Session Checklist (Print/Image)

Camera Settings

Make Sure:

• Focus is set to A on lens
• ISO is set to 100
• MODE is set to M
• Aperture is set between f8 and f11 (start with f8)
• Shutter Speed is set between 1/60th and 1/125th (60 -125 in display) (start with 60)
• White Balance (WB) is set to 5000K
• Image Quality (QUAL) is set to RAW

Camera Setup

• Attach camera to tripod
• Attach shutter remote to camera
• Attach TTL flash remote to top of camera
• Remove camera lens cap
• Link camera to laptop
• Open and Setup Lightroom
  • Make sure Lightroom opens with the catalog you are working with (ex. “soviet_posters” or “film_posters”)
  • From the File menu, choose Tethered Shooting, then Start Tethered Shooting
  • Settings:
    • Give the session a name (ex. soviet02, film03, etc.)
    • Next to Template, choose Edit from the pulldown menu
      • In the text box, delete the pattern that is there
      • Type in the filename prefix followed by an underscore _ (ex. soviet_)
      • In the Number section, choose Sequence # (00001) and Insert
      • The template should look something like: soviet_ Sequence # (00001)
      • Click on Done
      • Click OK

Setup the Light Battery Pack & TTL Flash Remote

On Battery Pack:

• Check to make sure lights are plugged into battery pack
• Turn on battery pack
• Set channel on battery pack to 1
• Press SYNC until set to AIR
• Set light levels to 8 (start with 8, then move up or down to adjust as needed)

On TTL Flash Remote:

• Turn TTL Flash Remote ON
• Set channel to 1 (or the same channel set on battery pack)
• Set MODE to MAN

Taking photographs

• First, take one photograph with the ColorChecker Passport
• Begin shooting each poster
  • Mount poster
  • Take photograph
  • Record the localID (number from the back of poster) in the “Copy Name” field in the Metadata section
  • Repeat until all posters are photographed

Finishing the shoot

• Put lens cap on camera lens
• Remove camera from tripod
• Check batteries on camera & TTL Flash Remote - do they need to be charged?
• Turn off camera & TTL Flash Remote
• Remove and charge (camera) or replace (TTL Flash Remote) batteries if needed
• Turn off light battery pack
• Press white button on light battery pack to discharge remaining power
• Unplug light cables from light battery pack
• Remove battery from light battery pack and charge

Post-processing (in Lightroom)

In the Develop tab, crop images and straighten

Create Color Checker Profile for session

• Export image with Color Checker to Desktop as DNG
  • Select image
  • From the File menu, choose Export
  • Settings:
    • Export to: Desktop
    • Image Format: DNG
  • Click the Export button (this will save the reference image on your desktop)
• Open ColorChecker Passport Software
• Drag and drop image into ColorChecker Passport window
  • Wait for profile to load
  • Click on the “Create Profile” button
  • Name the new profile with the session name (ex. soviet001)
• Close ColorChecker Passport
• Close and re-open Lightroom to load the new profile

Apply ColorChecker profile to all images in session

• Open Lightroom, select Develop tab
• Select all images in session
• In the Camera Calibration section, choose the Profile you just created from the pull-down menu to apply to all selected images (ex. soviet001)

Export image batch as TIFF

• Select all images in current session
• From the File menu, choose Exports
• Settings:
  • Under Export Location, choose destination to export files (Desktop or an external drive), check “Put in a Subfolder”, and give new folder a name
  • Under File Naming, check “Rename To:” and choose Edit from the pull-down menu
  • In the Filename Template Editor window, add “Filename_Copy Name” to the template editor using the Insert buttons (see image below), then select Done
  • In File Settings section, set file extension to TIFF
  • Export

Give the external drive with the new batch of images to the metadata team. Done!