Cazza in colour
I guess I'm not the only photographer that overthinks their images. I do feel in these days of *Instagram *and Tik Tok that photography has been dumbed down a little. Don't get me wrong I am under no illusion that I am a budding Rankin. I know I'm pretty much an average jobbing photographer.
Cazza in black and white
But I do have a bit of (misplaced?) pride in my work. I like it to be as good as I can make it. And this is where the over-thinking comes into play. I open an image in Lightroom or Photoshop and sometimes I really don't know where the editing process will end. These shots, I took to present as black and white images. Of these first two shots the first one is the original colour, edited as I wanted it and then the mono conversion (and a bit of a crop).
Striking a pose
I tend to edit. re-edit, edit again, or take it back and start over. I really don't have time for doing this, but unless I have a specific outcome in mind I will play away, often having multiple "finished" images. I can guarantee that the one I end up posting will not be my favourite further down the line. Sometimes doing a quirky edit - because I think it might work - can waste hours of my time until I decide I don't like an image and put it on the back burner.
Portrait
It's expensive in storage, I have portable hard drives, cloud storage and, from way back, DVD's full of images. I did have a major clear out a few weeks back and by being ruthless I managed to free up terabytes of space. The point being, perhaps if I was more focussed with my editing, and plan before I start the post processing, I wouldn't waste time (or space) and perhaps be a more efficient photographer.
Will the editing ever stop
But then, where is the fun in that? And talking to photographer friends I am not to different from a lot of them. One friend has a system where he edits and then numbers as follows. Pic 1, Pic 1 WIP, Pic 1 WIP-v2, Pic 1, finished, Pic 1 Finished V2, and so on. My storage spaces have directories that are full of similar named images. Perhaps a lot of us are not as efficient as we would like to be.
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I can mostly be found shooting models, aviation, motorsports and, when I can, wildlife. But I enjoy most aspects of photography. You can find more of my work on the links below.
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You're not alone Brian. Every artist does that. Painter, sculpture, musician, it doesn't matter, they all have doubts about their work, if it's really finished or it needs another touch. This means you care a lot and this is what makes you great!
Thanks again for this amazing photo shoot.
You are very kind @erikah Huge thanks, as always, for your highly valued support.