Be different: Go the extra mile

Here’s a handy tip for you. Always leave 20 mins at the end of a shoot to be really creative.

Go through the process of photographing your client and their horse on their yard. In your head, you have finished creating the standard imagery that you know will sell and you know your clients will be totally in love with….

Now spend the next 20 minutes being super creative and trying different things. You might want to look at Pinterest- look at images that really inspire you, images that are a bit unique and out there! Try to use this inspiration to play around with new locations, poses, angles, lighting…

Make sure you ask your client if they’re up for it- often they are really keen to try different things and have a bit more fun!

Start to brainstorm some ideas ready for your next shoot…

Don’t spend hours editing!

<sub>Just a quick one today. Because we get asked this question a lot…

“How long do you take editing your images?”

Our answer is almost always the same…</sub>

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Imagine this: I have shot a set of images that have an obvious distraction in the background. I spend the next 3 hours alone editing that object out each of the images I want to show to my client. 

The client shows up to the viewing, picks her images for her album and frames- NONE of which include the images I spent all those hours editing.

The outcome is- massive time wasted!

If you notice something in the background you might want to edit out, wait until your client has seen the images.

If they pick the image in question, mention that you’d be happy to remove the distraction for them before framing. This way, you haven’t wasted any of your precious time.

If you want to learn more post-production, and exactly how we edit each image in under 30 seconds ready to present to our clients, check out the dates for our next action-packed 2-day course!

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions at all.