H2O Junkie
June 15th, 2008, 05:57 AM
I must confess that in my normal world of photography I try my best to minimize work in PhotoShop. Why you ask? Well, it takes too much time to fix mistakes after the fact, especially if you have just returned with a 2 GB chip full from a wedding or other major shoot. It's fun to play around with once in a while, but if you have to process 100 or more photos it just takes too much time. Because of that I try to get it right in the viewfinder so I don't have to.
That said, I went out on a limb last weekend when I agreed to do the portrait shoot for a wedding I was the best man in. It is kind of a weird story, but I said I would do the after wedding portrait shoot only. I had a friend there who wanted to use my camera (a technical monstrosity most of the time) to shoot photos during the wedding. To facilitate him, I put the camera in auto mode, turned on the on-camera flash and used jpg images. Once the wedding was over, I took over the camera, broke out the lighting and began the shoot. I actually had to ask the others with cameras to take a break from shooting for a bit because their flashes were screwing up my lighting. I posted here one of the photos from the shoot if you want to see the larger version of it. You can see it in my gallery at http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/2579048570_b8bbd15fb2_m.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/2579048570_b8bbd15fb2_m.jpg
The extent of the PP work in this photo was minimal. It consisted of a slight correction to brightness and some healing to remove crow's feet and minor skin blemishes. Time spent among all photos shot was about 30 minutes. The bride and groom were VERY happy with the photos and I discovered I need better portrait equipment. I over-ran my bracket-mounted flash numerous times during the shoot. I am now looking for a flash with an external battery pack.
That said, I went out on a limb last weekend when I agreed to do the portrait shoot for a wedding I was the best man in. It is kind of a weird story, but I said I would do the after wedding portrait shoot only. I had a friend there who wanted to use my camera (a technical monstrosity most of the time) to shoot photos during the wedding. To facilitate him, I put the camera in auto mode, turned on the on-camera flash and used jpg images. Once the wedding was over, I took over the camera, broke out the lighting and began the shoot. I actually had to ask the others with cameras to take a break from shooting for a bit because their flashes were screwing up my lighting. I posted here one of the photos from the shoot if you want to see the larger version of it. You can see it in my gallery at http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/2579048570_b8bbd15fb2_m.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/2579048570_b8bbd15fb2_m.jpg
The extent of the PP work in this photo was minimal. It consisted of a slight correction to brightness and some healing to remove crow's feet and minor skin blemishes. Time spent among all photos shot was about 30 minutes. The bride and groom were VERY happy with the photos and I discovered I need better portrait equipment. I over-ran my bracket-mounted flash numerous times during the shoot. I am now looking for a flash with an external battery pack.