Here is my typical wedding photography workflow using Photo Mechanic Pro, Downloader Pro, Breeze Browser and Adobe Photoshop.
 

Our Wedding Photography Workflow 

1. Format our flash on the cameras that they will be used
2. At the end of the wedding event we count all of the flash cards before we leave the venue.
3. If time allows we download all of the flash cards to our laptop and do a quick display using Photo Mechanic Pro to verify that there are not corrupt files.
4. Create a directory on our hard drive with the couple's names and date
5. As soon as we get home we download the files using Downloader Pro. We have set up the program in such a way that it names the files sequentially based on the time of capture and adds the camera serial number and model as a prefix. That way me minimize the possibility of having duplicate file names.
6. After we finish downloading the files we make a copy to a second hard drive on a different workstation.
7. Burn two DVD copies of all the files making sure we verify the DVDs. This step is critical.
8. Take one the DVD copies to a different location.
9. Do a file selection using Photo Mechanic Pro. Once that we have selected the files they are copied to a separate computer for batch processing.
10. Run a proofing action that does color adjustment sharpening and creates versions in BW, Sepia and Color. The last step resizes them to 4x6 300 DPI.
11. Create a folder named lab and open three copies of Breezebrowser and display each of the 3 of the proof versions (color, sepia and BW). I proceed to select the ones that will be printed in each of the versions and copy them to the Lab folder.
12. Upload the selected files to the lab via FTP.
13. Make a copy of lab folder and run it though a watermarking action that places a copyright symbol on each of the photos.
14. Using the IPTC metadata editor in Breezebrowser separate the images in sections i.e. Bride and groom, groups, ceremony etc.
15. Run all the photos though a Breezebrowser custom gallery function that uses the IPTC data.
16. I upload the gallery to my website and notify the couple.



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