Following is a fantastic article on digital photography workflow written by Patrick Lavoie, Art Director and Designer for BOHA design agency in Montreal. Patrick specializes in photo retouching, digital darkroom and fine art printing.

In this article, Patrick covers: Before the Shoot, Capturing, Naming and Organizing Files, Post Processing with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, Processing Steps for Fashion, Glamour, Lingerie and Magazines, Creating Actions, Exporting and Renaming, FTP and DVD Delivery, Archiving and Backup, and Billing.

Pre-capture

Before we’re ready for the shoot, I pick up the camera to verify the basic settings and apply some corrections as needed. Here’s what I look for:

1.  Ask the photographer at what ISO he intends to photograph and make sure the camera is set to the proper ISO.

2.  Set the white balance to 5000K (can always be changed in the RAW processor).

3.  Verify that the camera is set for capturing in RAW; I don’t set the camera to shoot RAW + JPEG as I find that very confusing if I trash a bad shot, I have to make sure that BOTH files are gone. I find it’s easier to process a RAW and export it as JPEG or to create a web contact sheet.  Read More | Comments

This is for NIKON owners that want to shoot tethered to your computer.

Back when I started researching how to tether my camera to a laptop, I couldn’t find the information in one place and the whole thing seemed a bit complicated. The truth is, this is very simple, extremely useful and costs very little. One thing I did know is that I was not going to pay $130 for Nikon’s Capture Software.
Why shoot tethered, because it’s the only way to really see what you are getting. It’s perfect for studio work and even location portraits so you can see you images on the big laptop screen, check your focus, review your histogram and composition all without pushing a single button. No more worrying about what you have on your compact flash card vs. what you think you see on the camera back.
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