A digital workflow
Digital photography lets you take great photos the very first time. It lets you send pictures anywhere in the world. It lets you keep those pictures forever. It makes taking pictures easier than ever. Or does it? The more pictures you take, the harder it is to organize them. The more pictures you have, the harder it is to find the exact one you want to print. There’s something called “workflow” that makes digital photography fun and easy. But what is workflow? And why do you need it?
You have a workflow to get through the day. That may sound fancy, but a workflow is just a series of steps that helps you finish a task. A good workflow gets you what you want, and it saves time, too.
Let’s look at it this way
When you wake up in the morning, you get out of bed. Before you take a shower, you turn on the water and let it warm up. Once you’re in, you pop open the shampoo bottle and wash your hair. That’s a workflow that helps you look clean and ready for school.
Another workflow is to put shampoo in your hair first, then turn on the shower. When the shower is warm, walk to the kitchen and bathe in the sink. Sounds crazy, right? But that’s a workflow, too. It just doesn’t work very well in real life.
Just like a puzzle, digital photography has certain pieces that fit perfectly to give you a great picture. To get the most out of your digital camera, you need to develop a consistent workflow.
A good digital workflow doesn’t get in the way of your creativity, or limit your enjoyment of digital photography. Instead, workflow makes it better.
The four steps of the digital workflow
The digital workflow has four steps:
* Take pictures
* Organize them
* Fix pictures
* Print and share
The first two — take pictures and organize them — are the most important. If you pay attention when you shoot digital photos, then sort and store them with care, the next two steps — fixing pictures and then printing and sharing them — are much easier.
Digital photography lets you take great photos the very first time. It lets you send pictures anywhere in the world. It lets you keep those pictures forever. It makes taking pictures easier than ever. Or does it?
