Before and After

We tend to get a lot of questions about our photo editing. “What’s involved? How long does it take? What do you do? What programs to you use?” etc.  Because of that, I thought we should add some info to the blog about the process.  One of the things that is most important is getting proper exposure when taking the photograph. During our sessions you’ll often see Julia and I adjusting the camera settings. We’re setting white balance, aperture and shutter speed, ISO, light-meter and focus settings during these adjustments. After we get home we usually load all of the photos into Adobe Lightroom. This is great software for sorting through the images and discarding all of them with closed eyes, etc.  We shoot all of our sessions in a RAW format (vs jpeg). In Lightroom, we do most of the editing by adjusting some of the white balance a bit, changing to black-n-white, and boosting some of the colors. RAW format allows for some changes that jpg does not (or it at-least makes it easier).  Finally, we make other adjustments in Adobe Photoshop when we need to, like remove a random stranger from the background.  Sometimes we’ll also use some noise-reduction software if the photo was a bit grainy from using a higher ISO. Here’s a few quick examples of some before and after shots.