are wedding photos usually really PP'd?

hey guys

I may be shooting a wedding (as a 2nd camera) this coming December. I've been browsing around, and it seems like a lot of the photos are extremely edited / PP'd.

Granted, editing is part of the whole artistic process, but to me, the photos look really saturated and "fake." I am aware that it probably appeals to the client, but to me it really doesnt do anything for me.

Also, with a possibility of shooting thousands of images in a day, do most photogs process each one individually? Or do they batch it in lightroom / photoshop?

Thanks

Eric

You process enough that the customer is happy. The true art is knowing where to start and stop.

I don't do extreme processing. If it looks complex it's usually a Lightroom preset or PS action. I'd venture to say that's what a lot of photogs are doing to minimize workflow. I have three or four presets I use most and I'm pretty happy with what they do.

Yup! Lots of PP.

After all, one of our jobs is to make the bride look beautiful, even if she has a face that would stop a clock!

yeah almost 99% of the photos you take need PP the other one, the one everyone posts and says... "hey look, this is straight out of the camera, no PP only resized"... yeah, that one needs to be PP'd as well...lol it really makes me laugh cause that SOOC shot is usually dull and needs a curves adjustment and sharpening.

Lots of tweaking here and there..

The vast majority are usually basic PP, like colour and density correction, cropping, and straightening.

Then usually a small subset get extra PP love with neat effects.

I'm sure there's some that blast 20 actions on every photo, but as an industry norm, it's more like the above.

All of mine get at least a cursory pp like Lloyd said but there are always some that scream for more to be done to them. Also, it depends on the clients style and what they want.

I think you should ALWAYS do a levels adjustment and sharpening to ever shot you take, in any situation.

When you work as much as I do, you don't have time to do all this stuff everyone is talking about... I apply quick adjustments in Bridge, takes about an hour or so then let client view.. I take instructions from them on what they do or don't want after the fact...

when your busy with tons of jobs you can't sit around and get Anal until you are being paid to be Anal... Photography is as much personlality as it is skill.. Do yourself a favor and work on your personality before photoshop....

Done my first wedding a few months back and I would surely not be able to PP every shot that I took. A few adjustments using Lightroom presets will be enough and few on CS.

Digital moved the work from the lab back to the photographer! Instead of the lab correcting color and density and rising horizontals during the printing, the photographer gets to do it. Instead of paying the lab to retouch a negative or a print, the photographer gets to do it. The Lord giveth and He also taketh when digital was showered onto our heads!

The last wedding I shot was in September. I had the bride bin out the photos she wanted for enlargements, the ones she wanted for small prints, and the throw-aways (after I had already culled the photos myself and did quick adjustments on the remainder). The enlargements got processing appropriate for their use, the small prints got signicantly less, and the throw-aways got nothing. It's all about keeping the client happy.

Mark

Mark_Cohran wrote in post #4402843
The last wedding I shot was in September. I had the bride bin out the photos she wanted for enlargements, the ones she wanted for small prints, and the throw-aways (after I had already culled the photos myself and did quick adjustments on the remainder). The enlargements got processing appropriate for their use, the small prints got signicantly less, and the throw-aways got nothing. It's all about keeping the client happy.

Mark

Assuming you aren't unfortunate enough to get one of those clients from hell.

That's why Photoshop added the Auto button.