Originally posted by Culture I was wondering how many here outsource their editing work?
I read an article about people outsourcing their editing work because they hate processing.
I dont hate it perse, I actually love it when I know what I am doing. Sometimes I dont and it just stresses me out.
Post-processing is an important part of the creative process, and - even with subtle processing - can completely change the final result. On that basis, personally I don't see how anyone creating work for artistic reasons can rely on an outsourced service provider without compromising the integrity of their work.
I appreciate your frustration with post-processing when you don't understand it. It's taken me a full three years to become (what I believe to be) truly proficient and fluent with all aspects of Lightroom (I'm now transferring those skills to Darktable, and having to learn some entirely new ways of doing things). I've barely scratched the surface of image editing in tools such as Photoshop, GIMP etc. But, learning post-processing
properly, from good books or online training materials (or even courses) is time well-spent. It's almost as important as learning the fundamentals of photography, in my view.
I wouldn't choose to go with outsourced post-processing because you're frustrated with your own abilities in that area. It's just another challenge, like learning how to use the camera in manual mode, learning about flash lighting, learning how to photograph birds in flight etc. etc. My advice, for what it's worth, is to embrace the challenge and work at it 'til you've nailed it
Originally posted by jbinpg My sis-in-law is a real estate photographer. She got so busy that she couldnot keep up with the pp. So she hired someone to do most of the pp. She now has her life back.
In this application I can see a real benefit for outsourcing. With all due respect to your sis-in-law, her main objective isn't to produce art for art's sake, but to make the photographs she takes look as good as possible for very specific commercial purposes. In a similar vein, I could see someone who does corporate portraiture and brochure-type photography getting similar benefits from outsourcing their processing