One of the best ways to speed up your photographic workflow:
Only shoot JPEG, don’t bother with additional post-processing, and just share/upload your photos directly!
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The benefit of only shooting jpeg is this:
Less lag/latency/friction in your photographic workflow.
I’m not saying post-processing your photos is bad. If you enjoy processing your photos, by all means go ahead, and spend as much time processing your photos!
But I’ve realized for myself, I prefer to live life, shoot my life, and to share my photos directly. If I have an option, I’d prefer NOT to process my photos. Why? Instead of the time necessary to process my photos, I’d rather be reading a book, spending time with my friends and loved ones, blogging, or shooting new photos!
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My current workflow
My workflow that I’m experimenting right now is this:
- Shoot JPEG on Ricoh GR II (positive film JPEG setting, contrast and saturation set to max). Often shoot (even during the day) with flash.
- Import photos to iPad pro with SD card/lightning adapter.
- Look through photos, and select photos I like in the default Photos app with the “favorite” function.
- Upload photos directly to this blog from iPad
- Upload my favorite photos to Dropbox from iPad
This has helped speed up my workflow and is simpler, more fun and interesting for myself!
Post-processing gains are 10-20%
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This is what I learned:
For myself, the aesthetic gain I obtain from post-processing my photos is only around 10-20% more, but takes a substantial amount of time.
Thus processing my photos (assuming I like the high contrast/saturation color photos), post-processing my photos isn’t an effective use of my time.
Figure out how to best maximize your enjoyment in photography
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Make the photographic process of photography as fun for you as possible.
For me that seems to mean #jpegonly
Only shoot in-camera JPEG and don’t bother post-processing your photos.
To me this is fun; almost like shooting film! This is what I like about film:
I shoot the film, get the film processed and scanned by a lab, and I don’t do any further post-processing to the photos.
This keeps photography simple to the max!
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Or always another option:
Shoot RAW, but always use the same filter to post-process your photos.
Never stop experimenting with your photographic process. And to me, it seems simplicity is the ultimate elegance (Leonardo da Vinci).
ERIC