About Me

I am a mother of three boys (three boys, being punished for my sins!) and have been a fan of photography for years. I started shooting weddings seriously about five years ago. With the arrival of my twins, I decided to reduce my working hours in order to spend more time at home with my boys. Using photography to make up for the loss of income was a natural progression.

This is where you will be able to catch regular excerpts of what I am up to...

Related Posts with ThumbnailsI absolutely adore every moment of the excitement, stress, anticipation and celebration that occurs on the actual wedding day, but, it's the 40-odd hours languishing on the computer afterwards, post-processing a ceremony, that has become overwhelming recently.

In an effort to simplify my rather complex and exhausting workflow, I decided that January 2011 would be the opportune time for change. Therefore, and to actually broaden my horizons, I decided to attend the RE.INVENT Lightroom course.

I must admit, I was somewhat hesitant, since I wasn't 100% sold on Lightroom (I just  could not get my head around it), also the thought of squandering an entire day, on a course(wasting editing time) wasn't appetising either, but, I am really, really, really, really glad that I did, as I learnt some "Killer Bee" Lightroom tips and have in turn saved many hours on my workflow!

It has taken me several years to finally reach this point, but, I believe that I have, at long last, introduced a workflow process that is organised and efficient {enter singing angels}.

No blog post is complete without an image, so here you are, an image from my first wedding that underwent the new LR workflow.


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Comments
Jonneke:

The same as you: hesitating, not wanting new type of working... I tried Aperture (of Mac) and have the same experience as you...
If you've bitten trough the new apple.... it tasts wonderful!!
Enjoy Lightroom

(02.10.11 @ 05:12 AM)
AndreaC:

Santa forgot the Mac, so I am still on PC :-(

(02.10.11 @ 06:23 AM)