Taking Photos with PP in mind
Dec 9, 2017 08:28:11 #
Steve DeMott
Loc: St. Louis, Missouri (Oakville area)
When I first started taking photos I always tried to imagine what the outcome would be before I took the shot. This usually resulted in finding an interesting composition, setting up the camera, focusing, adjusting exposure, refocusing and maybe adjusting the lighting if possible. If I liked what I saw..... click.
30 years later. I can take and throw away more images in 30 minutes then I did with film in a week.
So.......... Here's my question.
How many of you take photographs with PP in mind?
30 years later. I can take and throw away more images in 30 minutes then I did with film in a week.
So.......... Here's my question.
How many of you take photographs with PP in mind?
Dec 9, 2017 08:34:25 #
Linary
Loc: UK
steve DeMott wrote:
When I first started taking photos I always tried ... (show quote)
I'm one who does think about PP. I may want to print 2:3, 4:3 or 4:5 so my first thought is always about cropping. Years back, I was taught to "fill the frame" but soon learned that my 6 x 6 negatives did not lend themselves to different paper sizes. Digital is the same, sensor is 2:3 so I leave room for cropping.
Dec 9, 2017 08:34:50 #
Dec 9, 2017 08:34:55 #
Dec 9, 2017 08:41:45 #
steve DeMott wrote:
When I first started taking photos I always tried ... (show quote)
The same way as you did before. Get it right the first time and you have fewer images to sort through. However, digital allows more experimentation.
Dec 9, 2017 08:43:51 #
steve DeMott wrote:
... How many of you take photographs with PP in mind?
There is no other way!
Even when shooting JPEG straight out of the camera it is "post processed" according to how the camera is configured. You either adjust the configuration to get what you want, or you adjust what you will accept by what the LCD shows that post processing has produced.
At a more advanced state you may well ignore the JPEG configuration and shoot entirely based on expected post processing entirely external to the camera.
Dec 9, 2017 08:56:00 #
Every shot.
Every digital exposure gets 'processed'. If you are shooting jpgs, the shot will be processed by some some engineer who wrote a program in Japan or Taiwan a couple of years ago and who was guessing at what you might consider to be a good exposure. I prefer to process it to the way I want it. I don't feel it is 'mine' unless I put my hand to it. It is the difference between a frozen TV dinner and a home cooked meal.
Every digital exposure gets 'processed'. If you are shooting jpgs, the shot will be processed by some some engineer who wrote a program in Japan or Taiwan a couple of years ago and who was guessing at what you might consider to be a good exposure. I prefer to process it to the way I want it. I don't feel it is 'mine' unless I put my hand to it. It is the difference between a frozen TV dinner and a home cooked meal.
Dec 9, 2017 08:57:24 #
Dec 9, 2017 09:00:13 #
I usually never take pictures with PP in mind. I might tweak them later though if required though.
(I like to shoot so I DON'T have to do any tweaking.)
(I like to shoot so I DON'T have to do any tweaking.)
Dec 9, 2017 09:02:24 #
Longshadow wrote:
I usually never take pictures with PP in mind. I might tweak them later though if required though.
(I like to shoot so I DON'T have to do any tweaking.)
(I like to shoot so I DON'T have to do any tweaking.)
Every shot needs "tweaking". Just sayin'.
Dec 9, 2017 09:05:50 #
Steve - Your “back in the day” (no post-processing) method still works, but the good news from digital photography is that all is not lost when it doesn’t. You have the option to use photo editing tools to make corrections or to entirely re-imagine an image artistically.
Dec 9, 2017 09:10:25 #
Kmgw9v wrote:
Every shot needs "tweaking". Just sayin'.
And every shot gets tweeking!
Dec 9, 2017 09:12:00 #
Just like you, Steve:
1. find or create an interesting composition
2. focus, adjust exposure, refocus, and maybe adjusting the lighting if possible
3. imagine the outcome
AND
4. Shoot in raw for most detail and dynamic range. Shooting in raw requires cooking the raw into an edible recipe
The result is my personal interpretation of the light, colors and mood.
This is not the same thing as "attempting to salvage a bad picture by using pp." Try this benchmark: is there any professional* photographer who doesn't post process?
*edit - after reading rehess's question below, I'll amend my question to exclude photojournalists
1. find or create an interesting composition
2. focus, adjust exposure, refocus, and maybe adjusting the lighting if possible
3. imagine the outcome
AND
4. Shoot in raw for most detail and dynamic range. Shooting in raw requires cooking the raw into an edible recipe
The result is my personal interpretation of the light, colors and mood. This is not the same thing as "attempting to salvage a bad picture by using pp." Try this benchmark: is there any professional* photographer who doesn't post process?
*edit - after reading rehess's question below, I'll amend my question to exclude photojournalists
Dec 9, 2017 09:14:52 #
steve DeMott wrote:
I take pictures the way I always have. I spend time getting it "right" - then turn it over to professional processing - before it was the Kodachrome lab, now it is the JPEG "developer" packaged inside the camera. I'm not seeking perfection, but a reasonable record of what I saw.When I first started taking photos I always tried ... (show quote)
Dec 9, 2017 09:15:51 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Try this benchmark: is there any professional photographer who doesn't post process?
Try this benchmark: is there any professional photographer who doesn't post process?
I'm guessing the guys who report news don't.
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