Processing Images

I've been processing images for the last three weeks and have not been able to get out and shoot that much. I have to finish images from a wedding that I shot three weeks ago. We shot the rehearsal and all day at the wedding so there are a large number of images to get done. Hoping to have all of it done and up at my website in less than two weeks. I have a large number of the candids and the shots from the rehearsal already done, I just had to wait for the bride and groom to pick the formals and other images that they wanted. We sat down with them the other day and finished with that.

I try to get my processing down to twenty minutes or less per image, especially candid shots. This part can eat up so much time which is why it is extremely important to get it as good as you can in camera to save yourself time on the back end. I find that spending a few minutes extra getting the shot in camera can save me tons of time on the computer. Another tip to help is bracket your shots by 1/2 a stop each way to make sure you get a good exposure. On group shots take at least three, sometimes four on larger groups. You never know when your going to have to grab a face from one of the other shots to make it work.

Another thing I have to keep reminding myself is to get up from the computer at least once every two hours. You've got to rest your eyes. If you don't you can make serious color correcting mistakes.