That’s why it’s important to set expectations in advance. 50 images shot in the same setting and processed in bulk with maybe minor adjustments to each is something very different from 50 images that you have to touch up every single one.
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a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI did a gig for a while doing Photoshop clean up of wedding images and portraits.
Just that one step can be an exceptional amount of work.
kamen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Wedding images are challenging because venues, decor, wardrobe, etc., are chosen for real-world regular eyeball beauty. In darker settings (many churches, nighttime), or settings lit by bad lights for photography (fluorescent bulbs, LED bulbs without good wide spectrum light, random dance floor stuff), adds a lot of post processing work, and wedding clients tend to be very demanding clients (for good reason). It’s all real work, well beyond what can be seen in the day-of interaction between photographer and client.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I would also highlight the sheer volume.
Somebody wants a few senior pictures taken or their kid in front of some toys and trees and stuff, and you could be dealing with a relatively manageable number.
Weddings take hours, often have dozens of people, and with everything being digital these days you can take a fuckton of photos to make sure that you capture everything possible.
lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Picking through hundreds or even thousands of shots and choosing about a few dozen good ones is, yeah, equally difficult.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It sucks a lot! XD