is it because I'm a beginner i don't pp

a1ex2001 · 12 Jun 2012 at 09:12

I do as little as possible as I can't stand sitting in front of a PC at home I do enough of that in work!

I have my camera configured to shoot raw and JPEG and I have a custom setting on the camera which gives me an output that 99% of the time I'm happy with, especially for screen viewing. I'll go back and process the RAW if I decide to use the photo for something more like a print or a photobook but even then I tend to just do a quick minimal job.

THC_SsSsSnake · 12 Jun 2012 at 14:14

Alex you sound like how I feel about it.too much messing

James J · 12 Jun 2012 at 15:41

THC_SsSsSnake said:
thanks Luna,I do have aperture 3 just need to get some tuition on it

There was a GREAT update to aperture yesterday adding tonnes of new features, changing the entire look of the program and improving things like sharpening and noise reduction algorithms. Go on the app store to update it

THC_SsSsSnake · 12 Jun 2012 at 17:00

thanks James.

shaggyd · 13 Jun 2012 at 14:38

I found Lightroom too cumbersome for me, as I am used to Photoshop. The post processing tricks I use are to either simulate photo film studio techniques, or to perform simple colour tweaks to get the best out of my images. Using just a bridge camera (Fujifilm S200EXR) I find PP essential for adding a little polish to some of my bland images. Photography is a hobby for me and knowing I'll never be as good as most of the guys on this forum (eg. the great Raymondo Lin), I always take their ideas as inspiration to make my pictures unique.

Ksanti · 13 Jun 2012 at 14:47

shaggyd said:
I found Lightroom too cumbersome for me, as I am used to Photoshop. The post processing tricks I use are to either simulate photo film studio techniques, or to perform simple colour tweaks to get the best out of my images. Using just a bridge camera (Fujifilm S200EXR) I find PP essential for adding a little polish to some of my bland images. Photography is a hobby for me and knowing I'll never be as good as most of the guys on this forum (eg. the great Raymondo Lin), I always take their ideas as inspiration to make my pictures unique.

If anything I think photoshop is more cumbersome than lightroom. Photoshop is a much slower process for batches of images and I only use it for photos if there's loads of bokeh fringing or I need to edit in depth for images I'm really happy with.