This is the second time I'm writing this post and I really hate it when that happens. I was apologizing because I missed writing Tuesday's tip after having schedule a bunch to post every Tuesday... I guess it felt like I had written more.
Anyway, if I was to really give you a Tuesday's Tip it would be to :
" Take some of those rods out of the fire!!!"
I keep myself like break-neck speeds crazy bus. Not the half of that is photography related but it still adds up and when I'm a stressed basket case my work suffers.
P.S- All potential photography clients out there should remember that a stressed out photographer equals sub optimal images!!! So be nice! I've had to "go to my happy place" in a couple of shooting situations.
So yeah my tip is "medium" amounts of photography related and it's to slow down and take your time. My creative juices just don't flow the same when I feel stressed or under a lot of pressure... unless you count this series of webcam shots I just took of myself :P
I think it's true for 99% of us, that while a little push is good... overt stress is BAD! So by doing things like not over booking yourself (keep in mind that you need time for life outside of photography too), smelling some proverbial roses and shooting for the sheer joy of it once and a while you'll keep yourself from creating your very own pull-you-hair-out photo montage!
So obviously I'm not a master at this yet but I actually employed a trail and error system to find my limit (this also kinda helps with pricing determinations too). I endeavored to book as many shoots as humanly possible and filled in "extra" time with fun shoots and then saw how long post processing took and my turn around to in the clients hands. I then cut back until I felt I had a maximum work load that I can handle, I have determined for myself that I can do about 6-8 photo shoots a month without spontaneously combusting. It's not much of an issue in the winter but as baby and wedding season comes up it can be a bit dicey and as my person life ebbs and flows that number needs to change too. I also try to never have more than a morning shoot and an afternoon shoot so that I don't need to worry about running out of time before the job is done to my satisfaction. That is unless I'm having a photo event day (like renting an awesome hotel room and doing 4 boudoir shoots) but then I usually set things up to run smoothly well in advance.
It's easy to forget but how long post processing, advertising, client meetings/customer service really takes but making time for it is really important. Slowing the pace and not over booking are skills that I'm still working on but I think I'm getting better :)
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