I am one fortunate individual. I have a job I love and I get to travel. The past three weeks were a whirlwind Euro adventure. Berlin/Hamburg workshop followed by a week in London for the Blurb Mothership. There were friends and new faces. Events to attend, images to make, and new photo/book experiences. I truly wish I had the skills to make better work. This film is ugly, no two ways about it. The good news is I learn my limitations every time out. I know what I need to do good things even when I know I don’t have the time to do so. Someday. Maybe someday. I have a long thank you list to attend to and several questions that came in during my trip. Hope everyone is well and doing their thing. More later.
Creative: Europe Recap and Short Q&A
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In regard to your software answer, can you let me know how much post you actually do to your images in Lightroom. In multiple posts you state you are not a software/tech guy, however, the colors you are getting are wonderful in your images. I am in the process of learning and would love a little insight to the time you spend per image and the types of adjustments you tend to make (i.e. global adjustments like contrast, WB, highlights, etc… or do you spend time on the curves, masks, etc..) Would love to hear a bit about the process that works for you. Thanks in advance…
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Hello Dave,
I wish I had better news. I am happy to share what I do, but there is virtually nothing to it. I will bump the midtones and that’s about it. I don’t sharpen, I don’t use masks, nothing, nada. I work on one image, copy that recipe, apply to the rest of the images and then export. Even with Antarctica work, the largest shoot I’ve done in years, my entire editing time was no more than one hour. I have zero interest in post processing and I spend so much time in front of a computer for my Blurb job, I can’t imagine adding to this with my photography.