Thursday, May 18, 2006

Quick Edit


I'm so thankful for RAW processing because even though I love photography and looking at cool images I really don't like spending a lot of time editing my own pictures. So tonight I had a wedding to blast through and I've been working on saving some very customized .xmp files and it makes it so easy and almost mindless. I seriously watch a movie while I edit because everything is just click of a button.

Tonight was a smaller batch of 1074 pictures and I was able to get through it in 2 hours and 7 minutes. Not bad but I was spending some time making food and also making more .xmp files that I'll be able to use to speed up future weddings.

Here is my list:

14 comments:

amynave said...

You are toooo funny:) LOL

I wanna be like you. Eat, watch a movie, and edit a wedding in two hours and seven minutes:) You get a big fat WOW!!!!

Michael Juiliano said...

man. i was happy because i just clocked in 6 hours with 1600 photos. i need your life.

Deyl said...

That’s nothing…
Last night…
5:47- loaded dishwasher
6:20- competed in a biathlon
7:09- almost died of exhaustion, meanwhile dishwasher finished last cycle
7:11- ate nachos
7:14- consumed a firestone beer, lost a raffle
7:30- got home to 34 clean dishes and 12 clean eating utensils
j/k, you rock :)

amynave said...

Ok,
Deyl Wins:) Can anyone beat that?LOL

|| davidjay || said...

How were the nachos?

Daniel J. Watkins said...

I need to come over to your house to watch movies...

Deyl said...

lots of cheese, salsa verde and chicken= good nachos

Alison B. said...

hurry up with that tour. i need to know what you know.

Paige Kearin said...

Self-employment rocks. The best boss to have is yourself.

Kelly Sullivan said...

Sounds like a good challenge! Have you tried using Gary Fong's new Bullzeye3 software yet? Interested in hearing your thoughts on his color correction techniques vs. photoshop's tools before I buy it. Any preferences?

Jim Davis Hicks said...

dj,

i'm not there just yet, but my time is less and less each week. plus my first automated flow wedding that i released to the client before they were home from the honeymoon LOVED their pix!!!! i am getting my life back. i'm just doing it in jpg.

Jen Kroll said...

Wow. That's all. Wow.

Toronto Wedding&Portrait Photographer, Andreas. said...

So, DJ...are you ever going to share with us just what this magical workflow is?

Chicago Wedding Photojournalist said...

I just designed 40 album pages in 2 hours (-: Now I just hope I don't come back tomorrow and hate them....