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The Efficiency Expert

Sarah Silver streamlines her shoots to stay on top of her game.

Sarah Silver

Back up, back up, back up! And back up your backup.

Don�t make any changes during a shoot or the morning of a shoot unless they are absolutely necessary. Don�t recalibrate your monitor, don�t install new software, and don�t change computers. Changing these variables leads to inconsistency and can render results you�re not expecting.

Own your own gear�you�ll know it inside and out (e.g., you�ll know what to do if your digital back crashes, what happens if you put the Caps Lock key on by mistake while exporting, etc. Owning your own gear is just another way to reduce variables that can lead to bad files.

Sarah Silver�s Gear Box

MEDIUM-FORMAT CAMERA
Hasselblad 503 CW bodies
Hasselblad-brand Carl Zeiss lenses: 50mm f/4.0, 80mm f/2.8, 120mm f/4.0, 135mm macro

DIGITAL BACK
Sinar 54M

LIGHTING
Broncolor strobe system
Broncolor lighting tools

DIGITAL/COMPUTER
Apple Mac G5 Towers, G4 Titanium PowerBook
LaCie Electron 22 Blue IV monitors
Epson Stylus Pro 4000 printer
HP 2600n color laser jet printer
ColorVision Print Fix, Monitor Spyder
Photoshop CS
Moab Kokapelli Luster and Entrada 190 Bright White paper

NECESSITIES
Moab archival boxes
Apple iPod (40GB)

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