Top 5 Concerns About Outsourcing Post-Production

Photographers provide a lot of reasons for not outsourcing their post-production work (at least before they talk with us), and most of those fall into the same few categories.  We thought we’d share with you the top five concerns we hear from photographers about outsourcing their post-production work. I bet you’ll identify with at least one of these.

 

1. “I don’t want to give up control.”  We understand, and our recommendation is to start easy. For example, do your own image selection and finishing, but let PWD do the color-correction part in the middle. Add on from there only when you’re ready.
2. “Outsourcing might take too long.”  A valid concern, especially in this busy time of year. Worry not: PWD turns your jobs around in just 4 business days. Send your images in on Monday and have them back the same week!
3. “No one else can understand what I want.”  We work very hard to do just that. Your PWD editor gets to know you before your first job, and we love to receive feedback after every job so we can refine the work we do for you.
4. “It’s too expensive.”  Outsourcing certainly has an out-of-pocket cost. To see if it’s “expensive,” compare that to the cost of your time and the resources you have to maintain to do the work in-house. Also, think about what you’re not doing, like marketing, building client relationships and shooting. Outsourcing post-production might not be so expensive after all.
5. “Someone else is going to see my out-of-camera images.”  True, but that’s nothing to worry about. We work with hundreds of photographers just like you, and we never share secrets.

 

Do any of those sound like you? We know a quick blog article won’t alleviate all your concerns, but hopefully it’s enough to get you thinking. Feel free to contact us, and we’d be happy to address any remaining qualms you might have. We’re pretty confident you’ll be happy that you did.

Fast Turnaround. Always

No special promo. Not for a limited time. No extra cost. PWD’s standard turnaround for post-production and album design jobs is just 4 business days or less. Are you running behind this busy season?  Get caught up now.  Visit PWD today.

PWD Does More

Did you know that PWD does more than just color-correction?  PWD offers solutions for the professional photographer’s entire post-event workflow.  How can we help you?
>> Post-Production Correction, selection, styling, sequencing, b&w… >> Custom Retouching Skin smoothing, head swapping, object removal… >> Hosting Site Upload Any site: Pictage, Photoshelter, Smugmug… >> Album Design Traditional, clean/modern, contemporary, custom… >> Album Print & Bind Professional PWD prints & beautiful Azura albums >> Lab Products Proofs, reprints, cards, books, canvas, mounting… >> Helpful Advice Workflow advice & tips to help you succeed
With services for everyone and fast, 4-day turnaround on post-production and design jobs, find what you’ve been missing from your post-event workflow at PWDLabs.com.

PWD News – Canvas via IQ, Bambi Workshop Photos, and more

Newsletter July 13, 2009 In This Issue Sell Canvas via ImageQuix Workshop Photos by Bambi Cantrell Increase Your Online Sales Notice to Mac ROES Users The Dark (room) Ages PWD Sale of the Week PWD Quick Links PWDLabs.com PWD Blog PWD ROES PWD Catalog (PDF) Sell Canvas via ImageQuix Canvas, buttons, and magnets now available for sale to consumers We’ve added new products to our IQ line-up so you, the photographer, can offer your clients more. You can add these items to your price list today. Click “Read More” to learn how. Read More > Workshop Photos by Bambi Cantrell Bambi shares model shots from the workshop You followed her around the Georgia Aquarium, laughing and jotting down notes while she shot beautiful models. Now, see the pictures from the Bambi Cantrell shoot. Read More > Increase Your Online Sales How to make more money by offering discounts In today’s economy the most powerful word is “discount,” but simply lowering your prices is not the answer. There are ways to offer discounts to your clients which encourage them save more by spending more. Guest author Matt McCulloch from ImageQuix shares tips on how to do just this. Read More > Important Notice to Mac ROES Users Or, why isn’t PWD ROES working on my Mac?!? It appears the recent OS X 10.5.7 Java update has changed things around enough to cause some issues with ROES. Read on for the solution. Read More > The Dark (room) Ages Photojournalism before the digital enlightenment In this occassional series, guest author Alan Weiner of The Wedding Bureau shares memories of his time as a contract photojournalist for The New York Times. This week, learn about his portable darkroom and what it took to deliver an image in the pre-digital days. Read More > PWD Sale of the Week 10% off standard prints They’re prints, they’re great quality and they’re on sale. Save now on studio-corrected prints. Order Via ROES > Questions? Comments? Articles? We love hearing from you, so tell us what you like, what you don’t like and any questions you’d like to see answered in future newsletters. Interested in being a guest author? Drop us a line with your article idea. Email info@PWDLabs.com

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