What happens after you press the shutter.
Sorry for no post yesterday. I’ve been feeling a little off lately and I spent most of the day resting. The last think I want is to be sick for my upcoming trip. Yesterday was going to be an editing day so it was bumped until today. So what happens after I press the shutter in the field?
I have been in this area for several weeks which means I have been out in the field multiple times photographing the horses. The last time I was out, I had to swap out the memory card in my camera because it was full. It was time to download the images off the camera. Since I have basically been shooting from the car, I have been using both camera bodies. After downloading the images, there were 2110 images to cull. I have been working a lot the last three months on workflow in processing my images. I think I have it set but you never know. Now, I will never turn all those images into finished photos for posting, sale or the website. The vast majority will simply be deleted during the culling process. I admit, I’m probably making this process harder on myself than I need to but I don’t like to use the various culling programs available. What does this mean? It means I look at each image (all 2110) individually and make a decision to delete, skip or process the image. Out of the first pass, I have decided on 76 images to consider for processing. Step one is completed. I spent about two hours on this process this morning.
For step two, I review the images again and decide if I still want to keep them and what I plan on using them for (socials, website, calendar, printing). I then crop the image accordingly and further delete images I no longer wish to process. Once this is done, I’m now ready to do the real work of editing the images. It can take 10-20 minutes to complete each image which includes descriptions and keywords. The image is now completed and ready to use.
To say this entire thing is a process is an understatement. It is the “work” of photography that I spoke about in the past. It’s not my favorite part but it is a necessary part. My goal from now until the end of the year is to be more diligent on keeping up with this “work” part. I need everyone keeping me on track.
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Keep exploring,
Wendy