Weddings - pp- workflow?

Mp4

Mp4

Suspended / Banned
Messages
346
Edit My Images
Yes
Hi all,

Q: For wedding photographers that have been in the industry for a while, How long did it take you to feel that you are capiable of doing weddings?
Or how long did it take you to do better and learn from mistakes etc? (if any)

Q: Whats your workflow? The editing part I personally can't stand. I think roughly all day wedding 800-1000 photos and then takes myself another 2x days to edit them.
How do you edit really quickly?

Advice:

I personally love this guys feel/look/processing

http://www.davidwestphotography.co.uk/

id like to try and create this look but no idea how to go about it :D
 
Mp4 said:
id like to try and create this look but no idea how to go about it :D
Click to expand...
There's a really big clue on the page at the end of the link, that should give you plenty of reading on that style of processing.
 
Mp4 said:
Hi all,

Q: For wedding photographers that have been in the industry for a while, How long did it take you to feel that you are capiable of doing weddings?
Or how long did it take you to do better and learn from mistakes etc? (if any)

Q: Whats your workflow? The editing part I personally can't stand. I think roughly all day wedding 800-1000 photos and then takes myself another 2x days to edit them.
How do you edit really quickly?

Advice:

I personally love this guys feel/look/processing

http://www.davidwestphotography.co.uk/

id like to try and create this look but no idea how to go about it :D
Click to expand...

I felt capable at the first wedding, otherwise I wouldn't have taken it on. I learnt stuff from the first and did better in my second. Three years later I'm still learning.

Get the images right in camera and by that I don't just mean good exposure, but shooting something you know will work with your editing style.

When it comes to editing just create a look your happy with and keep it simple. Save it as a preset then batch apply the preset on import. Then just work your way through making the necessary changes. I'd look at reducing the amount of images you supply - over 30 weddings a year, by giving 300 images less per wedding you'll still get couples happy with your service and you'll save yourself a lot of work.
 
Oh sweet thanks for that find Alastair :) $75 for the presets though! :o

theurbanclown:

I've undertaken a few weddings now and still trying to learn from the prevouis and come up with new ideas (depending on the b&g/location)
As with weddings can only practace on the day(paid) so how do you learn more?
 
Is it worth $75 to you? How much are you likely to charge for a wedding? small drop in the profit pond I expect.

That said though, I wouldn't buy a preset. I make my own and I always encourage others to make theirs too. That way you always know that if an image doesn't look exactly right after applying the preset, You will know how to adjust it to make it work.

I have tried to use 'packaged presets' before and I just struggled as they are mostly hacks and not done in the correct manor of how to edit an image properly.
 
I feel I should also add my work flow method.

1, I will select all images and flag them all, then I go through the collection of images and remove the flag for images which I don't feel have any value, blurry shots or any which missed focus etc.
2, I will apply my own preset to all of the remaining images, this preset includes split toning, tone curve, post crop vignette and contrast adjustments.
3, I will go through the selection once more, this time making adjustments to exposure, shadows and highlights where necessary. I will do any required spot healing / local adjustments. On this pass I will also refine my selection once again.
4, Finally I apply noise reduction and sharpness adjustments via presets personalised to my camera as specific ISO settings.

Job done.
 
There are good presets and bad presets, and even more ways of using good presets badly - even with the best presets there's a lot to get right before pressing the shutter in order to get the look you want, and the preset is only a starting point for fine tuning.

I haven't experience with the LLF presets but, I learned more about Lightroom processing from studying VSCO presets than I did following online tutorials, etc. It depends on your style of learning.

You're going to spend a lot more than $75 before you get going.
 
Mp4 said:
Oh sweet thanks for that find Alastair :) $75 for the presets though! :eek:

theurbanclown:

I've undertaken a few weddings now and still trying to learn from the prevouis and come up with new ideas (depending on the b&g/location)
As with weddings can only practace on the day(paid) so how do you learn more?
Click to expand...


Maybe go on a workshop.

And use the weddings you're attending to practice new things.
 
Mp4 said:
Oh sweet thanks for that find Alastair :) $75 for the presets though! :eek:
Click to expand...
I've now realised that they're not necessarily LooksLikeFilm presets, I suspect that photographers on that site are using VSCO when the preset is listed as a film type without any further information - so $59 rather than $79 for the pack. But it still takes a lot more than pushing a button to apply the preset to get the look those folk are achieving.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top