With great pain.“

Jay Maisel

I agree. I’ve got few hundred photos in Lightroom catalogue waiting. All the time, the gap between shot raw material and finished photos seems to be quite fixed.

What makes this a bit strange is that as mentioned in some earlier posts, I am photo editor. I make decisions what to use and what to not. Dozens of decisions, every day. And I make them fast, very often by first look. Of course I have to. It’s not a big deal, it’s my job.

But when it comes to my own photos then comes the pain. I might scroll the LR catalogue up and down, looking photos again and again. For hours, without really getting anything done.

I don’t know why, maybe killing your own babies is such a mental barrier? Even though I can be very tough if needed. And even though I actually find it very satisfying when I see the final result. But getting started…