First, I sat down and decided what tasks I would be doing (in no particular order):

• Download the images to the hard drive
• Back up my originals
• Eliminate images of poor quality. (Don’t go overboard here, some images may gain value over time)
• Adjust White Balance
• Keyword
• Add copyright data/metadata/IPTC
• Label (Optional)
• Convert from RAW to TIFF or PSD (for editing master copies)
• Convert from RAW/TIFF/PSD to Large JPG
• Convert from RAW/TIFF/PSD to Small JPG (for websites/galleries/contest submissions)
• Convert RAW to DNG for forward compatibility. (DNG - Open RAW/Negative format developed by Adobe)
• Adjust Exposure
• Edit the image to maximize quality
• Catalog the Images

Now, that’s a whole lot of stuff to do, and it could take a while, unless you optimize your workflow process. By organizing the steps, a lot of unnecessary work can be eliminated.

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