Portrait Photography

notshowingthem;thissystemwilllessenthechancesof
this happening.

Bestpracticeatthisstageistoalwayskeeptwocopiesof
theimagestaken, indifferent locations:Card–Computer,
thenComputer–Harddrive(orchosenmethodofback-up).
Youshouldensureatthispointthatthefilesarelocatedin
theircorrectpositions.Ifso,itisnowsafeforthecardtobe
formatted for the next shoot.

CARD WARNING

Whentransferringimagesfromthecardalwayscopyand

paste –it isimportant neverto cutand pasteimages

between locations, as there can be a risk of losing

images. Andbefore formatting thecard alwaysdouble

check that the information has reached the desired

position.

Fig. 7.1

Three images illustrating the loss of information

recorded in a file’s histogram by destructive editing.

Notice how the image degradation is represented by

the missing areas from the formerly smoothly

rendered histogram.