How Photographers Actually Spend Their Time
I saw this article at aphotoeditor.com, the site it's very informative if one is interested in all aspects of photography.
I was not surprised to see the 1st pie chart How people think Photographers spend their time, in the past I heard conversations in which people think that it's just a cool profession that they can just take on one given day. They often imagined themselves traveling the world shooting for Animal Planet or National Geographic. They had said " it would be so cool to just go to these places and shoot there" next words coming out of their mouths were " of course I don't want to stay on no 3rd world hotel accommodation" So, I kept myself from breaking their hearts by telling them the work needed to be a photographer. At that point, I don't think the people really wanted to listen.
Anyway, the article it's really good.. I particularly liked the fragmentation of pre-production and post ie. meeting clients 9.7 %, marketing 5.9%, camera and computer upkeep 3.8 %, Blogging 8.7% Editing 28.4 %.
Editing takes a BIG chunk of total time, but without editing, there is no consistency in final product. Unless the editing it's outsourced, the photographer must spend hours on each image that he produces for a final project. To me, there is no such a thing as straight out of the camera. Yes, I do have a lot of friends that claim and leave under the "Purist" spell, but for me, everything can be made better if and when necessary.
