Do you edit all your images?
May 15, 2017 07:05:37 #
rwilson1942 wrote:
I shoot RAW, so by necessity, I edit all my images.
When I say 'all' I mean any image that I intend to export as a JPEG and post on line or print.
When I say 'all' I mean any image that I intend to export as a JPEG and post on line or print.
Same here
May 15, 2017 07:21:42 #
Yes,
Processing is part of the photographic process.
You don't take a photograph, you make a photograph--A.A.
--Bob
Processing is part of the photographic process.
You don't take a photograph, you make a photograph--A.A.
--Bob
Luke Cage wrote:
In terms of images that are edited, do you rely on in camera editing or post processing with software applications?
Luke
Luke
May 15, 2017 07:27:09 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Luke Cage wrote:
In terms of images that are edited, do you rely on in camera editing or post processing with software applications?
Luke
Luke
I winnow through the camera first, then edit out those that don't make it on the computer. About 1% of my shots make it to post processing but even then very little is done with them as most of my time is taken when originally shooting the shot through the camera.
May 15, 2017 07:28:49 #
I once heard a professional photographer say that their isn't one photo that he doesn't do some sort of post processing.
May 15, 2017 07:31:46 #
OddJobber wrote:
I don't shoot with Canon, so I don't need to edit.
LOL!
May 15, 2017 07:32:36 #
May 15, 2017 07:36:41 #
rwilson1942 wrote:
I shoot RAW, so by necessity, I edit all my images.
When I say 'all' I mean any image that I intend to export as a JPEG and post on line or print.
When I say 'all' I mean any image that I intend to export as a JPEG and post on line or print.
Same here
May 15, 2017 07:49:20 #
leftj wrote:
pp but a lot of the images don't require much.
Especially if time is taken to get the image right in camera.
May 15, 2017 07:52:42 #
I shoot RAW so pp is always necessary. Before I began shooting RAW, I still processed my jpeg images. So yes, I process all my images. I certainly do not process or keep the "losers".
Mark
Mark
Luke Cage wrote:
In terms of images that are edited, do you rely on in camera editing or post processing with software applications?
Luke
Luke
May 15, 2017 08:13:06 #
OddJobber wrote:
I don't shoot with Canon, so I don't need to edit.
HA! Good one!
May 15, 2017 08:16:06 #
Luke Cage wrote:
In terms of images that are edited, do you rely on in camera editing or post processing with software applications?
Luke
Luke
The answer is YES. There is no "either/or" question here. I do whichever seems appropriate or is required for the job.
Pre-processing (setting *everything* on the camera exactly as needed for an image's end use) is absolutely required for some work. Post-processing is absolutely required for other work. Most work falls in between as a situational judgment call.
I look at the end use, risks, costs, and benefits, and "begin with the end in mind."
ALL my work --- even iPhone --- is "culled" --- edited for content --- in addition to editing for technical image quality. Clients and friends and family only see the good stuff.
May 15, 2017 08:23:44 #
No, I do not post process every image I shoot. I do not edit in camera because it is possible to make an irretrievable error, or corrupt the card.
I place all the images into LightRoom (which backs itself up) and uncheck any images I do not want to load into that LR Library catalog for further consideration (the obvious culls or images I shot over to fix something wrong like a bad facial expression or poor exposure).
I then can view each keeper image full screen to determine if it is worthy of work in the Develop module of LR.
As I do that I can select any image for inclusion in a Quick Collection that segregates it from the main body of keeper images without removing it from that library catalog, Then I have different plug-ins for LightRoom, like Photoshop CC and Nik software which allows me open the image in them, do further work unavailable in LR, and then save it back to that same LR Library Quick collection next to the original.
It is a simple process of elimination and refinement. It is common to end up with 1 out of 10 making it to the quick collection and 1 out of 50 making it to print (unless it is a wedding).
- Marc
I place all the images into LightRoom (which backs itself up) and uncheck any images I do not want to load into that LR Library catalog for further consideration (the obvious culls or images I shot over to fix something wrong like a bad facial expression or poor exposure).
I then can view each keeper image full screen to determine if it is worthy of work in the Develop module of LR.
As I do that I can select any image for inclusion in a Quick Collection that segregates it from the main body of keeper images without removing it from that library catalog, Then I have different plug-ins for LightRoom, like Photoshop CC and Nik software which allows me open the image in them, do further work unavailable in LR, and then save it back to that same LR Library Quick collection next to the original.
It is a simple process of elimination and refinement. It is common to end up with 1 out of 10 making it to the quick collection and 1 out of 50 making it to print (unless it is a wedding).
- Marc
May 15, 2017 08:23:49 #
manofhg
Loc: Knoxville, TN
As most others have said, if you shoot in RAW (which is advised), then PP is probably needed.
I went on a backpacking trip last summer with the Boy Scouts and shot about 2500 pics in two weeks. I did pp on every shot. That said, using LR will allow you to sync the settings for one pic on a series or all the remaining shots. If a large number of other pics require the same pp as that shot required, you take care of them very quickly. It did take me a long time to get all the pictures processed, but most required very little or were covered by the sync feature in LR. There were many I took to Elements to work more with, layer or stitch which I could not do in LR.
I went on a backpacking trip last summer with the Boy Scouts and shot about 2500 pics in two weeks. I did pp on every shot. That said, using LR will allow you to sync the settings for one pic on a series or all the remaining shots. If a large number of other pics require the same pp as that shot required, you take care of them very quickly. It did take me a long time to get all the pictures processed, but most required very little or were covered by the sync feature in LR. There were many I took to Elements to work more with, layer or stitch which I could not do in LR.
May 15, 2017 08:24:49 #
I delete any bad pictures in the camera at the time I am taking the picture then I edit them when I get home , and I use the windows live photo gallery it's a simple easy free editing program but it works nice I also use the Nikon ViewNX2 program It's what you like and feel good with. You don't need any bad pictures both in picture quality and composition they need to be good to keep. In a way the computer becomes your darkroom of the past.
May 15, 2017 08:40:20 #
breck
Loc: Derbyshire UK
A number of my images are not worth pp and are deleted. Everything starts as raw and all keepers are PP'ed only the best possible results wanted
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