Tethered Shooting Is the Closest Thing to a Safety Net This Business Offers

Tethered Shooting Is the Closest Thing to a Safety Net This Business Offers

The first time a client asked to see the back of my camera between every single shot, I knew something had to change. Not because the request was unreasonable, but because I realized I’d built a workflow that made client collaboration awkward and slow. They’d walk over, squint at a three-inch screen in bright ambient light, say “looks good I think,” and walk back. Nobody was confident in anything. The images were fine.

Tethered Shooting Is the Closest Thing to a Safety Net This Business Has

Tethered Shooting Is the Closest Thing to a Safety Net This Business Has

The first time a client walked over to my laptop mid-shoot and said “can we go a little warmer on the skin tones?” I realized I had permanently changed the way I worked. Not because the feedback was surprising, but because I could act on it immediately, show them the result, and keep shooting without stopping to argue about what we’d deal with “in post.” That moment probably saved a two-hour reshoot.