Sorry for all the questions, but the more I play the more the questions I have. 
General observation:
I find that take lots more pictures than with my previous P&S of any given situation - this morning for instance of my baby daughter having her porridge I took about 30, of which maybe 10 are keepers, of which 3 are tack sharp, the other 7 OK. Most non-keepers are either blurred (subject movement) or out of focus (AF and MF). I tend to use large apertures so DoF, combined with shaky focusing technique is probably the culprit.
My point being that the sheer volume of photos have increased to a point where work flow is becoming critical to manage it all.
So my question is about work flow and any suggestions would be appreciated. Atm I download to a new folder, quickly scan through the shots with Canon's Zoombrowser EX, delete the crappy ones and then save to the relevant folder where it's stored.
Specific questions -
1) I like Zoombrowzer, but afaik it doesn't support tagging keywords to the file (IPTC etc.). I would like to add tags during this process of deciding on the keepers and non-keepers. Atm I tag with iTag, but this introduces another step that's maybe avoidable.
(I like Zoombrowser's lay-out, photos seem sharper, it has a handy full screen preview with shooting information and the ability to split the screen to view photos next to each other.)
Any suggestion re. what program to use for this stage? Preferably something light and simple.
2) Later on I'll do some PS'ing on specific photos if I want to print/share. On the assumption that I currently only shoot Jpegs, is it worthwhile using DDP in stead of PS? I have no knowledge of DDP at all. Adjustment are usually just a bit of sharpening and brightness/contrast.
Thanks!
General observation:
I find that take lots more pictures than with my previous P&S of any given situation - this morning for instance of my baby daughter having her porridge I took about 30, of which maybe 10 are keepers, of which 3 are tack sharp, the other 7 OK. Most non-keepers are either blurred (subject movement) or out of focus (AF and MF). I tend to use large apertures so DoF, combined with shaky focusing technique is probably the culprit.
My point being that the sheer volume of photos have increased to a point where work flow is becoming critical to manage it all.
So my question is about work flow and any suggestions would be appreciated. Atm I download to a new folder, quickly scan through the shots with Canon's Zoombrowser EX, delete the crappy ones and then save to the relevant folder where it's stored.
Specific questions -
1) I like Zoombrowzer, but afaik it doesn't support tagging keywords to the file (IPTC etc.). I would like to add tags during this process of deciding on the keepers and non-keepers. Atm I tag with iTag, but this introduces another step that's maybe avoidable.
(I like Zoombrowser's lay-out, photos seem sharper, it has a handy full screen preview with shooting information and the ability to split the screen to view photos next to each other.)
Any suggestion re. what program to use for this stage? Preferably something light and simple.
2) Later on I'll do some PS'ing on specific photos if I want to print/share. On the assumption that I currently only shoot Jpegs, is it worthwhile using DDP in stead of PS? I have no knowledge of DDP at all. Adjustment are usually just a bit of sharpening and brightness/contrast.
Thanks!
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