encouragedto shootRAWimagefileswherethehighest
amount of informationis captured. This is all welland
good currently;however, as eachcamera system hasits
ownuniqueformat (Nikon’sNEFand Canon’sCR2 for
example), RAW files could become incompatible with
future systems.
Withallofthesesystemsthephotographerneedstoprepare
foralleventualities.Fire,theft,corruptionofdigitalfiles–
anydisastercanmeanthatoneormoreofthesesystems
can instantly become unusable. The more copies in
different locations thephotographerhas, themorelikely
thesurvivaloftheimagesforfuturegenerationstoaccess
and enjoy.
TRANSFERRING IMAGES
Firstcreateafolderonyourdesktop;nameand datethe
folder for ease when archiving the file.
Card–Computer
Connectthecardreadertothecomputer.Copyandpaste
theinformationcapturedonthecardintothefolderonthe
desktop.
Completeaninitialeditanddiscardanyimagesthatarenot
requiredfortheclient.Itisatthispointthatwewillrename
andnumbertheimages,withtheclient’sfamilyname.If
youweretodothiseditingprocesswithoutrenumbering,
theclientwouldseethatthereweremissingnumbersand
mightwellthinkthattherewereotherimagesthatyouare