how long does it take you to "create" a photograph

i wonder about other people's work process when they create a photograph. for myself, it depends on what type of photo. for simple snapshots, a few seconds at most.

for a product shoot, it can be up to 30mins if not more.

for a portrait, similarly, 10-30 minutes of planning.

for sports, lots of pre-conceptualizing different timing and composition, but the actually process is fast. too fast..

i never able to shoot landscape, i can imagine that will take ages to get the right composition and light/weather conditions.

how long does it take you to create your photos?

You need to define the term "create".
It sounds like, I think, photo prep work.

Outside...it just happens when everything comes together, could be 5 seconds, could be several days.
I have zero control of the natural light, other than with my feet.

do you mean when you show up at your perfectly planned out destination only to realize the light won't be right for half an hour so you set youself up perfectly and then wait for the light? Or do you mean how long does it take to decide on the settings for your camera, dialing the app and ISo etc.. If the first, however long it takes for the world to agree with me I've spent as long as three months waiting for the perfect sunset. If the second it depends on if I know what the heck i'm doing or not.

Some times its real fast and other times it takes time. Thats how creativity works. Its all about light and sometime the sun only gets to a certain point one day a year. Some things only get light on them a few months of the year. I remember a great midwest landscape photographer (LF) Michael Johnson told me one time he waited hours for a cloud to move to a certain spot to complete that composition and he lucked out because the light was perfect by the time the cloud got there.

When I'm shooting basketball, I'm mainly reacting and not creating. The players are moving so fast that there is no time to set things up. I can only guess/anticipate where the action is going by knowing the players and what they like to do; e.g., Kobe Bryant will shot from almost anywhere on the court. Be ready!

The times I've actually "created", I was waiting for several moving subjects to get into the right relationship with each other. While in Monterrey, CA outside the aquarium, I waited for 3 yachts to form a nice triangle in front of a brightly lit hotel in the background. I tried to get all three sailing in the same direction but no luck. At least I got 2 of them going in the same direction and the other in the opposite direction while forming a nicely composed triangle.

The 2nd example was on the 17-Mile Drive. We passed a group of women hiking on the side of the road while driving to a lookout point. At the point, I shot some seascapes and when I looked back I saw a nice shot of the rocky coast, a golf fairway, a HUGE house and the trees behind it. Nice, but I thought the line of women would add to the shot, so I waited about 10 minutes until they were in the right position.

When I'm shooting in my garden, I "create" by getting down to the level of the subject. I rarely shoot standing straight up unless the background I need can only be had standing straight up. On my knees a lot, and sometimes laying on my stomach. I have a right-angle viewfinder which I'm using more and more.

For most of my images, 3-5 hours each.

I do have one that took 37 years. Shot in 1970 and finished PP last year.

Typically 1/125th of a second, depending on the amount of light I have to work with of course.

Most of my shoots require several sessions of advanced planning - each session requiring 1 - 3 hours of prep depending on what I'm doing and whether the shot is on location or in studio. I've found that the more detail planning I do, the better the shoot and the better the final images - especially for location photography.

It depends on the subject. My longest was 2 hours to take a sunset shot from the moment I put the camera on the tripod. When I shoot HS Sports the time is the shutter speed I choose because you cannot set up a shot, In some sports you can try to anticipate what will happen and get in position to shoot it.

I waited about 3 weeks to get this shot. Needed the fog and clouds to cooperate.....mother nature can be a finicky biiiit...well, you get the idea. The fog wasn't as strong as I would've liked but I'll get another chance since the pond's only 3 miles from me.

For mine it depends on when "creation" starts. I will usually sketch out my poses on lil cards. That takes no more than maybe 10 seconds for each card.

Then the time to show the model, explain, pose and shoot. No more than a few minutes

Then taking editing it, usually no more than 10 minutes. I have advanced my editing skills enough to get the look I want fast. I know right were to go, what levels, curves, etc etc to use.

Good thing about my thought process is I can see a photos completed stage before I even have taken the photo. I like to think I make a photo NOT take a photo. Just me