Wedding Day Editing.

Just wondering how you all edit your shots from a wedding day, lets say you have 300 shots to edit do you break it down into small groups or do you do one big batch? Trying to find a work flow that works for me.

-BA

Only 300 images? Haha, in my dreams! What I wouldn't give to come home and only have to cull 300 images for a wedding.

I edit in a linear fashion. Start at the beginning, edit to the end.

If you shoot in manual, it's easy to sync the setting on lots and lots of photos at once, either in photoshop or lightroom. If you try and do each one individually, you'll never finish a wedding.

And yeah, what I wouldn't give to only have 300 images to cull.

PMCphotography wrote in post #11800039
If you shoot in manual, it's easy to sync the setting on lots and lots of photos at once, either in photoshop or lightroom. If you try and do each one individually, you'll never finish a wedding.

And yeah, what I wouldn't give to only have 300 images to cull.

How do you sync in photoshop? i can only do it in LR....

Svetlana wrote in post #11804022
How do you sync in photoshop? i can only do it in LR....

You can do a batch process I would assume, although it would be kind of a pain in the butt.

You can also use bridge and open files through there before running them into PS and you can batch process there.

Yeah, batch process them all. Its not as big of a pain as you might think, but does take a bit longer than lightroom. I used to do that before I started using lightroom.

300 images
well that will cover the getting ready shots

seriously

Lightroom is the way to go for me especially with auto synch. There are some guys that have their software automated for weddings. Im looking into it. Some of the guys tell me that with the automated software they set up they can use photoshop and actions and set their workflow up so that all they do is put the shots in folders and send it to photoshop and go to bed. When they get up in the morning, its done.

Im serious. Several guys tell me they do this. I would love to find out more. sat with one of the master photogs from our state PPA. Looks like a lot of work to set up but he swears by it. he wasnt very clear and im not real technical so i still need more info. Im looking to find someone that does it and can show how and whats involved.

That being said, the automated stuff still doesnt go through the images and crop, color correct and make basic adjustments for you. So lightroom and its ability to make corrections to multiple images at the same time is the best way i have found to get it done. Im getting pretty quick now, so i can go through 800-1000 images in about 6-7 hours and have my stuff ready to go.

I have to look into the Lightroom / PS auto sync!

I cull in Photo Mechanic, proof in LR then edit in PS. I don't edit until they order so that saves me about a thousand years in editing time.

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Lightroom should be your answer. Very efficient to cull/batch-edit.

PeaceFire wrote in post #11799249
Only 300 images? Haha, in my dreams! What I wouldn't give to come home and only have to cull 300 images for a wedding.

I edit in a linear fashion. Start at the beginning, edit to the end.

umphotography wrote in post #11807111
300 images
well that will cover the getting ready shots

seriously

Lightroom is the way to go for me especially with auto synch. There are some guys that have their software automated for weddings. Im looking into it. Some of the guys tell me that with the automated software they set up they can use photoshop and actions and set their workflow up so that all they do is put the shots in folders and send it to photoshop and go to bed. When they get up in the morning, its done.

Im serious. Several guys tell me they do this. I would love to find out more. sat with one of the master photogs from our state PPA. Looks like a lot of work to set up but he swears by it. he wasnt very clear and im not real technical so i still need more info. Im looking to find someone that does it and can show how and whats involved.

That being said, the automated stuff still doesnt go through the images and crop, color correct and make basic adjustments for you. So lightroom and its ability to make corrections to multiple images at the same time is the best way i have found to get it done. Im getting pretty quick now, so i can go through 800-1000 images in about 6-7 hours and have my stuff ready to go.

You guys shoot videos at weddings? I went home last week for a 5-hour shoot with less than 300 shots.

Joelene wrote in post #11808417
I have to look into the Lightroom / PS auto sync!

I cull in Photo Mechanic, proof in LR then edit in PS. I don't edit until they order so that saves me about a thousand years in editing time.

How come you don't cull in LR? I find it way easier to cull them there- just set flag to rejected, then they're still available if I need to use one again.

PMCphotography wrote in post #11818810
How come you don't cull in LR? I find it way easier to cull them there- just set flag to rejected, then they're still available if I need to use one again.

I just go through them with three buttons. 1-keep 2-toss arrow. just those three buttons that is it. I then remove the tossed ones into a "tossed" folder. Hoping to never look at them again because then I would second guess my decision should I have kept it? what if the bride likes it? then I hum and haw too much.. Since I started using Mechanic I have saved a lot of time not giving my self the opportunity to second guess myself... did that make any sense? it did in my head...

Hmm, okay. If it works for you that's all that matters

I just think that using two programs to do what one can do a time waster. The way I do it is to "x" the ones that don't work for whatever reason, the just hide them. After I've finished all the keepers, I go through the "x" ones again just to make sure I didn't accidentally reject one I should have kept. I almost always find 2 or 3 to add back.

viet wrote in post #11818718
Lightroom should be your answer. Very efficient to cull/batch-edit.

Yup, that's what I use/do.

viet wrote in post #11818718
You guys shoot videos at weddings? I went home last week for a 5-hour shoot with less than 300 shots.

On an average wedding I DELIVER 400-600 images (depending on if I'm shooting alone or with a second). I'd love to get to the point where every shot can be a keeper but people blink too much for that.

Not a wedding photog but when it comes to large numbers of photos to cull I see nothing wrong with Canon's DPP. I just select all the photos, Quick Check and go through them one at a time giving them a rating or clicking the 'reject' button. Then select all the rejected images and delete them. What I'm left with I then edit in PS or LR.