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09/29/2010 10:48:47 AM · #1 |
I've gone back and forth on this over the last several years and before I change my approach yet again I'm interested in some other opinions.
1) Show them ALL of the photos from a session and let them pick what they want. (color and exposure corrected but no retouching)
2) Eliminate blinks, blurs and duplicate images and then share all of the remaining images. (color and exposure corrected but no retouching)
3) A short list of photographer selects for them to pick from. (color and exposure corrected but no retouching)
4) A very short list of fully retouched images ready to be purchased.
5) Something else that I haven't thought to include. |
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09/29/2010 11:02:24 AM · #2 |
#2.
I have a small set of commercial clients, so they are broken in as to what I can do with Photoshop. It makes life easier for me, turnaround faster for them, and increases the number of times they say, "Get creative with it and bill us for your time."
I skim through and delete the crap, then run a batch to WB, size-down, & Sharpen; then give them a DVD. |
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09/29/2010 11:07:47 AM · #3 |
Mostly somewhere between one and two. I don't eliminate duplicates, but do eliminate the technical and artistic flaws, such as soft focus, flash didn't fire... etc.
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09/29/2010 11:14:36 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Mostly somewhere between one and two. I don't eliminate duplicates, but do eliminate the technical and artistic flaws, such as soft focus, flash didn't fire... etc. |
Do you ever have problems with clients not being able to visualize the possibilities with an image? Retouching, a B&W conversion, burning and dodging can completely change the look of an image, but there is now way to do that for every image to show the possibilities. This is one of my challenges that I have not resolved yet. |
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09/29/2010 11:24:13 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by Nusbaum:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Mostly somewhere between one and two. I don't eliminate duplicates, but do eliminate the technical and artistic flaws, such as soft focus, flash didn't fire... etc. |
Do you ever have problems with clients not being able to visualize the possibilities with an image? Retouching, a B&W conversion, burning and dodging can completely change the look of an image, but there is now way to do that for every image to show the possibilities. This is one of my challenges that I have not resolved yet. |
Yes and no....
I run all proofs through a batch process (or several batch processes, depending on the client).
Those batch processes include running the images through Alien Skins Exposure and (just recently) Topaz Adjust. In a matter of minutes I can have both color and black and white versions available for proofing. With those batch actions, the images have enough pop to give them an rough idea of what they'll be looking at.
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10/01/2010 05:38:53 AM · #6 |
| i'm somewhere between 2 & 3. regardless of how much i shoot, my target delivery is about an image a minute. for a one hour shoot, i'll try to show 60 images. it is situation dependent; some situations might only net 15 images, some 90. i typically only deliver images that have possibilities, and i NEVER turn over 'everything'. if you don't weed out the obvious crap, you have no control over what might show up with your name on it ;-) |
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