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What are the most common workflow challenges for photographers and how can you overcome them?

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As a photographer, you know how important it is to have a smooth and efficient workflow that allows you to capture, edit, and deliver your images to your clients or audiences. However, you may also face some common challenges that can affect your productivity, quality, and creativity. In this article, we will explore some of these challenges and how you can overcome them with some tips and tools.

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Ayush Ranka

Professional Photographer - Industrial, Corporate, Editorial, Product Photography.

1 Organizing your files

Organizing your files is an important step in your workflow, but it can be time-consuming and tedious, especially if you have a large volume of images or work on multiple projects at once. To make it easier, you can create a consistent naming and folder structure for your files based on the date, client, project, or theme of your images. Additionally, you can use metadata, tags, ratings, or keywords to add more information and context to your files. Moreover, you might consider using a dedicated software or app to manage your files – such as Adobe Lightroom, Capture One, or Photo Mechanic – that can help you import, organize, edit, and export your images in one place.

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Organising files after a shoot, which can run into hundreds if not thousands sometimes, can be pretty intimidating. When we are shooting events like weddings or even corporate events we end up with literally hundreds of pictures and choosing the right ones and segregating them into 1st, 2nd and final choice is important. To do this I use a program like Adobe Bridge which is very helpful inspecting images by adding colour tags like yellow for 1st round, and green for the final selection. We can also add metadata to all the images in one go. We can batch rename the files according to the project for finding the files more easily at a later stage. Following a set workflow is important to save time and deliver faster results for the clients

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2 Editing your images

Editing images is an essential part of any workflow, but it can also be difficult when dealing with a large number of images that require similar corrections, different formats or sizes that need to be optimized, and multiple versions or revisions that must be tracked. To overcome these challenges, you can create presets, actions, or scripts to automate editing tasks and apply them to batches of images or folders. You may also use software or apps to resize, crop, and convert your images to different formats or dimensions. Finally, you can use a version control system or cloud storage service to back up, sync, and restore your images while keeping track of changes.

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After electing the final RAW images the editing process needs to be set. For this I use Adobe Camera Raw which can edit images within Bridge itself without the need for launching Photoshop. We can select any number of images (I generally choose about 40-50 at a time to not overload my system) and batch edit them. We can also create presets in Adobe Camera Raw for a certain kind of output. We can de-noise, crop, resize, colour correct, & also do minor touchups. After these edits have been done, it's time to convert these images into High-Res TIFF filets edit in more detail in Photoshop. Remember adding sharpness is always the last stage of an edit depending on the output.

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3 Collaborating with others

The final step in your workflow is to collaborate with others, such as clients, colleagues, or audiences, to share, review, or publish your images. This can be a great way to get feedback, exposure, or recognition for your work; however, it can also present some difficulties. For instance, you must communicate effectively and clearly with your collaborators, and manage their expectations, requests, or feedback. It is also important to protect your intellectual property and rights by not allowing your images to be used or distributed without your permission or credit. To overcome these challenges, you can create a contract or agreement that defines the scope of the collaboration and the roles and responsibilities of each party. Additionally, you can add a watermark or copyright notice to your images and use software that can encrypt, compress, or password-protect them. You may also want to utilize software that can help you create online portfolios or slideshows of your images and customize them for your brand and audience. By following these tips and tools, you can overcome some of the most common workflow challenges for photographers and enhance your efficiency, quality, and creativity.

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When you are busy with shooting and there are older shoot edits pending, it is important to collaborate with other professional image editors. I suggest working with only 1-2 editors closely over a period of time as they gradually come to know your style and expectations of what kind of output you desire. We generally process the images as a 1st batch and send out a gallery link to the client for any changes they may desire and we also limit these changes to not more than 2-3 times as it is a very time consuming process. Once we agree on an edit, we can then proceed to make the final output. This can be done via google sheets where the client can describe in detail what edits they want on what image numbers.

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