
Two weeks ago I did a family photo shoot for a friend of mine, a total of about 80 pictures, including portraits. I told her it'd take me about a week or two to edit them, and I really struggled to make it in time, which reminded me of why I refrained from becoming a professional photographer who does wedding, family and model shoots...I have to get every single photo as perfect as possible, I simply can't give someone a slightly underexposed picture, even if they didn't notice because the difference is so incredibly small.Sometimes I get to a point where I even re-edit already edited pictures or make different folders for different editing styles.So I spend way too much time for it, especially considering that skin tones are not that easy to get right.And right as I think I'm done my brain will suddenly come up with "hey, you know you could make a black and white or sepia version of it"A few years ago I did a photo shoot with a model and I accidentally uploaded the unedited folder to her Google Drive, but she didn't even notice and was super happy about them.This is also the reason why I have tons of pictures on my hard drive that remained untouched, unpublished, for years.I really try hard to get the shot right when taking it, but some imperfections will always remain, especially when shooting landscapes the dynamic range is often high, and the built-in HDR mode is often not as good as stacking multiple RAW exposures manually.How do you guys deal with perfectionism? Does it hinder you from getting jobs done or is it actually sort of like a gift? via /r/photography http://ift.tt/2xX26Hd
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