I was able to finish a bunch of photo projects today, and boy does it feel good! I ended up with more photography stuff the past week than I had anticipated. But as of now, I'm mostly caught up... until I fill my memory cards up again with more images from tomorrow's (or later today's) wedding (where I'm going as a 3rd shooter and for learning).
I designed and printed up the event cards myself for the 25th anniversary coming up, and I'm rather pleased with the results. I didn't order them from the online vendor b/c of turnaround time. I realized today I wouldn't get them in time for next week's anniversary party on Saturday. Since I just finished processing today all the photos from the "dress session" from Wednesday. I also finished processing the photos from the mom&baby session I did for Delilah on Tuesday.
I still have the family session to process from last weekend...but they're on summer vacation and not in a rush...
I just realized I have 3 shoots next week: 2 multiple peep shoots, and then the anniversary event on Sat. I'm going to be busy with post-processing!
And I've been pondering lots about the business-side of things... it's what my brain's been musing over on default mode...
I feel very blessed for all of these opportunities that have come my way.
I'd like to actually work on personal family photo and memories though...I haven't done a lot of processing of those at all...
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Congrats with all the new work! That's great news.
I'm just curious - do you pretty much shoot in RAW and then process everything? That is a TON of work. Although I'm pretty handy with my CS2, I use it sparingly. I know there are two trains of thoughts: 1. post-process everything 2. post-processing should be minimal
Because I'm lazy and my computer isn't super powerful, I only post-process if I really didn't get a good picture and it's absolutely necessary to get a shot that I wanted. Of course, if I were shooting professionally, this combination of problems would pop up a lot more often. It seems like you dedicate a lot of time to PS. What are your thoughts?
Jerin-
my thoughts on post processing...
I like to tweak my images. (I'm trying to find that certain "look" - or establish a style)
I shoot JPG not RAW and I process my favorite images in photoshop. Regarding the tons of post-processing that I ended up having to do, it was b/c I had my camera exposure compensation set to -2/3 on a whole entire shoot! AHHH! so i had to go back and fix the exposure. I'm sure it would have been a lot easier had I shot in RAW and batch processed, but the truth of the matter is that I don't have the knowledge base to work with RAW that well. That's something else I need to learn.
My computer isn't super powerful either. it's actually super slow. i'm working on a Dell latitude laptop. Not even a Mac.
I'd like to NOT post-process as much, but it seems that the photoshop is what really sets the images apart from what others shoot. (I mainly play with levels, hue/saturation & color balance, and the light) I don't do a ton of airbrushing or all that.
I've learned a lot...and especially from today's shoot that I just did... I'm getting some great images that were in my head and now I see them on my computer. It's really exciting!
It seems like all of my friends are getting into photography, and I am so behind the times...so busy, and just feel too stressed to work on hobbies I would love to spend more time with...like photography. You really are blessed with a great talent! Keep it up!! By the way, I made my blog a private blog...long story...but can you send me an email address so I can send you an invite?
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Hey Grace, I hear you about defining your own style. It's easier to do with Photoshop. Maybe it can only be done with PS. I'd have to ask Ansel Adams what he thinks. But obviously much of it is also done with the choice of lenses, angles, etc. I really like how creative people can be with wide angle lenses. If I could pick a style, that would be mine. ;) Anyway - keep working! You're photography's going to be ubiquitously distinctly "graceful" soon.
Ansel Adams IS the coolest. I want to get his books - they are the standard. And I'd be interested to know what he thinks about photoshop and these digital days.
As for photoshop and me. It IS easier to tweak my images in photoshop since I'm still building my photography skills. I don't have all the equipment that I'd like (wide angle lens, lighting equip, filters etc) and photoshop is like insta-easy darkroom with all of it's digital power.
I didn't do photography in the days of film...but I know the principles of composition are the same... and I don't know all of the technical ins and outs of a ton of stuff, but I'm trying to create with what I do know, and then add to my knowledge base too...
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