My editing process...

No two photographers are the same. Everyone shoots differently, with different cameras and lenses, emphasizes different things depending on the subject matter, and everyone edits differently as well. In this age where digital photographs are the norm, taking the photo is only half the work. The manipulation of the picture after takes much more than a mere click of a shutter button. All of my photos are analyzed and editied for a number of different things during the post processing process. Over the past year, thing have changed for me though. I used to shoot, shoot, shoot, and then edit, edit, edit. I used to rely so much on post processing of the images that I ended up spending endless hours in front of the computer screen to achieve a desired result. What is great though, is that over time I have relied less on the editing and focused more on a "pure" style of shooting. Let's just say I am getting done right the first time. The shoot highlighted below was from about a week ago and features Brittany B., a friend of mine who needed head shots for her portfolio while I was back in Houston over the break. Shooting for friends is always great and laid back. Below is an example of my editing process. The first being the original- straight from the camera, the second- a finished edit, and the third- a black and white transfer. Enjoy (and as always, you can just click on the image to view it larger):