Post Processing

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Originally Posted by Richard Annable

When I go through (on average) 1000+ images after a wedding, the less I have to do the better.

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What I find interesting (and maybe a little off topic) is the quantity of photos that people take these days. Please don't take this as a criticism as it's only meant as an observation. I notice that most people shooting a wedding are taking 1000-3000 shots whenever I hear wedding photographers talk about their work.

When I hired a photographer to do my wedding 19 years ago (and yes, this dates me a bit) he had a planned shooting schedule and shot exactly 60 shots on his medium format camera. There was one where he had the chauffeur hold the flash and it was not positioned correctly, however, the other 59 came out perfectly. No closed eyes. Exposure was perfect.

Again, no point really... just an observation...

It stunned me that Richard took 1000+ for a wedding and apparently that's common practice.
At an event like an MTB event I'm trying to get a shot of all the riders ... 300 - 500, some of whom are in teams and might not ride more than once every 2 hours or so. It becomes necessary to shoot a lot of photos to get everyone.

I'm sure your wedding photographer still had some post processing to do IG

It' s funny. When I first got my camera and started taking photos I was one of those people who really stood by the fact that the photo isn't great unless it came out that way with no pp.

I've found that the more I take..the more I realize that in most cases..that isn't going to happen. Ha ha..now that may be because of the photographer :P but I can take a shot a million different ways and it seems there is always that one thing.

I also have feelings about too much pp. I'm not one for adding an element that wasn't originally in the photo. I guess the basics I'm all for. Unless it's for artistic value..but then I still think it's not the photo but an image created from a photo...

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Originally Posted by kat

It' s funny. When I first got my camera and started taking photos I was one of those people who really stood by the fact that the photo isn't great unless it came out that way with no pp.

I've found that the more I take..the more I realize that in most cases..that isn't going to happen. Ha ha..now that may be because of the photographer :P but I can take a shot a million different ways and it seems there is always that one thing.

I also have feelings about too much pp. I'm not one for adding an element that wasn't originally in the photo. I guess the basics I'm all for. Unless it's for artistic value..but then I still think it's not the photo but an image created from a photo...

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Yep, I'm the same. A photo remains a photo for me if no 'photoshop' elements etc are added that weren't there. As you say, it becomes an image for me if that's done. I enjoy both and create images sometimes just because I'm bored or feeling creative or have a 'nothing' photo I wouldn't otherwise use.

Digital demands more PP than other, non digital formats I think. The digital camerta's inability to handle a wide range of dynamic range (about 6-8 stops I think for most decent DSLR's) pretty much means there will be something that can be improved in the photo and not the fault of the photographer.