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Prettym1k3 wrote:
Coin,
I edit most of my weddings in 3-4 hours. I deliver anywhere from 500-850 images on average.
I start by culling through a wedding and removing the bad stuff. I use "P" to pick (white flag) the images I like. Culling can take anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours, depending on how fast or lazy I feel like being.
Then I sort out just my picked images. I run a boiler plate action and make the minor adjustments to it that I know I like. Then I highlight all of my picked images and sync the edit.
Then I go one by one, and adjust each individual image, run my B&W edit on the ones I want to be B&W, and while doing this if I see a duplicate image or something I realize I don't like, I use un-pick that image (using the "U" key).
I 5-Star (using the 5 key) any images I like for my blog, and then red box (using the 6 key) any images I will tease on Facebook/Tumblr.
My wife, who is amazing, does a final review on the images, and does a 1 star (using the 1 key) any images she doesn't like, thinks need work, etc. She usually 1 stars anywhere from 5-25 images, and then I review them and decide to keep them or dump them.
Again, for most weddings, culling takes about 1-2 hours, and editing takes 3-4 hours. I've taken as little as 2 hours to edit a wedding, and as much as 6, but for the most part if I'm delivering 500-800 images, that's about right.
Most engagement session I cull in 10-15 minutes, and edit in about 30.
Of course, all of this depends on skin clean up, graduated filters used, how many images are perfect or need a little tweaking.
I do all of this in LR, and don't open photoshop at all except to run a diptych action for blogging.
On a side note, your work is brilliant, man. The colors, editing, posing, and framing. You've got talent - more than most....Show more →
Thanks for this workflow description, it takes me approx 16 hours to process but that has to do with my laziness.
My main concerns are now not really with workflow, but with the end image I am producing, quite often I am not happy with the result; or let me say it differently: I am happy with the result but then not happy with the amount of time I spent on it, if I reduce time, then I am not happy with the result.
I tend to use 5-8 adjustment brushes per image despite syncing adjustments.
I am trying to find a starting point or preset that would produce a nice end look in terms of saturated colors and skin tones.
In fact I am now going to try.... Capture One...
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