Workflow & Photography -
An ever learning journey

Improving your Workflow

“When you’re on set you must focus on your subject, not on your skills. It’s like playing the piano: If you need to think about which keys to press, you can’t play a great. This is why I always want to improve my skills and be able to perform best while on the job, whether that’s through personal projects, certifications or online classes. During the lockdown I did some paid online classes on post-production, and I became a (EU) licensed drone pilot. When it comes to Phase One, the offered POCP courses has improved my workflow but first and foremost I learned to not be afraid of the system anymore. This started with something simple as sensor cleaning, as arbitrary as it sounds. Learning how to properly set up a tethered session and using an extra router for screening images to the client allowed me to save immense amounts of time. Letting them view and rate the work on set are now key parts of my workflow that not only make the client feel involved but again reduces the need to pick my final images afterwards. In a professional environment an organized workflow is essential not only on the shoot day but also for when my images are archived and I may need to access them in the future. The best way to do this is to use a standardized session template for every shoot. The POCP has taught me how to set up an intelligent folder structure and streamline my activities with the client using tagging and rating parameters. This way I can leave a shoot already knowing what the client has in mind and what is well shot from a technical point of view.“