Editing & Uploading Wedding Photographs - Our New Take

Hi Everyone,

So, both Anna and I have been editing wedding photographs like crazy this past week. And, with this,
we've come across a new idea on how we can do our editing. There's nothing new to the actual editing
part (we use a program called Lightroom for editing), but there is something new to what and how we upload.



A photograph for fun - this is the camera left in a chair in punta cana


Last year, we uploaded a good bit of photographs for each wedding. If there was nothing wrong with the
photograph visually or compositionally, it was uploaded to Pictage.com. Our thinking was that one
never really knows what someone else will just LOVE. Everyone has their own style and ideas when it
comes to art. And this did work, but I am certain at times we overwhelmed the customers - especially
the guests at weddings wanting to purchase just a few prints. I remember for Brett & Julianne we
uploaded a total of over 4000 wedding photographs - 1/2 were duplicates in black & white as Julianne really
loves black & white images. Well, I am quite sure, that was just WAY too many to upload. The other
weddings had anywhere from 1400-2000 uploaded ... which is still too many for most people. We've
been going towards our new take for a while, but now we've finally decided it is a great idea.



Another photograph for fun - this time the camera is on drift wood on Jekyll Island


So, our new take is to only upload the great to stunning photographs - the ones we, as a couple, would
be thrilled to receive ourselves and can only hope each couple feels the same way. This can result in
anywhere from 500 - 1200 wedding photographs uploaded to Pictage depending on the amount of coverage time.
I'd say that is *much* better than 1800 or more - it hopefully will be just the right amount for the couples
and guests. Plus, it will allow the wedding photographs to be online sooner as there is less to upload to Pictage.com.
We're also breaking the wedding photographs down into as many categories as possible to make browsing
easier - such as 'getting ready', 'ceremony', 'post ceremony', 'formals/group shots', 'reception', 'dancing', etc. :)



Last other photograph - this time it was left in the grass at Katie & John's wedding ... I just leave that thing everywhere


But, then, what happens to those wedding photographs that aren't great but are still certainly good? Well, we've
debated this - I absolutely hate not delivering photographs that *could* be very important to the couple.
So, what we have settled on is to simply put those good but not great photographs onto the Data DVD
of digital files the couple receives (if they have a collection that includes the digital files - all but one of
our collections include this). This way, they can still have those wedding photographs. And, the weddingphotographs don't overwhelm the couple or family/guests when they are looking at Pictage.com. Hopefully
everyone thinks this is a good idea too!

Anyway, I just wanted to share our new take. Couples should expect around anywhere from
500 - 1200 GREAT wedding photographs to be uploaded to Pictage.com and then on the Data DVD,
there might still be some unseen surprises. :)

- Spencer Clark
Anna and Spencer Photography
Atlanta Wedding Photographers
Destination Wedding Photography
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