Family Photography Fun
This afternoon we decided to do a little family photo shoot, so I grabbed the camera and tripod and we went for it.
I absolutely love my Nikon D200. Not the least because photographing kids is a lot easier if you can capture five pictures a second and it actually takes the picture the instant you depress the shutter button…
Of course, the downside is that you can fill up a 2GB flash card in no-seconds-flat when you’re shooting in RAW.
Anyhow, 125 pictures later and it’s off to the PC.
I’m still working on my work flow, but for now (and for those interested) it looks something like this:
- Create directory - e.g. \PhotoSource\2006\06-03-Family\RAW.
- Copy pictures from camera to new directory.
- Open up directory in Adobe Bridge.
- Select all and append personal metadata (author, copyright, website, etc…).
- Batch rename all files to something representative of the shoot rather than _DSCxxxxx.nef.
- Initial pass over photos deleting all the crud.
- Second pass over photos assigning an “out of five stars” rating.
- Filter by greater than four stars and copy to newly created “Processed” sub-directory.
- For each resulting photo:
- Import into PhotoShop adjusting temperature and exposure in camera raw dialog.
- Crop.
- Adjust levels.
- Smart sharpen if needed.
- Convert to sRGB colour space.
- Save as maximum quality jpeg.
- Copy all jpegs to \Photos\2006\06-03-Family. \Photos is shared via Windows Media Connect to the Xbox 360 for slide-show goodness.
- Upload to Flickr setting appropriate privacy and licenses.
- Done.
Phew.
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OMG those pictures are wonderful. Steve, you should start a side-business. You have darling models though too - so that helps! Where's the pics of Dad?!
..uh...you know that you should be able to set the camera's file naming convention to something a little more representative? could save a little time.
As well, you know you can record a script in PS that can batch process(size/crop/filters/etc.) all the images, right?
OR, since you still have the originals on the cam, just batch process/rename all of the copies at the same time using the same fancy script.....
Darwin, I like have a different filename root for each set of photos. Doing a batch rename in bridge is quick and a lot less fiddly than trying to do change the name in the camera...
As for a script in PS, I do that for colorspace covert/save, but the crop and the sharpening is different for each picture.
But you're right - I should have pointed out that I have scripts in PS to help out...
Awesome pictures!! Crystal clear. I have a Nikon F100 with a 80-200 mm (f2.8) and a 35-70mm (f2.8) lens.
I spent 300 bucks on film for my trip to Edwards AFB in October 05. Crazy! So I am saving for the D200. In the meantime I am simply jealous. :)
Have fun with your D200 and upload more pics..
Found your site via Google search for Lacey's of Lincolnshire. My brother's name is Steve and he is an avid photographer! We came over from England in '64. Very nice photos but my brother would especially enjoy since he is the family camera man! Thanks! Robin
Hello, namesake. I'm from England also--Yorkshire father, Lincolnshire mother, my family moved to Canada from Liverpool in late 1950s. Every time I look up my/our name on a search engine your is one of the prominent results! My family (dad still alive, me and my two brothers) are all enthusiastic photographers. No relation, I believe, to the Robin Lacey who posted on Christmas, though.
Your self-portrait photo resembles my family, though!
Well, this is interesting. I'm Stephen Lacey, and I'm British, too. I also live in Washington! My current camera is the lowly Canon Rebel XT (using the lenses from my Elan). But it's all I need! I shall have to tell brother Robin to keep my name secret!
Hiya all you Lacey's!
Interestingly, my grandmother is from Yorkshire and we have a bunch of relatives in Toronto that I've never met...
Sorry to divulge your name on the web Stephen Lacey posting Jan 11 2007, but I figured you were already famous so - - - - -! I am a rank amateur photographer who merrily snaps away with a Panasonic FZ18 cam set on "intelligent" mode. The results usually look fine. I think the Leica lense really helps. Shall have to start posting on Flicker or some such site when I get the nerve. Things have sure come a long way since my Instamatic days!