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Developing Professional Practice: Workflow

3/10/2019

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Because I work in different environments, my workflow has to reflect that flexibility.

The very first step in the workflow is to decide which aspect of my Business is involved:

Is it Paid Work?
Is it speculative work?

​Speculative work is always on an ad-hoc basis. And idea will come to me, I will decide to pursue it, and work accordingly.  It may be purely for projects, a speculative agency application, or a piece of work destined for publication later, etc., but these will be less formatted than if a customer actually contacts me.

The checklist with Speculative would look something like:
  • Concept
  • Equipment needed. (Does it require loan equipment, say from the college, etc.?)
  • Any specific props / sets?
  • Create
  • Catalog
  • Process
  • Backup
  • Submit (If necessary)

With a Paid / Commissioned work, the regime is stricter...
  • Initial contact from customer.
  • Discussion with customer. Align concept with capabilities.
  • Create Quote / brief for the assignment, and have it signed off by the client.
  • Equipment needs? (Same as for Speculative).
  • Props / Location.
  • Agree Fees / Sign contract.
  • Arrange dates / times.
  • Produce the images.
  • Catalog them.
  • Back them up.
  • Send proofs.
  • Backup again.
  • Edit / process further.
  • Submit them to client.
  • Invoice.





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