Photogs: Those who take 'em and those who love 'em

[freyja]

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[Fancy]

Originally Posted by freyja

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A couple weeks ago I shot the local Lilac Festival, and I'm still wading through about 500 images!!

[femmedyke]

Off to shoot a recent HS grad. . . so excited, haven't posted my mums pictures to flickr yet, but I did post some photos I took at a Pet Expo last weekend.

Okay.. .so edit question... what is your edit style? Do you group photographs and then go through them? How do you stay focused when "wading through 500 images"? What programs do you use/like?

[femmedyke]

Posted a couple of shots of my mama on flickr as well as a few from my recent session. If you're interested, of course

[Thinker]

Originally Posted by femmedyke

Posted a couple of shots of my mama on flickr as well as a few from my recent session. If you're interested, of course

Well, now... I never knew. You are excellent!!

[freyja]

Very happy to see fellow shutterbugs in here.

Let's keep it active folks!!!

FemmeDyke - did you know you can get a 10 day free trial online, or have you already played thru a trial already?

I am a fan of many post processing programs. Adobe, Microsoft and Canon's own system. Depending on what my needs are, I like having many tools at my disposal.

Freckle - Did I miss the link to your lilac shots? ooooooh purple!

[Fancy]

Originally Posted by freyja

Very happy to see fellow shutterbugs in here.

Let's keep it active folks!!!

FemmeDyke - did you know you can get a 10 day free trial online, or have you already played thru a trial already?

I am a fan of many post processing programs. Adobe, Microsoft and Canon's own system. Depending on what my needs are, I like having many tools at my disposal.

Freckle - Did I miss the link to your lilac shots? ooooooh purple!

Ah, um...I didn't post any yet.

[Fancy]

Originally Posted by femmedyke

Off to shoot a recent HS grad. . . so excited, haven't posted my mums pictures to flickr yet, but I did post some photos I took at a Pet Expo last weekend.

Okay.. .so edit question... what is your edit style? Do you group photographs and then go through them? How do you stay focused when "wading through 500 images"? What programs do you use/like?

I'm a Photoshop nerd and will pull out the images I like and ensure that color balance is optimal and that an image is cropped the way I like. I do tend to over-crop because I like a tight frame (that just sounds wrong). I'm not a purist when it comes to my images, and if an image has potential I will tweak it (burn, dodge, soften/sharpen focus, etc) until it matches my vision. I would do the same when I was working on photos in the darkroom, so why not digital.

When a batch of photos is huge (like the 500), I won't work through the entire set. I will pull out groupings for specific purposes. For example, I shot many of local marching bands because several of my friends have kids in the band and I was shooting for them to have keepsakes.

Also, I'm incredibly picky. Out of that large set, I may keep or publish a dozen.

How about you?

[femmedyke]

I have a copy of Elements8 which came with my printer, but I'm still learning all of it's functions. A copy of Lightroom is on my (sadly ever growing) wish list. I currently edit my photos with GIMP and Picnik.

I absolutely love playing and editing a photographs; adding texture, layer masks, words, playing with curves (oooh la la), sharpening and softening. It all gets me downright giddy.

In order for me to process pictures for clients in a reasonable time frame I tend to do a quick run through and delete all those I am immediately unsatisfied with and then group the remaining images into locations or scenes. From there I'll time through each group and pick my favourites. I am also very picky but for me this means I will work and re-work a photo for hours upon hours. I am still learning when it's time to walk away from a photograph that can't be 'fixed'.