tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787045145365450037.post5385985395730690386..comments2023-03-03T07:27:35.840-08:00Comments on Steve Hwan's Photography Blog: pre-Editing: What I Like in PhotosSteve Hwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06432233034058414765noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787045145365450037.post-25756599635873239812011-12-06T19:08:20.474-08:002011-12-06T19:08:20.474-08:00Hi eric00000007,
I've never really gotten comf...Hi eric00000007,<br />I've never really gotten comfortable with Photoshop myself, and have only done a couple minor edits. I like Lightroom because it covers the simple edits I use, and it's convenient (to me) for browsing lots of photos and doing a quick exposure adjust or crop.<br /><br />On a typical photo, I might spend one, sometimes two, minutes total doing actual edits (mostly refining the cropping).<br /><br />I also spend a lot of time ranking the photos and deciding what to reject, and I wind up going through the whole set a few times - this probably also averages a minute or so per photo.<br /><br />I'm still working on trying to bring those times down, because a minute or two per photo multiplied out for a few thousand photos... you get the idea.<br /><br />I really do intend to write up the next one(editing/composition), but haven't had time.Steve Hwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06432233034058414765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-787045145365450037.post-58040350147672011492011-12-02T13:31:15.447-08:002011-12-02T13:31:15.447-08:00Damn, 6000-8000 for an extended weekend event that...Damn, 6000-8000 for an extended weekend event that's a lot. I don't say too much but it depends what you are looking for. I think I shot around 300-4000 photos for a 4 days event, even less. IT means nothing but it is less time just browsing pictures.<br /><br /><br />Determine what I like in a photo... hmmm<br />- light (shadows, reflection, colors)<br />- Composition (frame, directions, positions, lines, ...)<br />- subject, background, context<br />- story<br />- not determined reasons<br /><br /><br />I usually delete directly 'bad' photos from the camera screen, photos with over or under exposure when I really know that I will do nothing with it. I continue deleting other shots with a bigger screen later. I am in favour of deleting.<br /><br />File management and preview<br />I browse thumbnails and previews from filing system with some fast raw viewer (on windows Picasa, fast picture viewer). When I like one photo I edit it into photoshop. From what I saw of user, most users don't use photoshop because of their law skills on it or 0 knowledge, or time that it takes to edit.<br /><br />I don't yet edit metadata (XMP, IPTC), it should be better for file management but I don't need it today. Today I just use folders + date + name of the event, it is enough to me on my computer today but I know editing metadata could be better if I have more description to handle for historical reasons. <br /><br />Editing<br />I personally edit my best shots on Photoshop, I never do batch processing (or I do it from Photoshop with actions or copy and pasting layers - more simple sometimes with Lightroom). I tested Lightroom actively last year and I was disappointed about editing possibilities. Same thing for efficiency you really need strong computers to do almost nothing except viewing your files and it create lots of caching files.<br /><br />I tried to work on shadows, reflections, and more precise editing with lightroom. It is mission impossible. Without religion for a software or a system, too me it is good for bacth processing, to use presets, edit some large zone and have some fast results on many images. I am curious to know how much time you could spend editing just one photo ?<br /><br />I will certainly try to update my editing process this year, it is a constant work with the new softwares and updates.<br /><br />I am interrested to read about lens and camera settings when shooting Lindy Hop.<br />I waiting your next post and continue browsing your blog and your nice photos.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing !<br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/eric00000007/eric00000007https://www.blogger.com/profile/13371872932951193147noreply@blogger.com