Me: I should be editing and culling galleries. Instead, I got sidetracked and decided to go back and practice some new editing techniques. Here is a picture of my sweet girl from over a year ago.
I don’t typically post a whole lot of before and after shots. I was asked a question the other day that made me think maybe I should. A client was asking me my opinions on great cameras for taking photos. Of course I gave her my 2 cents but then I went down the rabbit hole. A lot of people think that cameras are what makes photos great. But there are so many more components that have taken a number of years to learn. Even I am still learning every single day. The camera is not the only thing that makes the image great. It’s the lens for what you are trying to achieve and the composition. One of the most important things that people tend to forget: The artistic vision of the person behind the camera and the editing that takes place after.
I have been to shootouts where photographers are all taking the same photo of a subject. No one final image looks the same in the end. They are all beautiful in many different ways. (This is part of the reason I am reluctant to show clients the back of my camera when taking photos outside). It would be hard for you to envision what I see the final image as if I showed you the first image upfront.
It’s also our job as photographers to educate our clients. This image in particular probably took a good 8 minutes to edit. Newborn images can sometimes take up to 30+ minutes per image. Anyway, here is my before and after and my project of avoidance in doing the list of tasks I really need to do.