what troubles you most when touching up the wedding photos for customers?

[photoloverpp]

Hi guys，we sometimes need do some edits of photos, especially wedding photos for customers. But my wedding photographer friend found it takes much time to retouch wedding photos. I just wonder what troubles you most when touching up the wedding photos for customers? The same problem or any other troubles?

 

[BillyBuff]

I'm a wedding photographer and I rarely retouch my photos. The only exceptions is when they are ordering large canvas prints of albums. My retouching is basically getting rid of distractions like an airplane was flying by while the photo was taken, etc.

My workflow is to cull & batch process via Lightroom. I rarely have to jump into Photoshop unless I am resizing for the web and I wanted to add my signature/watermark.

 

[photoloverpp]

I'm a wedding photographer and I rarely retouch my photos. The only exceptions is when they are ordering large canvas prints of albums. My retouching is basically getting rid of distractions like an airplane was flying by while the photo was taken, etc.

My workflow is to cull & batch process via Lightroom. I rarely have to jump into Photoshop unless I am resizing for the web and I wanted to add my signature/watermark.

thanks BillyBuff, my friend retouched the contrast, tone as well as the portraits of wedding photos. I guess that's why he felt a little bit time consuming.

 

[photo_chick]

When I think of retouching I think of cloning out things, clearing up acne, etc... Contrast, color, tone, etc are just basic processing.

 

[DisneyFreak06]

Mind you, I'm not a photographer. I'm a teacher. I do "assist" a wedding photographer to learn more, and I did one wedding this summer on my own. The bride asked me to remove a tattoo for her. Ummmm..... could you not have covered it up? It would have been much easier than me covering it up all the time!

 

[photoloverpp]

When I think of retouching I think of cloning out things, clearing up acne, etc... Contrast, color, tone, etc are just basic processing.

thanks photo_chick, clearing up acne is a kind of portrait retouching, only when it is necessary. but if lots of wedding photos need portrait retouching, how would you speed up the processing? do you use Photoshop as well? from my friend's experience, I think it's a little bit difficult.

 

[photoloverpp]

Mind you, I'm not a photographer. I'm a teacher. I do "assist" a wedding photographer to learn more, and I did one wedding this summer on my own. The bride asked me to remove a tattoo for her. Ummmm..... could you not have covered it up? It would have been much easier than me covering it up all the time!

that's true!! did you cover it up on each photo at last?

 

[DisneyFreak06]

that's true!! did you cover it up on each photo at last?

Thankfully, it was on her back, but I did. I took it out on all the pictures. She was marrying MY third cousin, so I thought I'd better do what she asked!

 

[photo_chick]

thanks photo_chick, clearing up acne is a kind of portrait retouching, only when it is necessary. but if lots of wedding photos need portrait retouching, how would you speed up the processing? do you use Photoshop as well? from my friend's experience, I think it's a little bit difficult.

I don't do weddings as a general rule, I'm a portrait shooter. The healing tool in photoshop is my tool of choice for retouching. I do this separately from the basic processing (contrast, color, exposure adjustments, etc) that I do with the RAW file in Lightroom. I have both LR and CS6 open on at the same time so I can quickly switch back and forth between the two. But honestly, unless we're talking about a teen with a lot of acne I don't have a lot of retouching to do in my portraits. I learned the hard way (after doing an entire shoot with power lines in the background because I was careless) it's a whole lot easier to head off problems when you can before you take the shot than to deal with them later. Sometimes that includes fixing makeup, sometimes that means taking care of a stain on a shirt (go Tide pens) and sometimes it means making the lighting more favorable for the subject. But you really can head off a lot of issues if you watch for them when you're shooting.

 

[BillyBuff]

I don't do weddings as a general rule, I'm a portrait shooter. The healing tool in photoshop is my tool of choice for retouching. I do this separately from the basic processing (contrast, color, exposure adjustments, etc) that I do with the RAW file in Lightroom. I have both LR and CS6 open on at the same time so I can quickly switch back and forth between the two. But honestly, unless we're talking about a teen with a lot of acne I don't have a lot of retouching to do in my portraits. I learned the hard way (after doing an entire shoot with power lines in the background because I was careless) it's a whole lot easier to head off problems when you can before you take the shot than to deal with them later. Sometimes that includes fixing makeup, sometimes that means taking care of a stain on a shirt (go Tide pens) and sometimes it means making the lighting more favorable for the subject. But you really can head off a lot of issues if you watch for them when you're shooting.

Almost the same workflow for my wedding shoots. Planning ahead of time means less to deal with in post processing. Imagine how crazy my life would be if I had to retouch every photo for each wedding

My contract and consultation states that my style of photography isn't about retouching the photos. I tell my clients that I will only do color/tone corrections (if needed) and perhaps some color boost/enhancements. Plus I also ask them ahead of time what they do not want to be photographed such as a tattoo, mole, etc

 

[Fastpaks]

If I did weddings, I would out source it. As a portrait photographer, I only use clone stamp, Dodge and burn, and that is about it, unless I add a action. 95% of anything I do (which is small) is done in camera raw. Most of the time its going to black and white.

 

[wbeem]

For a fast retouch, onOne Software's Perfect Portrait does a very good job. You can get a trial download that's fully functional for 14 days, I think. If you decide that you like it, you can save 15% using the coupon code - WBEEMPHOTO.

 

[photoloverpp]

Thankfully, it was on her back, but I did. I took it out on all the pictures. She was marrying MY third cousin, so I thought I'd better do what she asked!

your cousin and her should be grateful. did it take you much time?

 

[photoloverpp]

I don't do weddings as a general rule, I'm a portrait shooter. The healing tool in photoshop is my tool of choice for retouching. I do this separately from the basic processing (contrast, color, exposure adjustments, etc) that I do with the RAW file in Lightroom. I have both LR and CS6 open on at the same time so I can quickly switch back and forth between the two. But honestly, unless we're talking about a teen with a lot of acne I don't have a lot of retouching to do in my portraits. I learned the hard way (after doing an entire shoot with power lines in the background because I was careless) it's a whole lot easier to head off problems when you can before you take the shot than to deal with them later. Sometimes that includes fixing makeup, sometimes that means taking care of a stain on a shirt (go Tide pens) and sometimes it means making the lighting more favorable for the subject. But you really can head off a lot of issues if you watch for them when you're shooting.

many thanks friend. someone also told me that "the more on photography, the less on post processing". the key is to be careful.

 

[photoloverpp]

If I did weddings, I would out source it. As a portrait photographer, I only use clone stamp, Dodge and burn, and that is about it, unless I add a action. 95% of anything I do (which is small) is done in camera raw. Most of the time its going to black and white.

black and white photography is awesome and classic, among my fav. Hope to see your portrait work someday.

 

[DisneyFreak06]

your cousin and her should be grateful. did it take you much time?

Not too long. I was able to use a cloning stamp to match her back. Still annoying because I did manage to take a lot of pictures of her back for some odd reason.

 

[rainbow9]

I had issues for watermarking,resizing and adding exif data to images.But lately i found a tool called Mass Watermark which can do all these post processing jobs easily its not complicated as Lightroom or Photoshop.It had options like contrast,brightness,rgb,mean removal,sharpen,blur etc.The great thing is how they have integrated this in the workflow its a single unified work flow which is fast.Great tool but not free $30

 

[photoloverpp]

Not too long. I was able to use a cloning stamp to match her back. Still annoying because I did manage to take a lot of pictures of her back for some odd reason.

Take it as a challenge to practice our patience. photographers sometimes have to stand some unwilling requirements from relatives...

 

[photoloverpp]

Not too long. I was able to use a cloning stamp to match her back. Still annoying because I did manage to take a lot of pictures of her back for some odd reason.

Take it as a challenge to practice our patience. photographers sometimes might accept some unwelcome requirements from relatives...