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<\/a><\/p>\nI was so excited to just get editing the images and deliver to my client that I didn\u2019t put much time and effort into establishing a workflow. As my business started to boom and my volume increased, I couldn\u2019t approach my workflow the way I had in the past.<\/p>\n
Flying by the seat of my pants wasn\u2019t going to cut it anymore. And I knew that if I continued down that path I would end up losing a session and get sloppy with my delivery.<\/p>\n
Through much trial and error, I found several programs that helped me consolidate, organize and work smarter, not harder.<\/p>\n
First, Photo Mechanic.<\/h5>\n
If you\u2019re not using this program to cull<\/a> \u2013 stop what you\u2019re doing and get it now. It took my average session cull time from 45 minutes to 7 minutes. Yup. I timed it. Multiply that by the number of photo shoots I had per month, and I was literally saving hours in my workflow.<\/p>\n Time is money, folks. In those hours you save you can network with vendors, blog, send follow up emails \u2013 you can do things to ensure that your business is making more money in the future!<\/p>\n You likely use Lightroom to edit \u2013 and if you don\u2019t \u2013 time to jump into 2018 and get out of 2010.<\/p>\n For years I had one huge photo catalog that I would dump everything into within Lightroom. Mostly because I just didn\u2019t know any better.<\/p>\n But what happens when a client from 4 months ago wants a photo to be brightened a touch for printing? Or wants a black and white version of the image? Gosh \u2013 it took me so long to locate those files. I\u2019d scroll and scroll and scroll because there was no easy way to access the file.<\/p>\n That is, until I understood what catalogs were.<\/p>\n Creating a new catalog for each client is easy. Just go to File>New Catalog and then name it the client\u2019s name and save it within their client folder \u2013 the one that has the RAW images!<\/p>\n Now, I can easily pull up their folder with the RAW files, access their catalog, and find the image I need to work with. It was a 30-minute process that I turned into a 2-minute process just by creating a new catalog for every single client.<\/p>\n For me, this is twofold: I can give them extra attention in Lightroom<\/a> or in Photoshop<\/a>. Most images that I share on my site have been edited in both Lightroom and Photoshop. I think of it as the one-two punch for jaw-dropping images.<\/p>\n Then, after I\u2019m done making those special images extra punchy, I will save those photos to a Portfolio Folder in my Dropbox account. That way it is accessible on my devices for Instagram, Facebook, or anything else I\u2019d like to use them for!<\/p>\n I use JPEGmini when exporting from Lightroom. Reducing the file size<\/a> has helped so much with saving space on both my web hosting (Pixieset<\/a>) and my own hard drive space. Additionally, I\u2019m able to export images so they\u2019re blog optimized! Talk about saving time!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/i>Try JPEGmini Pro For Free Now!<\/a><\/h3>\n
Second, creating new catalogs within Lightroom.<\/h5>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nThird, I take the images that I want to share on my blog and my Instagram and I give them some extra love.<\/h5>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nLastly, JPEgMINI.<\/h5>\n