Author Topic: If you shoot RAW, how many photos can you process per day (Read 8404 times)

Freedom · « **on:** August 21, 2010, 20:05 »

If you shoot RAW, how many photos can you process from RAW to stock quality, if you work alone?

Please note that this question does not ask how many photos you can process and upload since we all contribute to different number of agencies.

If you have any assistant(s) to help with the process, you are not working alone, even though the assistants maybe your spouse or kids.

djpadavona · « **Reply #1 on:** August 21, 2010, 20:36 »

I don't think RAW has much to do with it. The real time/work comes in post-processing in Photoshop or whatever you use, and in key wording. The goal is to nail everything in-camera. Converting from RAW to PSD (which I usually work in) takes 15-20 seconds max, whereas the actual work thereafter is significantly longer even if all I have to do is apply noise reduction in the shadows and tweak the levels.

I can't envision a scenario where shooting in JPEG would allow me to produce more photos per day than shooting in RAW. The conversion is the smallest portion of the workload. The only time I use JPEG is when I need to use burst mode (sports for instance) or when I am going to shoot a ton of shots and don't want to fill up the memory card.

Freedom · « **Reply #2 on:** August 21, 2010, 20:54 »

I wasn't asking about RAW conversion.

My question is how long it takes to complete editing and how many photos you can edit per day. If you shoot RAW, the process starts from RAW, as most of us do. If you shoot JPG, then you start from the original JPG. If you don't edit, then the question is not applicable to you.

By the way, I personally know that a highly accomplished IS Diamond shoots JPG and does very little post-processing if I believe what I was told.

shotupdave · « **Reply #3 on:** August 21, 2010, 21:07 »

I can usually process a raw file to completed ready to upload in ten minutes. If it was a fine art print landscape file it can take me hours to do.

djpadavona · « **Reply #4 on:** August 21, 2010, 21:20 »

Quote from: Freedom on August 21, 2010, 20:54

My question is how long it takes to complete editing and how many photos you can edit per day. If you shoot RAW, the process starts from RAW, as most of us do. If you shoot JPG, then you start from the original JPG. If you don't edit, then the question is not applicable to you.

That's exactly the point I was making. You are going to have to edit whether you are editing a RAW or editing a JPEG. So it seems to me that the only answer to your question is "it depends on how much editing you need to do," not on whether it was a RAW or JPEG to begin with. Does editing a RAW take longer than editing a JPEG? I don't think there is a meaningful difference.

Freedom · « **Reply #5 on:** August 21, 2010, 21:21 »

But what is the average number you finish per day?

Quote from: shotupdave on August 21, 2010, 21:07

I can usually process a raw file to completed ready to upload in ten minutes. If it was a fine art print landscape file it can take me hours to do.

Freedom · « **Reply #6 on:** August 21, 2010, 21:24 »

I don't think you understand my question. My purpose is to find out how many images we produce on a daily basis.

Personally I process 5 images per day in average.

Quote from: djpadavona on August 21, 2010, 21:20

Quote from: Freedom on August 21, 2010, 20:54
My question is how long it takes to complete editing and how many photos you can edit per day. If you shoot RAW, the process starts from RAW, as most of us do. If you shoot JPG, then you start from the original JPG. If you don't edit, then the question is not applicable to you.

That's exactly the point I was making. You are going to have to edit whether you are editing a RAW or editing a JPEG. So it seems to me that the only answer to your question is "it depends on how much editing you need to do," not on whether it was a RAW or JPEG to begin with. Does editing a RAW take longer than editing a JPEG? I don't think there is a meaningful difference.

djpadavona · « **Reply #7 on:** August 21, 2010, 21:58 »

I guess I don't understand then Freedom. I could process about 10-15 images per day when I shot JPEG. Now I can process about 10-15 images per day in RAW. For me at least...no difference.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #8 on:** August 21, 2010, 22:02 »

It totally depends on the subject of the shoot. If it's isolation and I nailed the exposures, very little. If they are wearing white pants, longer. If it's a set up scene, very little. If they have bad nails or logos here and there, much more. Raw or not, though I always shoot Raw.

Freedom · « **Reply #9 on:** August 21, 2010, 22:07 »

I knew all these. Guess I should make myself more clear.

Do you set a daily goal, without too much stress, that you want to process certain amount of photos per day? Of course some days we are more driven, and others more laid-back, some images need more work and some less.

I am only interested in the average so I can evaluate my own efficiency or the lack of.

Quote from: sjlocke on August 21, 2010, 22:02

It totally depends on the subject of the shoot. If it's isolation and I nailed the exposures, very little. If they are wearing white pants, longer. If it's a set up scene, very little. If they have bad nails or logos here and there, much more. Raw or not, though I always shoot Raw.

Blufish · « **Reply #10 on:** August 21, 2010, 22:23 »

Such a simple question lol

. I don't really set goals it depends on what I've been shooting I'm not a set up/people kind of girl. Some days I do 10, 20 if I'm really in the zone. I've been tagging my computer the past couple of days on one pic because I keep getting interrupted(two-legged, young variety) total of about 2 hours on this pic, but that's the exception. SO, I try to average 10.

ap · « **Reply #11 on:** August 21, 2010, 22:26 »

i can only process up to 10 images per day, without getting bored or tired. i tend to treat each photo individually and try to bring out the best during post processing. so, i probably spend more time than most.

for the veer dash for cash, i couldn't do more than that per day, even though i tried to get 400+ uploaded (didn't make it). during the 11th hour, i actually processed 30-40 in the final day. i don't think i can do that for a while, and certainly not on photos i care about.

post veer dash, i'm down to about 1 a day. nice...

Freedom · « **Reply #12 on:** August 21, 2010, 22:56 »

Thanks! These are the answers I am looking for.

I process 5 per day, because if I stress myself too much, I may miss the flaws. Also I won't have the desire to work the next day or two.

There are days I do more than 10, but like I said above, it can be counter-productive.

PaulieWalnuts · « **Reply #13 on:** August 21, 2010, 23:42 »

For studio shot stuff usually about 15 minutes per image.

For landscape, travel, and any other non-contolled environment anywhere from 15 minutes to 1 hour.

So, in an 8 hour day, 8-32 images depending on the type of shoot.

.shock · « **Reply #14 on:** August 22, 2010, 16:36 »

It depend from serie to serie but it is up to 1500 images per day. I using nikon capture nx and there you can batch edit several images. Usualy editing 10-20 images in one batch.... so it going very fast. Time consuming is photoshop and images with people, logotypes etc..

Oldhand · « **Reply #15 on:** August 23, 2010, 02:59 »

Quote from: .shock on August 22, 2010, 16:36

It depend from serie to serie but it is up to 1500 images per day. I using nikon capture nx and there you can batch edit several images. Usualy editing 10-20 images in one batch.... so it going very fast. Time consuming is photoshop and images with people, logotypes etc..

If it's time consuming does young daily amount drop to under a thousand?

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #16 on:** August 23, 2010, 06:50 »

Quote from: Freedom on August 21, 2010, 22:56

Thanks! These are the answers I am looking for.

I process 5 per day, because if I stress myself too much, I may miss the flaws. Also I won't have the desire to work the next day or two.

There are days I do more than 10, but like I said above, it can be counter-productive.

So, I'm sorry, what are you looking for answers to accomplish here?

FD · « **Reply #17 on:** August 23, 2010, 07:07 »

Quote from: Oldhand on August 23, 2010, 02:59

Quote from: .shock on August 22, 2010, 16:36
It depend from serie to serie but it is up to 1500 images per day. I using nikon capture nx and there you can batch edit several images. Usualy editing 10-20 images in one batch.... so it going very fast. Time consuming is photoshop and images with people, logotypes etc..
If it's time consuming does young daily amount drop to under a thousand?

eyeCatchLight · « **Reply #18 on:** August 23, 2010, 08:25 »

I use Lightroom - which makes the difference between RAW and JPG processing really really marginal. Setting levels, contrast, vibrance, etc. is a matter of very short time, and you would do it for JPGs too I guess, so in practice the time remains almost the same. I would never go back to JPG, already for the loss in dynamic range.

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