Originally presented to a class at Calvary Church Naperville.

1. BECOME A BETTER
PHOTOGRAPHER WITHOUT
TAKING BETTER PHOTOS
Andrew Barickman
Ajbarickman.com
October 28th 2014

2. “ Twelve significant
photographs in any one
year is a good crop.
– Ansel Adams

3. WHAT IS EDITING?
Culling bad shots
Tweaking good shots
Massaging great shots
Presenting your work in the best possible light

4. EDITING IS VITAL TO THE IMPACT
YOUR PHOTOS WILL HAVE
No one should see your RAW images
People wont hunt for a good photo in a set of poor
photos
Addition by subtraction
Editing it half the fun and nearly half the effort
What would happen if you only delivered your best
shots?

5. THE TOOLS I USE
Adobe Lightroom 5.x
Every photo
Photoshop CC
 1% of photos
Other work fine as well I just am not as familiar
with them

6. MY WORKFLOW
Pass #1 – Initial pass
 Weed out shots that are unusable
Tweak a few shots to see if they can be saved
Mark clear winners
Pass #2 - Refine
Is it interesting enough to keep
If its just OK keep it for now

7. EDITING FOR ALMOST ALL SHOTS
Crop
White Balance
Exposure
Shadows/Highlights

8. MY WORKFLOW (CONT)
Pass #3 - Pick your winners
Use feel
Expression
Color
Lighting
Balance – Light to dark

9. MY WORKFLOW (CONT)
Pass #4 - Final Pass
Go away and come back
Spin through them quickly – Don’t linger
If you have to many shots that are nearly the same
pick one or maybe two
I deliver somewhere around 15% of shots (50 of 350)
Rename to our standard convention

10. LEARN FROM THE PROCESS
What focal length do you normally shoot?
Do you take the same shot over and over?
What did you like from the shoot?
Is there another angle you could use?
What was the color temperature?

11. PRESENTING YOUR WORK
Think of your audience
How easy is it for your audience to discover good shots?
How easy is it to find your shots in 6 month?
Is your best work marred by your mistakes?
What I do
Create a gallery and upload my shots to the website
Send an email letting Sarah know they are ready

12. QUESTIONS? Thank you!