Dane Sanders in his 'Fast Track Photographer Business Plan' shares his approach to planning.
"After a few major mishaps in the field, I quickly understood that taking pictures professionally rarely happens in perfectly controlled conditions, especially outside the commercial studio. And even in hyper-controlled environments, there are a lot of practical humps to overcome".
He goes on to describe some challenges that a photographer is likely to encounter, and offers suggestions to systematically prepare for them.
Challenges:
The Clock - light disappearing, late bookings, limited availability of space
Equipment - failing
The Elements - the weather and the light, for example
The Physical Setting - again, lighting conditions, sound distractions, competing activities
Your Clients or Subject
The Competition
Image Loss/ Corruption
Yourself.
Dane summarises: "No one can have a contingency plan for every possible obstacle, but you can do yourself a huge favor by considering ways to deal with worst-case scenarious as well as how you plan to do your best work."
Dane's advice comes very handy for my work on the Workflow assignment. Whilst working on teh assignment, I found helpful to do some advance planning, consider best/worst case scenarious and most importantly, visualising what I want to do.
"After a few major mishaps in the field, I quickly understood that taking pictures professionally rarely happens in perfectly controlled conditions, especially outside the commercial studio. And even in hyper-controlled environments, there are a lot of practical humps to overcome".
He goes on to describe some challenges that a photographer is likely to encounter, and offers suggestions to systematically prepare for them.
Challenges:
The Clock - light disappearing, late bookings, limited availability of space
Equipment - failing
The Elements - the weather and the light, for example
The Physical Setting - again, lighting conditions, sound distractions, competing activities
Your Clients or Subject
The Competition
Image Loss/ Corruption
Yourself.
Dane summarises: "No one can have a contingency plan for every possible obstacle, but you can do yourself a huge favor by considering ways to deal with worst-case scenarious as well as how you plan to do your best work."
Dane's advice comes very handy for my work on the Workflow assignment. Whilst working on teh assignment, I found helpful to do some advance planning, consider best/worst case scenarious and most importantly, visualising what I want to do.
