On Friday, November 11, 2005, at 01:03 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
A question for those who are doing portrait photography:
Do you find that it's important for your subjects to get their results
quickly, and that a digital workflow is important in that regard, or is
turn-around time not a big concern, and would film work just as well
for
you as far as the needs and preferences of your subjects are concerned?
Depends entirely on the client. Mostly when I do portraits they are
"environmental" portraits, shot in the client's home or office, and
they usually want them to put in ads, brochures, web sites, etc. Those
folks always want them day before yesterday, so I find digital
essential. I'll shoot a number of poses, e-mail them the "proofs", get
approval of the one(s) they want, do the Photoshop work, and deliver
the finished product the next day. Same day if they need it badly
enough.
I think that in today's instant gratification world most portrait
clients would want fast service, a couple of days at most. The days
when I would shoot a couple rolls of 120, mail them to Maisel, get the
proofs a week later, wait a week or two for the client to come look at
the proofs, and order final prints to be delivered several weeks later,
those days are long gone.
Bob
