CONSTRUCTION PHOTO-DOCUMENTATION 2012
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| CONSTRUCTION PHOTO-DOCUMENTATION ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2012 |
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How to Organize and Save your photographs
| The most important thing next to taking the right photographs and notes is organizing and saving them so they will be useful in the future. |
After you put the time into taking photographs and notes it would be a shame to just dump them in some folders with the hopes that you won't have to
find one of them or that you can find one if you really needed to. Organizing your photographs and notes is really easy. If you are taking your
photographs on a regular schedule then you already have the base for your organization.
Properly saving your photo-document and creating a backup copy is critically important. Remember that you can't go back and take them again if they
are lost.
find one of them or that you can find one if you really needed to. Organizing your photographs and notes is really easy. If you are taking your
photographs on a regular schedule then you already have the base for your organization.
Properly saving your photo-document and creating a backup copy is critically important. Remember that you can't go back and take them again if they
are lost.
Organizing your photo-document.
One of the cornerstones of the photo-document is the
ability to use the photographs after they've been taken. You
have to take them off your camera and put them on the
computer so this is the perfect time to put them in the right
place. I always start with the master folder named for the
project then put each week's photographs into a new folder
labeled with date and short description of the predominant work
from that week.
There are many different ways to organize your
photographs, find what works for you. This method below has
always worked for me, I can locate any photo I need within
minutes.
One of the cornerstones of the photo-document is the
ability to use the photographs after they've been taken. You
have to take them off your camera and put them on the
computer so this is the perfect time to put them in the right
place. I always start with the master folder named for the
project then put each week's photographs into a new folder
labeled with date and short description of the predominant work
from that week.
There are many different ways to organize your
photographs, find what works for you. This method below has
always worked for me, I can locate any photo I need within
minutes.
Saving your photo-document:
After the photographs are taken you'll need to copy them to your computer. There are a couple of steps you'll need to get right here so you don't create
more work for yourself.
1. Create the folder for that week's photographs.
2. Copy (do not use the 'move' command) the photographs from the camera to the computer. Be careful here, many of the programs that comes with
the camera will change the photo numbering or names. I prefer to take the memory card out of the camera and use a card reader to copy them to the
computer. Copy all of the photographs, even the ones that you don't think came out very well.
3. Now go through each of the photos and look at them for clarity, and content. Rotate any photos that need to be. Except for unusable photos keep
everything even if there are some that you won't upload or share with the project team, they could still hold some value.
4. As you review the photos scratch out the corresponding notes for the photos that you won't be using, you don't want notes on the Master Log for
photographs not included in the photo-document.
5. At this time you still only have a copy of the photos on your computer and on the camera card. Only delete them from the card if you feel
comfortable that your photos are safe.
6. One of the best ways to backup your photo-document and share it is with an on-line service. I'll cover this in the 'on-line sharing' chapter.
7. Whether or not you place your photographs on-line, once each month you should put that month’s photos and notes on a CD-ROM. This becomes
your archive copy of your project in the end. By doing this you will protect your photo-document and have a safe copy if you loose your computer or
the hard drive crashes.
After the photographs are taken you'll need to copy them to your computer. There are a couple of steps you'll need to get right here so you don't create
more work for yourself.
1. Create the folder for that week's photographs.
2. Copy (do not use the 'move' command) the photographs from the camera to the computer. Be careful here, many of the programs that comes with
the camera will change the photo numbering or names. I prefer to take the memory card out of the camera and use a card reader to copy them to the
computer. Copy all of the photographs, even the ones that you don't think came out very well.
3. Now go through each of the photos and look at them for clarity, and content. Rotate any photos that need to be. Except for unusable photos keep
everything even if there are some that you won't upload or share with the project team, they could still hold some value.
4. As you review the photos scratch out the corresponding notes for the photos that you won't be using, you don't want notes on the Master Log for
photographs not included in the photo-document.
5. At this time you still only have a copy of the photos on your computer and on the camera card. Only delete them from the card if you feel
comfortable that your photos are safe.
6. One of the best ways to backup your photo-document and share it is with an on-line service. I'll cover this in the 'on-line sharing' chapter.
7. Whether or not you place your photographs on-line, once each month you should put that month’s photos and notes on a CD-ROM. This becomes
your archive copy of your project in the end. By doing this you will protect your photo-document and have a safe copy if you loose your computer or
the hard drive crashes.
There is an unlimited number of ways to organize and save your photo-document, you'll find out what works best for you. The important thing
is to make sure that you organize and save each week. If your photographs gets our of control by several months it will be a monumental task
to get it back together.
is to make sure that you organize and save each week. If your photographs gets our of control by several months it will be a monumental task
to get it back together.