Memory Card use
Mar 22, 2021 23:52:48 #
My Question:
Would it be practical to Use a 16gb or 32gb Memory card to have a Customer's RAW+JPEG Images Edited or possibly Un-Edited Images of their Special Event presented to them on a SDHC Card or another Image storage Device, then Allowing the Customer to review them and decide what they want to keep.
Myself as the Photographer would not provide any Prints. Just charge for MY TIME spent Photographing their Special Event. Your Kind and honest feedback will be appreciated. Thank You.😊
P.S.-- A ADVANCED BEGINNER'S PERSONAL IDEA.
Would it be practical to Use a 16gb or 32gb Memory card to have a Customer's RAW+JPEG Images Edited or possibly Un-Edited Images of their Special Event presented to them on a SDHC Card or another Image storage Device, then Allowing the Customer to review them and decide what they want to keep.
Myself as the Photographer would not provide any Prints. Just charge for MY TIME spent Photographing their Special Event. Your Kind and honest feedback will be appreciated. Thank You.😊
P.S.-- A ADVANCED BEGINNER'S PERSONAL IDEA.
Mar 23, 2021 00:27:05 #
If you want to be successful, never show anyone unedited work and especially not unculled images, double especially never ever the RAW files as RAW files. Only if you are a subcontracted shooter would you turn over these files. For a customer review, the files should be resized, watermarked, and culled from the JPEG versions. The final images delivered would then be edited from RAW, assuming you're qualified for that work.
Stepping away from the approach above, if you're contracted to just shot an event and dump the results, those should be the JPEGs unless the contract says specifically you are to shoot in both formats. An SD card with the JPEGs would be good enough, but the customer, not UHH, would the appropriate party to confirm the customer's requirements.
Stepping away from the approach above, if you're contracted to just shot an event and dump the results, those should be the JPEGs unless the contract says specifically you are to shoot in both formats. An SD card with the JPEGs would be good enough, but the customer, not UHH, would the appropriate party to confirm the customer's requirements.
Mar 23, 2021 00:32:40 #
Cheaper to get a USB drive to put them on.
Never give them raw files.
The client is paying for your skill.
Some of that skill may be in the way you process the photos.
Most clients wouldn't know what to do with raw files anyway.
And I always edit, culling out mistakes or making some corrections.
I never give them full-size files either, unless they contracted for that specifically.
I put client images up on my website where only they can access/download them via a private link.
My $.02.
Never give them raw files.
The client is paying for your skill.
Some of that skill may be in the way you process the photos.
Most clients wouldn't know what to do with raw files anyway.
And I always edit, culling out mistakes or making some corrections.
I never give them full-size files either, unless they contracted for that specifically.
I put client images up on my website where only they can access/download them via a private link.
My $.02.
Mar 23, 2021 00:57:56 #
Silverrails wrote:
My Question: br Would it be practical to Use a 16g... (show quote)
SD cards and USB memory sticks are too fragile to be used to provide deliverables to a client. You would be better off, and appear more Professional, providing a shared folder on a cloud service like Dropbox that stays in place for a finite length of time. That way you do not need to deal with the "I lost the SD card, or my kid ate the USB stick."
Mar 23, 2021 05:43:37 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Silverrails wrote:
My Question: br Would it be practical to Use a 16g... (show quote)
I would load them on a memory stick. The USB port could go into many devices.
Mar 23, 2021 06:21:18 #
Jeffcs
Loc: Myrtle Beach South Carolina
Never ever never show clients unedited images
Giving anyone unedited images is the fast track to unsuccessful photographers
You know an un happy person will gripe to at least 30 ppl wile a happy person may never tell one person
That said unless your subcontractors to shoot something for an agency like “The Pros”
Giving anyone unedited images is the fast track to unsuccessful photographers
You know an un happy person will gripe to at least 30 ppl wile a happy person may never tell one person
That said unless your subcontractors to shoot something for an agency like “The Pros”
Mar 23, 2021 07:11:42 #
Silverrails wrote:
My Question: br Would it be practical to Use a 16g... (show quote)
Honest feedback from a non professional photographer, My Question: Why would I hire you to snap photos? I could rent camera do it myself, have an employee or friend to snap photos.
Please understand I never want to turn anyone away from photography however if you want to become a professional photographer you must do the work. Become an apprentice to a professional and learn the profession.
Mar 23, 2021 08:16:51 #
To answer your question, regardless of why you want to do so - a USB memory stick may be better.
What if they don't have a card reader? Chances are low, but I'd check with them.
If all the images will fit on a 16Gb card, use that.
What are the chances they have an editor for working with RAW files?
The RAW files may be superfluous to them.
What if they don't have a card reader? Chances are low, but I'd check with them.
If all the images will fit on a 16Gb card, use that.
What are the chances they have an editor for working with RAW files?
The RAW files may be superfluous to them.
Mar 23, 2021 09:37:04 #
As everyone has pointed out, raw files are not useful to the end user. They can't send them to a printer because they are not finished images. 99.9% of people wouldn't know what to do with a raw file and if they had an image viewer that would show them the image from a raw file, it would be from the preview in the file, which is basically the jpg produced by the camera.
The value of your time that you want the customer to pay for includes postprocessing. Otherwise the customer could take their own pictures.
The value of your time that you want the customer to pay for includes postprocessing. Otherwise the customer could take their own pictures.
Mar 23, 2021 09:38:21 #
Schoee
Loc: Europe
Silverrails wrote:
My Question: br Would it be practical to Use a 16g... (show quote)
I had a photographer do an event for me and just provide finished photos on DVD ROM disc (this was 2004). He just provided finished edited pics and I made a photo book using about 80% of them at a later date. I never saw the unedited or culled pics and don't think I should have. I now know a lot more about photography and have noticed a few minor issues I would fix in post such as what appear to be dust spots and also some marks on a light coloured wall that could be fixed. So if I was doing the same again today I would ask for TIFF as well as JPG so I could do minor editing later if I wanted to without having the compression issues of JPG. Even today I would not get raw files.
Getting the photos done in this way cost me about one tenth of what I know others have paid for fully printed albums. I was very happy with the product.
Mar 23, 2021 11:11:39 #
I've always been trigger happy, even always shot 36 exposure film. My digitals are even more over the wall. I wouldn't even think of the client getting to the shots until they've been culled. Some are good, some are bad, some are for my "nice texture" file, some are keepers if a bit of photoshop is applied and some may be OK as is but they are raw files so must be ran though ACR and PS.
So the answer is NO, never be Uncle Fred and just hand over the "pit'chers you took".
So the answer is NO, never be Uncle Fred and just hand over the "pit'chers you took".
Mar 23, 2021 12:49:34 #
Mar 23, 2021 15:42:59 #
Silverrails wrote:
My Question: br Would it be practical to Use a 16g... (show quote)
Like most here I would never give unedited pictures unless it was part of the contract (and I was getting paid to turn them over.) There was a regular situation where I gave undeveloped film to brides and grooms. When my studio was active I would get last minute calls to shoot weddings on the Mendenhall Glacier from Brides and Grooms on cruise ships. The helicopter holds five (some models six), the pilot, the couple, the minister and me. The pilots all have their favorite spots and we would fly there, land, do the weddings, shoot this and that, usually depending on the weather, and fly back. In this case only I would give them the film and be done with it. I got nicely paid, a ride in a helicopter and half an hour to fool around on the glacier, usually the Mendenhall but sometimes others. I always had a second camera to shoot for myself. These people were from all over the world and I would never see them again. I was fine with this. I did about thirty of these over seven or eight years. Pre digital.
...Cam
Mar 23, 2021 16:30:26 #
Silverrails wrote:
My Question: br Would it be practical to Use a 16g... (show quote)
I agree with most here and have learned not to present anything but my best finished works. But, I do have one question: Since this is a "Special Event" what does your customer expect from you for the money you’re being paid? Good Luck
Mar 23, 2021 23:36:57 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
Cheaper to get a USB drive to put them on. br Neve... (show quote)
I don’t show anyone my unculled images, not even my wife. The Critics Corner should only be shown images for CC.
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