DPP-Part 1; Exercise 2

Exercise; Your own workflow part 2

For the next part of this exercise, I have to devise a workflow that is unstructured and open ended, with the key elements being; an unpredictable number of images, a sufficient amount of time and that I would consider editing images during the shoot.

The workflow that I planned before this event was the following;-

Choosing a subject

I chose to shoot in Northern Ireland, when I was going over to visit my friend, I chose this as I did not know exactly what my subjects would be as I didn’t know what I would be doing on the trip.

Choosing my equipment

I choose to take all of my equipment; again, due to not knowing what may happen, I wanted to be ready for every eventuality. I took my 77mm, 72mm and macro along with my speed light.

What to ensure was ready

I charged all my batteries the day before, bought an extra memory cards with me, my rain cover (with it being Ireland and it raining a lot!), my tripod and again I had my lens cleaning kit.

When I arrived

We went straight away to the Giants Causeway, which was excellent; I fired a few test shots to be able to judge the lighting, which was difficult as the light kept changing.

Timing

I had no idea how long we were going to be there for, so I felt a bit rushed, just in case we had to go.

Settings

My settings kept changing due to the diversity of the weather, it was a very cloudy day, but the sun kept coming out and back behind the clouds again.

Shoot

Throughout the shoot, I wanted to get a really great range of images, with my friend and of the actual causeway and other people, luckily, there were too many tourists there on that day and I found a few really good subjects, to give more of a scale and feel of the Causeway.

After the shoot

When I returned home, I uploaded via bridge.

Organising

I then put the images in a specific file and kept them in the order that I shot them at, I deleted the images that were no good, then I went through every image and choose the images that I liked the most and put them in a separate file.

Sorting and Editing

From there, I zoomed in on every image and checked to see which one was in focus, sharp and had the best lighting; I then put them in another folder named final edits.

Final stages

From the 17 I had chosen, I edited them all and them I chose the best images, which I then put in another file. I chose 2 images as I liked both equally, for different reasons.

I found doing the workflow for this exercise a lot more difficult than the first, as I didn’t know what my subject would be or what time frame I had, I find it strange to do a workflow for a shoot that has to be open ended, however, I feel that I made it work in the end.

I did the same as before with my folders, mainly because, that’s the way I have always worked and I find extremely frustrating doing it any other way.

I edited at the time, however, it was so windy, I couldn’t see anything as I was crying a lot! (from the wind!) and it was extremely difficult, I did it but, I still feel that it is better to download them on to my PC.

I have decided in this workflow exercise, to show my original images and then the final images.

 

 

 

Original

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are the final two images;-

 

 

 

 

I chose the first image due to the depth of field and the clarity of the hexagons.

I chose the second image due to the colours and the range of scale with the people walking across the Causeway.

With the workflow of this exercise, I kept all of the stages in the same positions that I have always done, the difficulty was, the anticipation of what I needed to take with me and what I was going to take pictures of, I enjoyed taking these images as it was a lot more random than structured and that gave more of a feel of freedom and creativity.

I also found that I had many more final edits as it was difficult to choose, as I had so many more images, even with editing at the time.