This outdoor photographer has been spending WAY too much time *indoors* lately, I'll admit.  But today on our way out the door to bible study, Joy and I saw a BEAUTIFUL sunset!  Apparently the sunsets have been exceptionally gorgeous over OC these days.

I'm SOOOOO excited for the Airshow tomorrow.  Oop, I guess that would be today.  It's after Midnight.  Ah, I gotta get up at like, 5 AM!  Alright, bed time.  Enjoy.

=Matt=

The next "workflowshop" is going to be on October 26th, and there are still a FEW seats available for $225 before the price goes up.



You should sign up if:

* You regularly feel overwhelmed by the task of "editing" hundreds of photos.  If it feels downright boring, mundane, instead of exciting or at least manageable, then you're running the risk of burning out.  I really don't want that to happen to you!

* You shoot hundreds of photos in a session, or thousands of photos in an event, or each week / month...

* You find yourself doing the same color correction over and over again to similar photos in similar light with a slightly different pose...

* You shoot in a professional capacity, and need to make sure your images are ABSOLUTELY safe, both short-term and long-term.  I'll be talking about downloading, backup, archiving, etc...

* You aren't that good at exposure, white balance, or in-camera settings. In my opinion exposure and white balance, or LIGHT in general, is/are actually extremely important in a speedy workflow.  Simply put-  Taking sweet pictures in the first place can honestly get me excited about editing them!  Certain events, yeah the light stinks and ya gotta do what you can, but I definitely notice a difference in my happiness quotient when it comes time to edit photos where I paid attention to the light, or simply had good light to work with.  And light, of course, translates into exposure, white balance and in-camera settings from a technical standpoint...


Who should NOT sign up:

* Photographers who feel like they have enough free time, or at least feel that editing hardly takes up their time...

* Photographers who don't shoot that many photos, or don't need to edit that many photos.

* Photographers who, when they do edit photos, only really need to edit a dozen or so and don't do much more than make 'em look clear / colorful / sharp, for blog viewing etc...  (No seriously!  A "Photo Blogger" workshop is in the near future.  It will be a much more basic workshop, one that doesn't cover in-camera settings, or the downloading / backup / proofing stages of workflow, JUST the basic edits to make images pop on your blog / facebook, or for small / medium prints...  It would be much more affordable as well, probably in the $50 range...  I'm thinking early December or late January, when "wedding season" is less intense.  Any input from blog readers?)


...Alright, I'm going to wrap up with a few recent images from a wedding at the arboretum, one of my favorite venues!  Next up will be a new wedding venue I've never shot at before, Tivoli Terrace in Laguna Beach...

Take care everybody, and see you soon one way or another!  I'm heading down to San Diego now for the SD Shootout, then this coming weekend I'm heading down to SD again for the Miramar Airshow and my autofocus / exposure workshop, and then Tuesday October 13th is the next So Cal Shootout, phew!  That's a lot of getting together...

=Matt=


(PS:  As always, these images are minimally processed, with no more than a few seconds' worth of clicking in Bridge, and some are straight out of the camera with the RAW or JPG default edits.  I REALLY believe that in-camera capture AND computer "default" processing settings are a key element in achieving a happy workflow!)


















































I love shooting at the Fullerton Arboretum!  Just look at how the light got all nice and warm as the ceremony progressed... 










NO reflector! This was a light bounce I just stumbled upon... 










Off-camera flash at the reception.










And of course, the obligatory tripod reception shot.  This is with the default RAW settings, no adjustments.