Photography Workflow

The perfect wedding photography workflow can be broken down into 3 main sections.  Pre wedding - first contact with the bride and groom. Planning for the wedding day, setting expectations, signing contracts and taking payment.  Wedding day - photographing the event and meeting the bride and grooms expectations. Post wedding -  post processing and … [Read more...] about Wedding Photography Workflow ( 27 steps )

This guide will step you through the process of creating a photo backup of your digital photo storage.  I’ll be explaining how to do it on a budget for beginners. I’ll also give you options on how you can expand your backup system when the volume of photos increases. What is a photo backup?  A photo backup is a way of protecting your photos if you were to them … [Read more...] about Photo Backup Workflow: Keep your Photo Storage Safe from Disaster

The topic of how to prepare for your next photo session is a subject a lot of photographers don't talk about.   I get it,  it's a boring dry topic that is not nearly as exciting as talking about post-processing or the latest camera equipment.  If you want to succeed with your photography business. it's necessary to create a sort of checklist / workflow … [Read more...] about 10 Tips to prepare for your next photo session, so it’s a success

Correctly setting up your camera to configuring your camera settings for the photography you're about to do can make your workflow that much smoother. I'm not referring only to Shutter speed , Aperture or ISO. The settings that control how your camera functions as a whole. The settings you need to dig in to the menus to access. Some options will be set and forget, … [Read more...] about Camera Settings: 18 Custom Settings to Correctly Setup your Camera

A Properly planned folder structure is the first step in organising your photos. In fact having a well organised folder structure for your photos to live in and a backup system that works are the foundations to a good photography workflow. The file structure I’m going to talk about is what I have been using for a good 10 years. When I was first started photographing … [Read more...] about Folder Structure: Organising Your Photos

A little time spent culling your photos will save you a lot of time during the editing stage of your workflow. Don’t confuse yourself with rating or rejecting photos and then working out which photos to edit. It’s not the fastest, most efficient use of your time. By only tagging the photos that you wish to edit, rather than excluding the photos you don’t want. Will speed … [Read more...] about Culling Your Photos: Learn To Sort Your Photos Like A Pro

Here is a camera battery hack, I use to help tell which batteries have been used and, which ones still have full charge. Leading up to a wedding or a big event, it's very common for me to charge 24 AA batteries in preparation. Knowing which batteries to charge and which still have charge. Saves the trouble of charging all the batteries just to be safe. I use Eneloop … [Read more...] about Rechargeable Camera Battery Hack: Step By Step Guide