Blogging the Editing Process
Yesterday I concluded a little project I had started in early July, just a whim really, and it got put on hold for a month while life went all crazy on me (again). But yes, the exciting conclusion to "Blogging the Editing Process" has finally arrived! Exciting indeed.
Members, here are some quick-links to the individual posts:
- Part 1: Shooting, Uploading, and Importing
- Part 2: Sorting and Selecting
- Part 3: Editing in Lightroom
- Part 4: PhotoShop
- Part 5: Prepping for Web & Uploading
- Finale!
As the post titles might betray, I tried to cover each step, start to finish, of what it takes me to get a new set online(okay, sometimes I just thoroughly "gloss over" a particular part). It's a little... nerdy, I guess you'd say, considering that much of it is just technical jibber-jabber, and not so much with the sexy "ooh I touch myself and take a picture" talk. Meh.
I did learn a bit about my own practices during this project. One, and the most obvious "no duh" lesson is that I am easily distracted. I mean, not just distracted, but when my brain changes courses it's like I never look back and am content to just let the story trail off into the wind. But I'm working on that, on the whole "finishing what you start" thing. I mean hey, I finished this right?! :D Well, anyway, I also learned that I am indecisive and do a lot of backtracking while I edit. Probably because I have no idea what I'm doing back here. But yaknow, it's a learning experience. And those are cool.
You probably won't see me do any step-by-step series again, because damn it practically triples the workload of just editing the damn photos. I'm not kidding you; I probably would have had the set posted much earlier if I hadn't near-overwhelmed myself by writing up the process. Nonetheless, I do enjoy the "time lapse" images of a single picture as it goes through editing. That's pretty interesting (to me/for me to create), moreso than a simple "before and after" juxtaposition. So I'll probably do that again, maybe even for each set. And there I go being all ambitious again... For you non-members out there, here's an abbreviated version of the timelapse: It's 4200x800 pixels big and shows 7 steps, as opposed to the Members Only version that is 6600x800 and has 11 different versions. Pretty dorky stuff. ^_^
Members can see the entire set here: Wet 80's Nerd, 51 images
Members, here are some quick-links to the individual posts:
- Part 1: Shooting, Uploading, and Importing
- Part 2: Sorting and Selecting
- Part 3: Editing in Lightroom
- Part 4: PhotoShop
- Part 5: Prepping for Web & Uploading
- Finale!
As the post titles might betray, I tried to cover each step, start to finish, of what it takes me to get a new set online(okay, sometimes I just thoroughly "gloss over" a particular part). It's a little... nerdy, I guess you'd say, considering that much of it is just technical jibber-jabber, and not so much with the sexy "ooh I touch myself and take a picture" talk. Meh.
I did learn a bit about my own practices during this project. One, and the most obvious "no duh" lesson is that I am easily distracted. I mean, not just distracted, but when my brain changes courses it's like I never look back and am content to just let the story trail off into the wind. But I'm working on that, on the whole "finishing what you start" thing. I mean hey, I finished this right?! :D Well, anyway, I also learned that I am indecisive and do a lot of backtracking while I edit. Probably because I have no idea what I'm doing back here. But yaknow, it's a learning experience. And those are cool.
You probably won't see me do any step-by-step series again, because damn it practically triples the workload of just editing the damn photos. I'm not kidding you; I probably would have had the set posted much earlier if I hadn't near-overwhelmed myself by writing up the process. Nonetheless, I do enjoy the "time lapse" images of a single picture as it goes through editing. That's pretty interesting (to me/for me to create), moreso than a simple "before and after" juxtaposition. So I'll probably do that again, maybe even for each set. And there I go being all ambitious again... For you non-members out there, here's an abbreviated version of the timelapse: It's 4200x800 pixels big and shows 7 steps, as opposed to the Members Only version that is 6600x800 and has 11 different versions. Pretty dorky stuff. ^_^
Members can see the entire set here: Wet 80's Nerd, 51 images
