photo editing service..

I am looking for a basic photo editing service (color correction, crop etc..), mostly for wedding/event photos. Any recommended providers and what is the standard market price for this service (I assume it is on a per edited image)?

I've used Lavalu and Photographer's Edit. I've had problems with both, but am generally happy with PE. It's hard to find one that will be perfect, and you have to be willing to give up some control and perfectionism.

The cost all depends on how many services you want from them. They can do as little as basic colour correction, right up to full service, like culling, processing, and album design.

I'm very happy with HappyFish Design - RAW Processing and Album Design. I'm not affiliated with them in any way, just a happy customer. They've cut my image delivery time down hugely. I cull (takes 2 hours with FastPictureViewer) then they process.

We have some girls in my area that have broken away from a company they worked for and started up their own Business. They are just awesome to work with. Honestly, its the best 200.00 expense i have. Shoot and send it to my girls to get all the base processing done,,,just awesome. I send all my friday night weddings to them for post. Saves my butt on back to backs.

Thank you for the recommendations. $200 is rather cheap, do they have a website where i can check out their work?

Prices are all similar. Check out all the ones mentioned on their websites.

www.nightowlpp.com is easily the best. Only one I would use.

I sent a batch of weddings to LavaLu two or so years ago, and wasn't overly impressed. Basic contrast boost edits... and white balance was all over the place. I edited all 32 of last years weddings myself... and it was a bit much. This year I tried out ShootDotEdit... and while their work was better than LavaLu, they have some operational issues. They have been responsive about each issue, but still a shrug that I have to spend the time following up on jobs.

NightOwlPP looks tempting with their 42 cent with dodge/burn service. My biggest beef with most post processing gigs is they don't edit with dodging/burning in mind... so if a photo needs it, I have to wipe out their original edit.

One great thing about HappyFish is they supply XMP files if requested, that way you can further tweak yourself. Chad gets things really consistent - not perfect, but really close. He'll do anything you ask, but some things are easier to do yourself - cropping, dodging and burning, etc.

tim wrote in post #16428402
One great thing about HappyFish is they supply XMP files if requested, that way you can further tweak yourself. Chad gets things really consistent - not perfect, but really close. He'll do anything you ask, but some things are easier to do yourself - cropping, dodging and burning, etc.

In my experience, most editing services provide XMPs.

Any services provide lightroom catalogs along with their edits?

Toneaero wrote in post #16429706
Any services provide lightroom catalogs along with their edits?

ShootDotEdit provides a Lightroom Catalog's. $20 fee if they have to create it, or free if you send them yours.

I just signed up with Evolve Edits. It's Sal Cincotta's company, and they have a $199/mo program with unlimited color correction (up to 800 images per event). Prior I was using ProImageEditors @ .19 cents an image. They are excellent, I would not be able to do my job without them.