Lazy editing?

ConfusedChicca

ConfusedChicca

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I did some test shots for a DJ last week, and posted them on Facebook as that what she asked me to do.
I played with the contrast on a couple of them, including a B&W one which looks quite good IMO, and the client likes it.
But someone called me "unprofessional" as she claims anyone with a Mac can do the editing that I did..
Here are some of the shots:
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Anyone with a PC could do what you did, the difference is 'you' were asked to do it and 'you' did it. Sounds like sour grapes or someone trolling to me.
 
Depending on who the feedback came from, I wouldn't care to much about that opinion.
The point is the client liked them enough to use them.
 
Thing is, from the originals to the edits took about 30mins per photo, as I was trying lots of different things with each shot.
As far as I know the person that made the comment isn't a photographer, but even so, being called unprofessional has really peed me off.
An hour in photoshop to do something, or 5 mins in lightroom to do the same thing.. which would you choose? (this is what a photographer friend of mine said).
 
I think their comment might be due to the fact that the top one somewhat resembles the 'pop art' effect that you can apply with a single click straight to an image taken with photo-booth on a Mac. These are all over the place as peoples profile photos on facebook and so on.
The other two however are clearly different (even the first one is pretty different actually!) and I like them all. As Slvrbck says, the client likes them and that's what matters.
 
Well YOU took the photos and what you choose to do with them in editing is your own affair... and the clients. So tell her to :razz: ;)
 
ConfusedChicca said:
Thing is, from the originals to the edits took about 30mins per photo, as I was trying lots of different things with each shot.
As far as I know the person that made the comment isn't a photographer, but even so, being called unprofessional has really peed me off.
An hour in photoshop to do something, or 5 mins in lightroom to do the same thing.. which would you choose? (this is what a photographer friend of mine said).
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Well I would personally choose whatever was quickest to give the result I wanted, so I guess 5 min in Lightroom.

Don't get downhearted :) You like the shots, client likes the shots, job well done :)

Gary.
 
Its a simple process to do in photoshop:

Convert to B+W>apply the stamp filter>up the contrast

There is no denying that the editing process is fairly simple.
The shots, however, are very good, and the client asked for them, and the client likes them.

Tell anyone who questions you to politely **** right off!
 
It's this whole "what is and what is not a professional snapper" thing again isn't it.

There are always those who will say that be a pro you need to have grown up in a box with your six brothers and sisters, had the formula for the inverse square rule tattooed onto your arm, know the hyperfocal distance for all your lenses (and your friends) off by heart and shot on film for hundred years before taking on your first job.

Personally, I would have thought a very professional attitude is to take the shortest and most efficient route to making the images the client wants.
 
I offered to send her the originals for her to edit, she didn't reply hehe. I'm glad I'm not alone in thinking she's out of order though.
I'm glad people think the shots work too, I got sick of seeing moody DJ shots.. my mission in photoshoots (family or DJ) is to go for something different.
 
Sounds like sour grapes to me. Who cares how long it took? The fact is, you were asked to do it, you did it. You're happy, client's happy.

Just reply and tell her you didn't use any filters, you hand painted it using a mixture of brushes, adjustment layers and blending modes.

Then tell her to shut her whiney yapper.

(As you can see, I'm intolerant of whingers today :D)
 
Personally I think the shots are great and I thing the processing really does suit them. Does it really matter whether it took you 5 minutes or 5 hours to edit the shots if you and your client are ultimately happy with them? Of course not. Tell the rude poster to bog off :D
 
They look good to me. As FoodPoison said, they're not difficult adjustments *once you know what you want*, but that's really not the point. If doesn't matter if you take an image with a camera phone and spend thirty seconds in photoshop, or spend a day with an image taken on a 5D. It doesn't matter. The result matters.
 
ConfusedChicca said:
But someone called me "unprofessional" as she claims anyone with a Mac can do the editing that I did..
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The logical conclusion then would be that a professional could do it without a mac? Perhaps a nice stripey blazer instead? :D

Ignore them, they clearly don't have a clue what professional means and it sounds like they have some ego issues...

The shots work well, client is happy, job done :thumbs:
 
Everyone in the music business seems to like that effect of your first shot (i like that too), so you were providing what your client wanted.

Can't see the problem
 
If you worry about what other people think - you are sunk. Comments like this dont deserve the effort of a response. Learn from feedback from those in the know and otherwise do what pleases you or your customer.
 
The first conversion is a simple 1 bit image. Most editing packages have a filter to enable the effect, and in this instance it's very effective indeed which is all that matters. ;)
 
I like 1,3 and 2 in that order. If the client likes them then yep, who cares about the rest with their sour grapes. Sometimes the most effective images are the simplest. And with simplicity comes copycats, people who claim they can do it, and people who think it's wrong to be simple. Good work.
 
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