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Title: Poll: what do you think you have to improve in your workflow?
Post by: Tror on February 25, 2015, 08:23

...just being curious about what you think about your own workflow :-)

Personally I voted for "other"...reason: I need a bigger Studio space!!! The current one is exploding of props, strobes, etc....

Title: Re: Poll: what do you think you have to improve in your workflow?
Post by: Mantis on February 25, 2015, 09:04

Missing: Pre-planning

One of my biggest gaps is planning since I shoot mostly on weekends I need to plan concepts etc the previous week, purchase props and the likes for that shoot, have the shots (both video and stills) written down, etc. I do have a spreadsheet I keep but you still have to pull out those concepts you can shoot in a weekend. My issue is that I get so busy during the week that I get to Friday and no plan.

Title: Re: Poll: what do you think you have to improve in your workflow?
Post by: ruxpriencdiam on February 25, 2015, 09:35

Do you mean?

What skill do you need to improve your workflow?

Or?

What skills do you have that improve your workflow?

The way you worded the question makes no sense?

Title: Re: Poll: what do you think you have to improve in your workflow?
Post by: stockastic on February 25, 2015, 09:46

I made a big improvement by eliminating the last step, which was giving my photos to microstock agencies.

Title: Re: Poll: what do you think you have to improve in your workflow?
Post by: Beppe Grillo on February 25, 2015, 10:13

Missing: spend less time in useless work.

Well to improve my workflow I think that I should spend a lot of less time in cleaning everything, removing dots, dust, scratches, etc…

Title: Re: Poll: what do you think you have to improve in your workflow?
Post by: Uncle Pete on February 25, 2015, 10:20

I don't understand the question. Is new camera or lens = workflow? I'm missing it.

Title: Re: Poll: what do you think you have to improve in your workflow?
Post by: Tror on February 25, 2015, 10:33

Quote from: Uncle Pete on February 25, 2015, 10:20

I don't understand the question. Is new camera or lens = workflow? I'm missing it.

Equipment is part of your production cycle. Workflows can greatly get improved / speeded up by using adequate hardware. But I agree that the formulation of the question is unfortunate. You might consider participating in a english teaching forum ;-)

Title: Re: Poll: what do you think you have to improve in your workflow?
Post by: PixelBytes on February 25, 2015, 14:02

Motivation us the main thing I am lacking.

Title: Re: Poll: what do you think you have to improve in your workflow?
Post by: Perry on February 25, 2015, 14:06

Quote from: Tror on February 25, 2015, 08:23

Personally I voted for "other"...reason: I need a bigger Studio space!!! The current one is exploding of props, strobes, etc....

Same here. I would like a bigger studio. Now I'm struggling to shoot with all the stuff and things lying around, no spare room to move, it takes time and it's sooooo frustrating. I can't get the "flow" because I'm having trouble to move things (and myself!).

Title: Re: Poll: what do you think you have to improve in your workflow?
Post by: Anyka on February 25, 2015, 15:47

Spending too much time on retouching.  Removing dust spots and other stuff that the client would NEVER see, because I'm the only stupid one to zoom in at 300%

Title: Re: Poll: what do you think you have to improve in your workflow?
Post by: PaulieWalnuts on February 25, 2015, 18:29

Post-processing. Time consuming evil preventing me from being filthy rich.

Title: Re: Poll: what do you think you have to improve in your workflow?
Post by: etudiante_rapide on February 25, 2015, 18:39

all that has spoken before me that i agree, i added + to their comments.
+
looking back over what made the most money for me, i realised i am wasting a lot of time
trying to be special for anyone, since my best sellers are shots i did not spend any time on them
other than place them on white background or shoot them with flat lighting
and just white-out the background for dirt and dust.
IOW, the less time i spent , the more downloads they get. so why bother trying to give anything more
than apple of white background,etc

Title: Re: Poll: what do you think you have to improve in your workflow?
Post by: YadaYadaYada on February 28, 2015, 23:16

What is a Workflow in Digital Photography?

    Setting up the camera and capturing images
    Transferring images to a computer
    Importing images into a photo application
    Organizing and sorting images
    Post-processing images
    Exporting images
    Backing up images
    Printing or publishing images to the web

https://photographylife.com/what-is-photography-workflow