Longview Texas Engagement Photographer | Before and After | Tomberlain - Rice Engagment
Happy Easter Everyone!
Wanted to start this day with a little "Before and After" action for ya...
I hear a lot "So that's JUST for you to come take the pictures?"
The answer to that is yes and no. I could come just take the pictures. And they would be - ya know - fine. BUT, when you hire a professional photographer, you are not just paying for the use of their camera. You are purchasing their time, their experience, their artful eye, their back-up process to make sure that they DON'T loose your important family memories. AND you are paying for what they do after they leave your wedding/event/session.
Here's how it goes after your session:
1. BACKUP!!!!! (I'm super paranoid...which is good for you!)
2. Cull - I go through and mark those images that are good poses, great lighting, spot on exposure and weed out the ones where you were in mid sneeze or the "girls" were trying to sneak out.
3. Process - for each session of 45 minutes, it takes hours of editing to get them print ready.
4. "Batch Processing" - Basic color and lighting correction of several images at once.
5. "Enhancement" - I go through and basically make you look your very, very best.
I pop eyes, smooth skin, brighten dark circles, bump up colors enhance the sky and so on to make the photo look as great as it was meant to be.
6. Export - Exporting is a pretty simple task. It takes all those steps and changes I've made in Lightroom and saves those files in a HUGE JPG format for uploading and printing.
7. Upload - this is the part I really hate. It takes forever and a day. Typically is takes upwards of 15 hours to upload the full resolution files from your 45 minute session to your online gallery for proofing. BUT - I would not skip this step for anything. It helps you have a place to easily view your photos and send to friends and family AND it's yet another way that your photos are backed up!
For weddings? Well - it takes a few days for an entire wedding to completely upload.
Happy EASTER!
