My COMPLETE Photography WORKFLOW - Don't Lose Your Work.

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Күн бұрын

Hi, Everybody!
In today’s video, I walk you through my entire photography workflow! Systematic, dependable file management is a vital component of any photographer's workflow. I hope that you might find some value in this video.
Please, as always, feel free to leave me any questions or suggestions down below. I would love to hear from you! Thank you so much for watching!
You can see more of my work at zmendez.com
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0:00 INTRO
0:51 HARD DRIVES
1:35 FOLDER STRUCTURE
3:30 STEP 1 - IMPORT FILES
4:55 STEP 2 - SELECTS
6:47 BACKUP #1
7:36 STEP 3 - LIGHTROOM
11:44 STEP 4 - EXPORT
13:53 BACKUP #2
14:46 BACKUP #3
15:53 THANK YOU
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This video was shot on the Canon EOS R6 with the 24mm L II
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Thanks so much for your support!
-Zach

Пікірлер: 30

@ilacirpianojr Жыл бұрын

Very Helpful! using your method, thanks!!!

@tanyacoleman 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much this is so helpful. The step by step was amazing.

@cyrilkorletey3433 Жыл бұрын

Such a great video

@craig_cunha 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Zach - detailed and informative, but easy to follow along. And excellent production value. 👍🏻

@TheZachMendez 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the support, Craig! I really appreciate it! :)

@mojtabareyhani7905 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent, Thank you so much.🙏🙏🙏

@TheZachMendez 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Enrique-the-photographer 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tutorial.

@TheZachMendez 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!!

@HelloImMaxxHennard 3 жыл бұрын

This is great!

@TheZachMendez 3 жыл бұрын

Maxx!!! Thanks so much for watching :)

@patriciasorchids3999 3 жыл бұрын

How did you know I need to organise my photos better? I do have a copy of Lightroom I may have to start using now that I understand it better. Very useful video, thank you for taking the time to make it.

@TheZachMendez 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching it! I'm glad to hear that you found it useful. I want to keep making video tutorials like these. Hope you have a lovely weekend! :)

@adrian-alexandruneculcea206 Жыл бұрын

If you use Lightroom is much easier and streamlined to just import, copy to working ssd, and even create a backup in a second location...

@TheZachMendez Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@silvioc.2883 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Zach. Great video, as always. Quick question: what brand of SSD drive do you use? You mention in the beginning of the video that for your regular hard drives you use LaCie orange ones (which I do too). Also, how big is your SSD drive? Thank you so much.

@TheZachMendez 2 жыл бұрын

I have the GDrive & SanDisk versions in 1 and 2 TB respectively. They are both really fast, small and have worked great for me!

@silvioc.2883 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheZachMendez Thank you!

@raymondkarapetian8823 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Zach ! Great video and very informative. I have one question, So once you do the last back up to drop box do you just go to your SSD and delete the folder of your last job? And if you do, will LR remember the photos if you ever need to go back to the catalog and if it’s on a different HD that has a different letter assigned to it? Thanks again!

@TheZachMendez 2 жыл бұрын

Hey there. Yes, I do format my SSD after it gets full, but I make sure I have an exact copy on my backup/archive drive. That way if I need to go back into Lightroom, I can just relink from the new location. It's really easy and quick to just relink if needed.

@TheZachMendez 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!! :)

@raymondkarapetian8823 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheZachMendez can you explain a little on how to relink? So once I’m done with the CAT on the SSD I should copy all into the HDD and I’m confused on how to relink? Sorry for multiple questions lol

@jesorquadi9603 8 ай бұрын

Hi Zach, very useful. I wanted to ask, do you never delete your "capture" folder? Do you save all of the pictures you take? Even in weddings?

@alin.danila 8 ай бұрын

Just stepping in … 😊 I think you should cull and re-cull until you are 1000% confident in your choices … then delete the “capture” / “dump” folder AFTER you backed-up your final “selects” The memory card gets re-formated after “delivery” Personally i don’t embrace the “data hoarding” approach where you keep everything you shoot (incl all the bursts, bad shots etc.). I’m keeping only the selects that i will edit and deliver + eventually few other related shots from the same “group” that i still like but will not make it to “final” delivery. For sure i will not save forever all the memory card “dumps” Storage it’s cheap nowadays but if you consider a 3-2-1 backup strategy with off-site cloud storage, suddenly you want to be selective about what you save. Just my 2 cents 😊 .

@jamesj4998 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Zach! How do you rate Capture One compared to Lightroom? I'm thinking of moving from Adobe to Capture One but I'm also scared because I'll lose photoshop

@jamesj4998 3 жыл бұрын

I've never seen a photography workflow explained so well, I've been doing it wrong for years haha

@TheZachMendez 3 жыл бұрын

Haha I’m glad that you are finding the video useful! Thank you for watching! To answer your question about C1, it’s a great question that I have asked myself before. I’m not sure if I have a great answer though! I do like C1 and the workflow can be similar to my Lightroom workflow. Like you, I would only be hesitant because I use many of the other Adobe apps & it wouldn’t really make sense for me to switch. Also, I have a collection of Lightroom presets, both my own and others that I frequently use. I decided to just buy the Fujifilm version of C1 outright so I would be able to use it with my Fujifilm files without giving myself another monthly subscription payment. If you wanted to switch completely and you’re only worried about losing photoshop, I’m sure there are alternatives to photoshop out there. I just don’t know enough about them to recommend something. I hope this helps & thanks again!

@achimwasp 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesj4998 Capture One has so many features that you'll rarely need Photoshop - I bought Affinity Photo just in case, but usually C1 is more than sufficient for all the edits I need. The workflow is different from Lightroom, for something like what Zach showed here, you'd make a new session which automatically creates all the directories needed. It takes a bit of time to get used to the file management in Capture One, but it's just as usable and fast.

@jamesj4998 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheZachMendez Thanks for the reply! I'm thinking of selling my main camera and going full fujifilm, I already have an x100f and love it so I might go and buy the x-pro3 :D

@jamesj4998 3 жыл бұрын

@@achimwasp Great stuff! I'll do more research on Capture One and find out if it will do everything I need. Thanks man