#PHOTO MECHANIC VERSION 5 ZIP#

Step 6: ZIP entire photography session’s folder (RAWs, Lightroom Catalog & jpegs) & upload to Cloud storage. Step 5: Upload the edited jpegs to an online gallery & send to the couple. Step 4: Import the chosen RAW files into Lightroom & edit the gallery. Step 3: I create a new Lightroom catalog for each shoot. Step 2: Working off that external hard drive, I cull through the RAW files using Photo Mechanic. Step 1: As soon as a photography session is done, I upload all the RAW files from the SD cards to an external hard drive. Now that Adventure Instead is a team of three photographers with a full-time in-house editor, my workflow looks a little different-so let me backtrack to show you how I used Photo Mechanic as a solo photographer: To better help you understand how Photo Mechanic can be used in your own workflow, let me share exactly how I use the program myself. My Photography Workflow & Common Questions

As quickly as you can flip through the files, you can see them accurately for what they are and decide whether they are of quality to make it into the “chosen” list of files to edit. You no longer need to wait a second or two for the image to become less pixelated and determine if the focus is spot-on. Photo Mechanic loads RAW file previews instantly. If you’ve been culling without using Photo Mechanic, pay attention to how much time each RAW loads-maybe it’s just moments, but those seconds add up when you’re flipping through thousands of RAW files from a wedding. You don’t have to wait for images to load to check focus, and culling your gallery can be done more quickly so you can move on to the editing process ASAP.īasically, it’s the fastest way to view all the RAW files so that you can choose which ones you want to upload into Lightroom. Photo Mechanic uses a fast-loading method of previewing your RAW files that loads much quicker than Lightroom previews. After years trying basically every organizational method to make my workflow fast, easy, and efficient, I’ve found that Photo Mechanic is one of the steps in the process that saves me the most time.

This is where Photo Mechanic comes in-this is one of the programs I use EVERY SINGLE SHOOT and rely on to ensure my work stays organized. But, if you’re anything like me, you’re always searching for ways to streamline the backend work so you can spend more time doing what you love-being outside! Speed Up Your Workflow with Photo MechanicĪs a photographer, you know how much time gets spent on a computer-as much as we *love* being outdoors with our couples, it’s simply part of the job that screen time needs to happen.

Photo mechanic version 5