Previous post was a rant about how difficult it ist to get started with editing. Now I can proudly present neary 30 newly edited images on Valoisa Huone Stock Collection. So, during last week or so I’ve gotten over at least some barrier.

But still, shooting pictures is joyful. Post-production – well, it’s just work. And work it is.

My base software is and has been since it’s second generation Adobe Lightroom. At this moment I’m using version 4.4 and going through thinking process if updating it to five series is worth. LR like other modern post production software has quite advanced tools for processing large amounts of images.

I don’t use them.

Batch processing is useful for professional photographers who shoot huge amount of (often quite similar) photos per session and have to deliver huge amount of them to their cutomers. Then a kind of industialized approach is the only way to survive.

That’s not my case.

Firsty, I shoot quite sparingly compared to many colleagues. And then the editing itself – I see it as a art of handicraft. I process handpicked selections of images and I process individual images individually. Mass production of images just isn’t my business and it doesn’t suit to my mentality and philosophy of photogaphy.

And at this point I have to add word luckily. I know very well that if I were really dependent of photography economically, I might not be able to work my way, but instead build that assembly line of images that I don’t love so much. But at this moment I can afford my way and enjoy the luxury of doing things the way I want.