow:

I just posted the slides on my website at http://www.robde.com/Workflow.pdf.  It is available for use under creative commons license. 

For those wondering how the presentation went.  For the most part I think very well.  I think the Powerpoint posted was well received.  I did have a few "Murphy Law" issues.  My projector overheated prior to starting because it was placed in a closed cabinet and my Lightroom catalog became corrupted which never happened before.  Luckily I had a backup. 


Web References used in this presentation:

The digital photography connection: http://www.thedigitalphotographyconnection.com/LFDP.php

 

“Develop workflow”
http://digital-photography-school.com/simple-lightroom-image-fixing-workflow#more-7747

 

Luminous Landscape.com
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/digital-workflow.shtml
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/workflow1.shtml
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/techniques/process.shtml
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/instant_photoshop.shtml

 

Another set of workflow articles:
http://handbook.outbackphoto.com/section_workflow_basics/index.html
http://www.outbackphoto.com/CONTENT_2007_01/section_workflow_basics_2009/20090614_DOP_WorkflowIntegration/index.html