These are images taken from the recent Photoshoot involving a bunch of photographers and models running around a group of random deserted derelict buildings in the middle of nowhere (located on the A60 just outside Worksop)
The event took place a few weeks ago, and bad luck meant that the day after the shoot our computer broke. It was only the webcam, but the PC was only 3 months old, so that wasn't acceptable. We returned it to PC World, who sent it of to be repaired. They couldn't sort it so it was sent back to the manufacturer who decided it was unfix able apparently and sent us a full replacement.
Not sure what the problem was, but we now have a working PC, instead of having to use my crappy little laptop.
And that was a relief, as I had been itching to crack on with editing the images. I have already uploaded some pictures from the shoot HERE and HERE, but these aren't full edits as my laptop can not handle photoshop. Even trying to use lightroom makes it crash repeatedly.
The relief was two-fold. I was glad to finally have a proper look at the images I got from the event. But I am also glad to finally pass on some images for the models who I worked with while I was there.
The shoot was what is know as a 'TF shoot'. TF stands for 'Time For...' and refers to the premise that instead of one party paying the other in cash, both parties give their time, and both receive images for their respective portfolios. The models bring the awesome outfits and photographers bring camera equipment, and both groups work together to create some awesome images.
Now that the Computer is fixed I can finally uphold my end of the deal, and provide images for the models that I worked with.
It has been frustrating as I like to get these TF Shoots edited and returned as soon as possible, so that the models aren't waiting. I know some photographers who take a couple of months to turn the images around, and I know of some situations where some models don't receive any images at all.
Today's task was to finally sift through and choose which images I wanted to edit. I wanted to provide a range of different poses so that it is more like;y the model will receive images she actually likes. A couple of hours later, I whittle 350 images down to 114.
Those 114 images were grouped into different folders so I could keep it organised when I send the images to the models. It also helps me to focus on one Set at a time, and makes my editing more efficient. The 'z-Graffiti' folder is some shots of the location with no models involved so I'll edit these images last.
This was the first image I tackled of Cat showing her first outfit for the day. The editing process took about 20 minutes. Not that long, but then I don't go in for extensive editing. I like to try to keep it as natural and realistic as possible. I won't bother going into what I did in the edit... but essentially all I did was tweak the contrast and levels slightly and adjust the colours. Nothing fancy.
When I export the image, I always have 2 sizes, the first is a full size one suitable for printing, and the other is reduced to 1200 pixels on the longest edge which is more suitable for social media. I often do Black and White versions of people shots, but its not always suitable for each image.
About 3 hours later I have 13 images edited of Cat, some of those also have monochrome versions too, so total unique images (not counting different sizes stands at 23.
Tomorrow I will crack on with the rest and hopefully get them all finished in a few days. This was probably the largest folder, so the others should be a bit quicker to finish.
On that note, here are some of the finished versions for you to look at 🙂
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