Photographers’ workflows consist of taking photos, removing the memory card, putting it in a reader, and importing their images. Tethering allows you to connect your camera to a computer or tablet and almost instantly help view your images on the device within seconds after it is captured. If you are shooting on location or in a lot of different places, this is not really a practical way to work, but if most or all of your work is in a studio, shooting tethered can provide a lot of benefits.
The importance of tethering aside from helping photographers save time and help reduce the workload of having to mount and unmount memory cards, which can result in the loss of the card, also has a number of advantages that we’d be looking at today.
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- BETTER QUALITY IMAGES: An high-quality image is the goal of every photographer and tethering provides a way for you to view the focus, exposure, composition, colour, and details about your subject in high resolution on a larger display as you shoot. You are then able to make any necessary adjustments before your subject leaves your set, and you can rest assured that you captured the necessary shots in fewer frames.
- FASTER WORKFLOW: When you tether, images are transferred directly to your computer, which instantly speeds up your workflow by bypassing the step of having to transfer your images from a memory card. This also ensures that your images are safe from a potentially corrupted memory card.
- BETTER ORGANISATION: Tethering, provides an easy, accurate, and organized way of arranging your images and easy access to sourcing for your images when need be.
The video below by Tony and Chelsea Northrup from YouTube extensively explains how to shoot tethering
