I just bought my first serious camera an EOS M50 MkII. I'm looking for advice on setting up a workflow to manage my pictures. I'm taking lots of pictures and want to keep maybe 5%, and practice using DPP to enhance them. I work on a Windows PC and mirror all my files to Google Drive. If I'm out and about and want to WhatsApp a picture, I wirelessly copy it to my mobile. Then when I get home I connect the camera to the home WiFi and upload to Image.Canon. From there I use Image Transfer Utility to download to my PC. Then the PC syncs with Google Drive. I use DPP to edit the photos and delete the poor one. My problems are a) selecting which images to upload (it's fiddly to choose which images to upload and I end up with lots of duplicates) b) drain on the camera battery while uploading c) multiple jpg versions, especially after I've edited the RAW images, d) all my images end up on Google photos and I have to delete them for a second time. e) it all seems very clunky. Any advice on improving this would be gratefully received.
It does sound a bit clunky to me as well, DPP is ideally a tool for quick adjustments to a raw file, it is far from an editor. Lets start with the battery, I would say almost everyone transfers the whole lot of images before cutting it down, here are general workflow ideas: Transfer whole card or session via EOS Transfer utility or via a card reader. (Reformat card in camera if you eject card and transfer using a reader to make sure camera formatting stays intact. You can take a quick pass on removing obvious throw away files. Remaining Photo session gets named and backed up to Other storage, I use multiple external drives with matching folder structure. Editing Tool, I don't use DPP as it does not have full feature or workflow management, I Use Lightroom for most things. I add RAW files my library, this allows me to manage if the folder of raw files is on my local or external drive.. I make my passes of ranking and editing images. (LR is non destructive so the RAW file is not edited it is stored in a separate file.) MY Favorites are exported in high quality at desired size to a Folder for sharing -> google drive/USB / Website etc. I will never open and edit a JPG, i always return to LR for a new export. I dont use canon upload on camera, I save most of the RAWs just in case. Lightroom catalog is my central place for all edits. and file management. Exports from there are only as needed. Another great feature is that LR will sync across devices so you can edit on your phone or ipad and it will sync with computer. I only use a cloud storage if i need to share with someone. Now you may want to use other edit methods but you can at least see what a common linear workflow looks like.
i use the M50 and mac book pro 2015, as a jpeg shooter i use the wifi to mac book then use DPP4 to do the culls, any that i want to post or edit etc i copy to photoshop 5, most of my edits are basic ones as i shoot for the final image, 90% of what i shoot is wildlife. even with jpeg, photoshop still has a lot of scope for alterations and edits when you want to. i'm also thinking about getting a canon pixma 200 printer but right at the moment i only have a few prints, around 10 that i want to print but i could see myself getting involved with the printing side as an enjoyable hobby just like the photography, its more a case of having enough to keep the printer happy and not let it sit around too long (about a month) or it will get through more nozzle checks that prints
