- Shoot in RAW format
- Download and organize files
- Folder name: YYYY-MM-DD[a, b, c, …] – [Event Name]
- Separate each event in folders
- For example:
- 2020-03-22a – Brian’s Birthday – Morning
- 2020-03-22b – Brian’s Birthday – Afternoon
- 2020-03-22c – Brian’s Birthday – Night
- Edit in Digital Photo Professional
- Tagging
- Tag each photo as either 5 Star or Reject
- All Rejects get deleted
- All 5 Stars get developed
- Narrow down to 36 photos per folder
- Developing
- Gamma Adjustment: Auto
- Auto Lighting Optimizer: Standard
- White Balance: Adjust as needed
- Gamma Adjustment: Adjust as needed
- Exporting (File > Batch process…)
- Destination Folder: Same as original files
- Create storage subfolders for each file type
- Exif-JPEG
- Subfolder name: DPP
- Output setting
- Save as type: Exif-JPEG (*.JPG)
- Image quality: 10
- Output resolution: 320 dpi
- Embed ICC profile
- Include all shooting info
- File name: Current file name