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/ Exercise 1: My Workflow - Christine FitzgeraldOCA512580

Consider the brief and, through discussion with the client, ensure we are both clear

about the requireents, cost, ethod and tiefrae for !a"ent#

Consider what is needed and !re!are for the shoot#

Caera, batter" charged, eor" card e!t"/foratted

Chec$ settings restored to " defaults following !re%ious shoot& '(O/ etering/ focal

!oint selection /)* %alues

Choose lenses ost suitable for the shoot# )nsure the" are clean# Filters+

's a tri!od necessar" de!ends on the t"!e of !hotogra!h" !lanned-+

Flash . batteries full" charged# 's a light eter needed+

Consider location and weather and also tie of da" for light direction for an outdoor

shoot#

his is a !ortrait shoot so ' would need si!le studio lighting setu! for interior shots

and a reflector lus flash for outdoors shots#

Pre-shoot

'f a studio session, set u! the scene and lights,# " caera to uses both ( and CFeor" cards so ' would set it to record the sae iage, in 3A4 to both cards as a

bac$ u! to card failure#

' would a$e sure area is clean, war and !ri%ate# Or, outdoors, chec$ for litter#

a$e a few shots to chec$ " caera settings in the scene

reet client and tr" to a$e the feel cofortable and at ease#

i%e a brief e6!lanation of the studio setu! and a$e sure the" feel cofortable

with it#

i%e the client the o!!ortunit" to brush their hair, ad7ust a$e u! etc#

As$ if the" ha%e an" s!ecific ideas about how the" would li$e their !ortrait to loo$#

'f outside, ' would wal$ around with the client and discuss !ossible locations and!oses# 'f in the studio, ' would gi%e the client tie to rela6 !eo!le often find foral!ortrait sessions intiidating#

Once the !erson is a little rela6ed, ' would then begin to direct the shoot ore,

a$ing suggestions for !oses, a$ing sure to alwa"s interact with the client#

' would chec$ the caera histogra at inter%als and $ee! an e"e on the nuber of

shots still on the card#

(ubtl", $ee! an e"e on the tie to ensure ' don9t o%er e6tend the session

han$ the client and clarif" a tie the" can e6!ect to see the !roofs#

3eset " caera to " default settings and clear u! studio#

The Shoot

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3e%iew and edit the !hotos fro one of " eor" cards onl" and lea%e the other

card untouched until the !rocess is co!lete this is a safet" argin for a fault" card

or accidental erasure# *iew iages incaera as " caera has %er" large file sizes and it ta$es a lot of

tie to u!load the to " old co!uter-# elete ob%iousl" !oor shots#

i%e the shoot a nae and date and i!ort all !hotos to that folder in Ca!ture One#

Add i!ortant details into the etadata of all iages and add coon $e"words

iediatel" nae, location, genre-

o through the iages, indi%iduall" rotate if needed and gi%e the a star rating or

re7ect#

elete re7ects to liit C:; usage# ' do ha%e a bac$ u! on " 2ndcard-#

Filter to show onl" the highest rated iages#

Post Shoot

4ith Ca!ture One, ' can do a lot of !rocessing fro within the !rogra, so ' first

chec$ the focus is on target#