Not sure if this is really 1?? More of asking for your way.... Post processing
Hi all, will try and keep this short but hard to explain what I'm asking for.....
just got a new computer so going through the woes with that when I was already struggling with post processing, photography, and health issues.
i come from a photography background, parents had a fine art pre press business. Now dad is a pro photographer mainly doing film.
my problem comes in that we have tons of pro friends who can teach me, but have known me since I was a kid, so they seem to kind of forget that I don't know all the technical ways even though I mostly know what is being spoken of.
kind of like learning a language, as a kid you just pick it up, as an adult you have to learn a new language.
my growing up language was 4 color separations, scanners, film, loud equipment, and a lot of loud cranky picky spectacular artists.
i spent 5 hours on Sunday with a dear friend who has known me since I was born, who now teaches Lightroom and has always worked for one of the best architectural photographers.
i needed help with some images due for a contest and was without my computer or Lightroom.
she was great help, the problem is that with her, just like my dad, they forget to tell me the "how" they are doing what they are doing.
so I came home and loaded Lightroom and spent 6 hours figuring out... How to only import one folder of photos, not my whole drive.... Because the how to was left out.
books, I have many, they are my go to source.
but here is sort of my question on workflow......
i see people here and everywhere really that put down their photo info, example.....
taken into LR, PS done etc etc, taken through Topaz clarity 5 then Silver Efex, then applied so and so filter.
seriously I have to think and go find my simplest photo exif info.
so how do you keep track of this??
more importantly..... When you have LR and or PS or others how do you decide what to use, or even remember what you have??
i downloaded a trial of NIK and Topaz and there are so many things it really is like learning every word in a new language.
i have never even figured out everything I could do in Corel paintshop pro (old comp)..... My fathers version of answers is.... " just use what you need and forget about the rest"
and for adding things like Topaz..... He just says why, PS has what I need.
looking at Topaz, NIK, AlienSkin..... I would love to be able to utilize them in LR since I can't do the full PS, though I got elements added to the new computer as a deal.
but HOW do you utilize all these things and remember what you have and what everything does??
hope what I'm asking makes sense. Maybe my question is easier put into.... What is your post processing digital workflow language, or your ritual on each photo??
thanks to any who take the time to read and answer this.