{"id":1900,"date":"2011-02-24T15:08:37","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T20:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.topweddingsites.com\/wedding-blog\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2011-02-24T15:08:37","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T20:08:37","slug":"editing-those-wedding-photos-behind-the-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topweddingsites.com\/wedding-blog\/wedding-photography\/editing-those-wedding-photos-behind-the-scenes","title":{"rendered":"Editing Those Wedding Photos: Behind The Scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the wedding day is over, the photographer returns to the office to \u2018edit\u2019 the photographs. Every photographer has a different style and technique to editing but I thought it would be interesting to illuminate\u00a0 how photographers edit and why this process is so important. Obviously, I will work from my own methods and welcome suggestions from other photographers or clients who think this could be better or different. A good photogrpaher is constantly learning and trying to better his\/her craft so I&#8217;m always open to suggestion or discussion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.topweddingsites.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Untitled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1901 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.topweddingsites.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Untitled-1-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1901 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.topweddingsites.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Untitled-1-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>Depending on the length of the day I can end up with well over 1000 images, I explain to clients that its usually a rate of 100 images per hour as an average which, even in a short wedding is still loads of images. I promise to deliver all the photographs but do take out any images that are either unflattering or just general mistakes. After this, I set to work tweaking every image; checking that it is sharp, cropping and adjusting the colours and tones. This makes the biggest difference, I have seen perfect wedding photographs ruined from them not being edited at all and looking rather flat (see the top image in the example). There is also, I feel, a danger of photographers over-editing (too much saturation or obvious air-brushing can really deflate a photograph). Basically, I like to keep the editing simple; also adjusting some images to black and white where I feel it can compliment an image.<\/p>\n<p>The final part of my process is to create an \u2018edit\u2019 of the images; this is a selection of the best images (usually 200-400) in an additional folder for the client. I believe that this amount of images is enough (although I provide all the images anyway) but it also prevents friends and family having to sift through buckets of images! \u00a0The editing process is really important; it\u2019s what defines photographers as professionals and one of the crucial things that you\u2019ll pay for as a service.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few tweaks to the image makes a real difference!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the wedding day is over, the photographer returns to the office to \u2018edit\u2019 the photographs. Every photographer has a different style and technique to editing but I thought it would be interesting to illuminate\u00a0 how photographers edit and why this process is so important. Obviously, I will work from my own methods and welcome suggestions from other photographers or clients who think this could be better or different. 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