So your computer is slowing down to the point of a near crawl, your Adobe Lightroom database is slowing down too, but you have lots of RAM (critical to image editing speed) and a fast new processor. Nothing has changed on your computer. So why is everything so slow? There are a few of things that can be effecting the general speed of your computer and your Lightroom database and they are easy to fix. The speed of your computer may be directly proportional to your organizational skills. If your desktop looks like a landfill with hundreds of documents and folders on it, you are probably not very organized and a slow computer is the least of your problems, but you should know that your
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Pictage launches Slideshows Beta for Pro Photographers
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our new Photographer Slideshow feature! You can now easily create, display and distribute an online slideshow for any event on Pictage. Creating Slideshows of your work has never been easier. Slideshows are fully integrated with Pictage, so within minutes of your event being uploaded you can create a professional, compelling slideshow for your clients. Easy to Use With a simple to use interface, you select the event, images, transitions, and background music from a fully licensed catalog. Your Slideshow is then ready for immediate viewing or presenting online, without any need for complex downloadable software. Powerful Presentation Tool Slideshows will simplify your workflow, enabling you to flexibly and efficiently present your best images of an event to clients in
Post Production Workflow Tips
Video by Pictage Member Jared Platt (Pictage Blog Team) This week Jared shares more valuable Post Production Workflow Tips, most specifically in the area of “File Naming”. To learn more check out the video below! Untitled from Pictage on Vimeo. For more of Jared’s Post Production Workflow Tips tune in to the Pictage Blog every Tuesday and check out past blog posts by Jared in the Pictage Blog archives. Also, Jared is on tour and coming to a city near you. Check out the worthy workshop section of the Pictage Blog as well as Jared’s website for more information. If you have specific questions for Jared feel free to email them to him, email blog@pictage.com, or ask them in comment form here on the blog!
Why Should You Care About Post Production Workflow?
From Jared: We are living in a an unsure economic climate. You have seen this in your markets as people begin to hold back on their purchases, cut the size of their guest lists, scale down the size of their packages and look for the greatest value as they interview photographers. Even those who are willing to spend a healthy amount on their photography will nonetheless, be very cautious in their decisions. Everywhere, in every market, at every level (even in the high society), clients are looking for lower prices, greater value and more security. You are now competing with a greater number of people who are offering more for less. This economy has proven difficult for any business to survive. But as I told
Pictage + Fashion/Glamour Workflow — Q&A with Mark Wangerin
Photos Courtesy of Mark Wangerin Scott Anderson: You’ve been a Pictage photographer since the very beginning. Tell us a bit about your recent transition from wedding & portraits to fashion and high school senior photography. Mark Wangerin: When I joined Pictage, I was strictly a wedding and product photographer. As I progressed in skill and artistic sensitivity, I found more satisfaction in the connective process of shooting people for portraits, publications and fashion. Although I don’t consider myself a “fashion” photographer, I do consider myself a more mainstream commercial beauty and glamour photographer. Of course the more I was involved in beauty and glamour, the less time and emotional energy I had for weddings, which as most wedding photographers agree is more about energy management
Make the Most of your Engagement Session – *Guest Post*
We love engagement sessions. Nothing is more fun or more inspiring than spending a few hours with a cool couple roaming the streets of a cool city with a big cool camera! Some people ask why we include engagement sessions with every wedding that we photograph, and the answer is simple. We’re selfish. We love creating beautiful images for our couples, and the engagement session gives us a chance to learn how every one of our couples photographs well. And not only do we learn about our clients, but our clients become comfortable in front of our two huge cameras months before the nervousness of the wedding day. While there are a lot of factors that go into planning an engagement session (lighting, location, timing,
Tip of the week with Jules Bianchi
Staying on Schedule and Keeping it Cool How do you make sure everything stays on schedule on the wedding day? Jules Bianchi shares some jewels on how to keep it cool – especially when things don’t go according to plan. Jules of Jules Bianchi Photography has led seminars at Pictage Partner Conference for the past 3 years along with workshops at the Digital Wedding Forum Convention in Las Vegas in 2006. She also started up Jules Cafe, where she helps out numerous other photographers with mentoring and hot tips. Jules is our Los Angeles PUG leader and has been featured in prestigious magazines such as Los Angeles Wedding Magazine, Bride and Bloom, the Knot, Your Wedding Day and Ceremony. Video Produced by Cinematic Studios.
Ask & Learn Wednesday with Sara France!
Session Topic: “Work From Anywhere: Building a Remote Control Business” Sara will touch on her proven techniques for creating and maintaining a successful remote controlled business. Wouldn’t it be great to have the ability to generate income from where ever you happen to be on the planet? Sara will answer questions on how utilizing todays technologies will help you become more efficient, more flexible, and profitable. Looking at how businesses might evolve in the future Sara will introduce you to emerging technologies that relate to the non-location based photographer. She will also talk about web-based services, social networking, utilizing devices, software, and more. Bio: Sara France Sara France is an international, award-winning wedding and commercial photographer based in Southern California. Her images have been featured
Ask & Learn Today with Kevin Swan
Session Topic: Getting Things Done – The Art of Stress-Free Productivity Today’s world is complicated; with input coming from email, voicemail, text-messages, IMs, the mail, or in person. We’re no longer living in an age where work and personal lives are defined. Kevin will give details on how to implement David Allen’s GTD (Get Things Done) system which allows you to focus and make trusted choices about what to do (and not do!) at any moment. He will explain how to capture anything and everything that has your attention; define actionable items into concrete next steps and how to organize reminders and information in a streamlined way. Bio: Kevin has a bizarre and eclectic history; a professional actor in Seattle, he assisted Adobe in the