A Laguna Beach Photography Business can Improve Information Systems to Increase Capacity

Business Articles | June 25, 2009

There are a number of things which a Laguna Beach Photographer can do to his imformations system which will take his OC photography business to the next level.

You are a busy Orange County photographer. Your business is expanding. Your time with your family is decreasing. You know it can be a headache to hire employees. In addition, you don't know how long this high demand for your services will persist.

If you are a Laguna Beach photographer in this situation, you may consider expanding the capacity of your business by increasing the capacity of your computer information system. This article offers suggestions on ways to do this for the benefit of a photography business.

1. Automate commonly performed tasks. There are many ways in which this can be done. Both Photoshop and Lightroom allow a photographer to create macros. If you have a signature look put the steps required to create that look into a macro so you can easily apply it to all of your images. For commonly performed tasks that can be done outside of these programs and are performed in the general windows environment try creating macros using a generic program like ActiveWord.

2. Increase your hardware capacity. If you are frequently waiting on your computer to apply a technique to an image, a hardware upgrade may solve this productivity killer. A professional photographer should have a minimum of 4 gigs of RAM, a quality video card with its own RAM, and a relatively fast processor. A MAC might be a better option than a PC as its graphics capacity and reliability is usually better than most PCs.

3. Setup or increase the speed of your network. Today a network is essential for an efficient Orange County photography business. A photographer can waste an enormous amount of time transferring images back and forth on an external drive. In addition, with a network a photographer can take advantage of specialized workstations. Work that is best done on a specialized workstation can be pulled up on the network and applied to the images. The photographer can then access the images on another specialized workstation and perform the next round of editing.

The OC photography industry is extremely competitive. In order for a photographer to compete and expand effectively and still have time to spend with his family, a photographer needs to setup and use an effective computer information system.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephen and Vanessa are Orange County residents. Vanessa began her photography business by serving Murrieta and Temecula. She shot weddings, family portraits, and engagement shots.

She later started an office in Newport Beach and became an Orange County Photographer. She expanded her services to Laguna Beach, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Dana Point and San Diego.

Vanessa now works as a Newport Beach Family Portrait Photographer. She also teaches classes on technique and business practices to other OC Wedding Photographers.