Doesn’t the world of photography move at lightning speed these days? There was a time not too many years ago when you would buy a camera that would last you a good portion of your career. Now with new technology released seemingly daily, how does a photographer keep up? I know for me, it’s about organization, and that key word ‘workflow.’ All of the successful photographers I know have workflow down to a simple science, from meeting clients & presenting their work, closing a booking, to location planning, the photo shoot and image storage/processing. It really is amazing the amount of images that can be moved from one place to another. However, I find myself moving far fewer images now that I have found Cinq for iPad. Here’s how I have integrated Cinq into my workflow: I start by bringing my iPad with me to client meetings. It is great to be able to organize my folders the way that I want for clients whether they visit the studio, or I meet them in a coffee shop. Whatever I do in my folders on my PC or MacBook, with Cinq, it is all the same on my iPhone or iPad as well. I keep a folder of watermarked sample shots as well, so I can interpret the client’s preferences, and then send out some personally chosen samples after our meeting. During our meeting, it is a full-out show. I can access all of my work, all of it, and then through the discussions with the client show them folders with different styles, locations and ranges. For location planning, I can take my iPhone out into the field and snap pictures of locations I may want to use in the Cinq app, which are then uploaded immediately to my home computers and synced with my iPad. This creates a bank of location shots that I can access on the go. If I am with a client and thinking about a location I have been, I can pull up the test shots right away. After the shoot, I upload my pictures to the computer, and they immediately become part of my Cinq network. I can process the images from the folder one by one, and they are updated on all of my devices. Finally, I can again meet with clients post-shoot to discuss the shots they preferred, all from the convenience of my iPad, or even my iPhone. Cinq has changed the way I do business in photography, I bet it will for you too. Keep shooting and sharing! -Cinqblogger
Tags: Cinq, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mobile Networking, Mobile Storage, Photographers, Photography
