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Born and raised in Detroit, c. 323 ppm CO2, Mark Graf is a Michigan photographer, naturalist, and diver whose muse is summoned by exploring the endless connections in nature; land, sea, and sky.

Monday, December 7, 2009

I picked up on a new website while listening to Jim Goldstein’s interview with Lightroom project manager Tom Hogarty.   I haven’t gone through it completely, but certainly appreciate what I have seen so far.

dpBestFlow.org

dpBestFlow.org

dpBestflow.org is a site that looks simple on the initial page, but do a little poking around and you will find a wealth of information on best practices and workflow suggestions for digital photography.   The website is a result of a project by ASMP who was contacted by the Library of Congress to develop a variety of best practices and guidelines revolving around a digital workflow.   Here is the purpose statement from their website;

The purpose of dpBestflow is twofold:

  • To create guidelines for refined production workflows, archiving methods, and best practices for digital photography based on a variety of capture methods and intended image use. The guidelines will be developed on the basis of research, analysis of software products and other tools targeted at professional photographers.
  • To publish the dpBestflow as a website open to the public. The adoption of the dpBestflow guidelines will be promoted to the professional photography community and the public through programming at industry trade shows and a nationwide series of training events at ASMP chapters, trade shows, and educational institutions
  • There is A TON of information here.  Perhaps you will now blame me for a few hours of your life lost, but I am sure you will gain some insight on at least some of these topics, or save you from a potential disaster.

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    8 Comments

    1. Jared Mainiero

      Those are some superb photographs, wish mine were that decent!

    2. Anita Jesse

      Oh, dear, I think there is another of those long detours in my near future. Still more to learn. And, certainly, I can postpone work on that studio another day.

    3. Richard Wong

      That sounds like a heck of a resource Mark. I’ll have to spend some time tomorrow looking it over.

    4. Monte Stevens

      I’m right behind Earl, I can, and will, get “lost” here. Even though we may have established a workflow we can always find something that may work better or even explain it to us better. So, I’ll probably get lost today instead of cleaning my bathroom!

      • Mark

        Gee, that’s a pretty hard choice Monte! 😉

    5. Earl

      Mark, This is exactly the type of information the techie part of me can get “lost” in for hours. Thanks for sharing the link — I think. 😉

      • Mark

        I have already put to use some of the ergonomic suggestions. 🙂

    6. Jack Johnson

      Thanks for the pointer to this site, Mark – I’ll have to spend some time digging into it…

      – Jack