Projected Workflow!

You know that old adage that if you write it down you are more likely to get it done? Well, I'm taking it a step further and putting it right here on the ole blog, because then I have to be accountable to all 6 of you who read this blog faithfully :)

This year has been by far my busiest in the 13 years that I have been shooting. For that a big nod to the guy upstairs and crossing fingers and toes, knocking on wood.... And for the first time in 13 years I find myself actually getting close to deadlines. Now, I am not exactly very anal retentive in real life, but when it comes to my biz, that's a whole nother animal for me. I've always put deadlines in my contract that I thought were crazy long, giving me padding for the unexpected illness or other major life event; 6 weeks for weddings, a week for portraits. But over the years I generally had weddings up in three weeks or less and portraits within a few days. Now I find myself running at the week for portraits and 4-5 weeks for weddings. I keep taking deep cleansing breaths and telling myself this is OKAY...but I have to admit it does stress me out. Probably me more so than my clients, who are the coolest people in the world. Not that I am biased or anything.

In a way, it's been a good kick in the pants for me to take a look at my work flow and consider (GASP!) hiring some help to do "monkey work" like mailing print orders, uploading stuff to Facebook, the lab...some simple album design. So that's going to be in the works for the slower winter months.

So with that, gentle blog reader, here is my schedule for the next few weeks. If I've already shot your wedding here's where you will find when you can expect to see your photos. When I say "Week of" I mean...sometime during that week. I can't say when, but I can promise you it will be that week. God willing, even earlier...but for sure that week unless I am abducted by aliens.

Abel's Senior Photos: By Monday Sept 15
8-16-08 Renee and Matt: This week!
Danielle's Senior Photos: By August 18
8-22-08 Karen and Darren: The week of Sept 15
8-23-08 Nicole and Greg: The week of Sept 22
8-30-08 Crystalynn and Zack The week of Sept29
9-05-06 Maryam and Arash: Week of Oct6
9-06-08 Marin and Sam: Week of Oct 13

That's it for now!