Having been a Mac guy forever, it’s just weird to think of Microsoft having professional photography tools but hey, they’re getting with it these days. They’ve release a plugin for Microsoft Outlook 2003 & 2007 just for scheduling photoshoots. Now, all I have to do is switch to Windows…hmm…nah!

Some of us just are not detail people. I’m great at seeing the big picture, but I often forget the little things. So I make a lot of lists to keep track of stuff. Pro Photo Shoot is a Microsoft Office Outlook add-in that is designed to help photographers keep track of the little stuff. When you’re first planning a photo shoot—perhaps while you’re on the phone with your customer—you can bring up a dialog with a list of the equipment you own and then check off what you want to bring with you. The list is stored in the body of the appointment so when you print the appointment record the list is right there with all the other details. That way you can have the list in hand as you’re running out the door to make sure you’ve got everything you need. And you can have the list at the shoot to make sure you bring everything back with you (I told you I was bad on details).

http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/articles/lens.aspx