ULTIMATE Photography Editing Workflow: I spent 10 YEARS perfecting this ten-step workflow!

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  • @LucasStephanou
    @LucasStephanou Рік тому +5

    I am going thought a lot of workflows videos and this is the best one so far.
    Kevin is so clear and direct. Amazing work!

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  Рік тому

      appreciate it, glad it was helpful!

  • @GavinBakerPhotography
    @GavinBakerPhotography 3 роки тому +30

    This is great info, as a professional sports photographer myself I can honestly say the workflow described here is nearly perfect, and implementing any or all of what is shown here will speed up anyone's photography process. Thanks for sharing!

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  3 роки тому +4

      Gavin, I've had a look through your awesome portfolio - that feedback means a lot. Thanks, and glad you found it helpful!

    • @Eye_sky_high
      @Eye_sky_high 2 роки тому

      completely agree.

  • @kbruff2010
    @kbruff2010 2 роки тому +1

    Are familiar with ACDSee and Zone photo or on1raw? I believe they are the best options for scaled execution.

  • @jcpaxt
    @jcpaxt 2 роки тому +4

    Kevin! You are one of the very few best UA-camrs I’ve ever watched! Very informative! Well made! Easy to understand! Straight to the point! No BS! Thank you very much!!!

  • @ChrisLeeX
    @ChrisLeeX 3 роки тому +5

    Wow. This video just made every other related tutorial redundant. Thank you so much for the good-good content.

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  3 роки тому

      Thanks Chris, I appreciate it - glad it was helpful

  • @The4slacks
    @The4slacks 2 роки тому +1

    spot on, really appreciate the no bs approach. Not one time did I feel like you were milking the video to fill the time requirement.

  • @orangecountyjackson7898
    @orangecountyjackson7898 2 роки тому +1

    man your workflow is extremely efficient! not an idle second. thank you for the tips.

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  2 роки тому

      appreciate it and glad it was helpful!

  • @m77ast
    @m77ast Рік тому

    Do you have a video on your b lightroom export settings?

  • @paigecrick596
    @paigecrick596 Рік тому +1

    Can you make a tutorial video series that breaks this process down and takes us step by step on how to do this? Or do you have any recommendations for existing courses that can teach this?

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  Рік тому

      While some of these steps are self-explanatory, I break down some of the more complicated ones and can answer any of your questions through my photography program, if you're interested. Here's a link to Speedy Photographer:
      www.speedyphotographer.com

  • @bhuff123
    @bhuff123 3 роки тому +1

    I like your comments upon photo editors in another video could you address Windows machines as to how much horsepower do you need such as processor memory graphics and so forth

  • @psychward2315
    @psychward2315 2 роки тому +1

    Great video. One question: When you crop in photo mechanic is it a "destructive edit" or is the full picture preserved and can be un or re-cropped again?

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  2 роки тому +1

      full picture is preserved, as long as you don't export as a JPEG

  • @eggs-benny
    @eggs-benny 2 роки тому +1

    great video, love the detail that you went into!

  • @fcoker73
    @fcoker73 3 роки тому +1

    Great info! I definitely need an effective workflow and it seems like you got it. Thanks!

  • @policeluber6720
    @policeluber6720 2 роки тому

    I see all my fav sports photogs using sum cord going ? Ring side court side etc ? Is,this to a hd ? Seems faster ?

  • @leafsfan71
    @leafsfan71 3 роки тому

    This is brilliant. Thank you so much. Do you have any videos on Lightroom and catalog management?

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  3 роки тому +1

      Glad it was helpful! No other videos on this topic right now on UA-cam unfortunately

  • @evanessencephotography4385
    @evanessencephotography4385 2 роки тому

    Thank for the video, and especially the back up part. Even pros don’t have a clue about RAID storage and using the 3-2-1 back up scheme.
    As for editing and culling software. We switched to Capture One and Affinity Photo 6 months ago. We haven’t looked back. Capture One’s raw engine is unmatched. No need to use multiple software for culling and editing. It’s crazy fast and we editing in raw, with layers, 97% of the time. We chose the perpetual license. Crazy.

  • @bowwowers
    @bowwowers 3 роки тому +1

    This is quality. I found so much value in this one video I'm headed over to his website to take part in the one hour free training and possibly buy his training. It looks super comprehensive

  • @sholaallen4873
    @sholaallen4873 3 роки тому +1

    Someone may have posted this earlier, so I apologize for missing it. Question, how did you generate your camera profiles for your R6? Did you manually do that by color correcting a Raw file next to it's jpeg equivalent?
    If you have a video covering this please point me to it 😔
    Thanks

  • @matstraka
    @matstraka 2 роки тому +1

    Great video. Straigth to the topic, no nonsense. Love how effective your workflow is. Subscribed.

  • @SteveMartinUSA
    @SteveMartinUSA 2 роки тому +1

    Your workflow looks similar to mine, including your naming conventions, etc. The video is right to the point. I didn't see Bridge in your workflow...? I wonder what your opinion of Bridge vs. Photo Mechanic is 2 years later, and whether it's still worth the money to buy Photo Mechanic?

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  2 роки тому

      personally, still prefer photo mechanic for the metadata. bridge has caught up in terms of processing speed, but IPTC is best dealt with in Photo Mechanic still if you ask me

  • @rosemathews5710
    @rosemathews5710 8 місяців тому

    Is there a free ingest and sorting software that can be used?

  • @terrellcwoods
    @terrellcwoods 3 роки тому +2

    Excellent! Exactly what I was looking for. I just needed to see someone's workflow in PM. I have been using Bridge for that purpose but, I like the idea of using PM for setting up ingest templates for team activities. Thanks for the great and to-the-point info.

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  3 роки тому

      No problem, glad to hear it was helpful!

  • @melissab.508
    @melissab.508 2 роки тому +1

    SO helpful and thorough - thank you for putting this together! Just to clarify - you are copying (not moving) your tagged pictures from PM to Lightroom ?

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  2 роки тому

      neither copying nor moving - literally just importing the images from where they already exist on my hard drive. glad it was helpful!

  • @serrpau
    @serrpau 4 роки тому +1

    This is pure gold! Thanks for sharing. I am using Lightroom to import photos and it takes SO long. Will try bridge. Where do you keep your Lightroom catalog? In hard drive or cloud storage? Any tips for importing photos to my hard drive using MAC? Thanks for sharing!!!

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  4 роки тому

      Glad it was helpful! I keep my catalog in the cloud, but if you're not switching between computers, it isn't necessary. I don't really have any suggestions that would make this process different on a Mac - pretty much identical on both platforms.

  • @josephsy
    @josephsy 2 роки тому +1

    subbed, super informative from the start

  • @JohnFisk-OHS-78
    @JohnFisk-OHS-78 2 роки тому +1

    Brilliant!
    I'm pretty OCD, but your workflow takes it to the next level. You also introduce some software that many of us probably haven't heard of. I'm planning to look up Photo Mechanic and Goodsync.
    Huge thanks and best wishes!
    J

  • @RealThore
    @RealThore 2 роки тому +1

    For backup I use amazon photos as a prime subscriber which has unlimited storage for JPG and Sony RAW files workmas well (don't know about Canon, Nikon etc) and also comes with a Windows software that can auto-backup your files

  • @jmgcg
    @jmgcg Рік тому

    Excellent. You can use Adjustment Layers in Photoshop to do a non-destructive work but, no doubt, LR or even C1 are better, fast to change and all adjustments in one file, no need to save as Tiff or PSD.

  • @padillaandrea1
    @padillaandrea1 3 роки тому +2

    Wow this is great info! Super helpful. Just what I needed. I’ve been trying to level up on my work flow and data storage. My early naive self thought I only needed a backup hard drive. Ha! Thanks for the info on Photo Mechanic, first time hearing of it.

  • @adamg6251
    @adamg6251 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this!

  • @thepanel2935
    @thepanel2935 2 роки тому +1

    So, Photo Mechanic is nowhere near as useful _after_ you've dumped your images off your card and onto the computer or external hard-drive? In other words, it _only_ works the best at/during *_ingest?_* Is that correct?

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  2 роки тому

      Photo Mechanic is useful for any type of bulk data management/IPTC metadata at any point throughout your process

  • @rhiannonbrown5325
    @rhiannonbrown5325 3 роки тому

    This is awesome!!! You've helped me so much! I learned more than i expected.

  • @alainpc23
    @alainpc23 3 роки тому

    Great workflow and straight to the point explanations. I will copy some of these from you. Thank you! :)

  • @walkonwatertv7744
    @walkonwatertv7744 3 роки тому +1

    Gosh.....Wish I watched this on July 3rd, 2020 lol. Thank you for the incredible insight.

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  3 роки тому

      I appreciate it, and glad it was helpful!

  • @ricardolopesphoto
    @ricardolopesphoto 2 роки тому +1

    How come you only need to connect your drives to Backblaze once a year? I thought it would delete your backup after 30-days, even if you have a 1-year version history. Can you please comment? Thanks!

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  2 роки тому

      Read about the BackBlaze versioning system and how it works here:
      help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035247494-Version-History-FAQ

  • @DMATcyt
    @DMATcyt 3 роки тому +1

    Bravo.....this is really good info! I am subscribing now!

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  3 роки тому

      Thanks, glad you found it helpful!

  • @Thedogofdoom1997
    @Thedogofdoom1997 3 роки тому +1

    This is so insanely helpful to me as a new photographer. I feel like I'm always drowning in photos. I was starting to feel like I should slow down my camera's burst rate so I have less to go through, but I think photo mechanic is going to be a life saver for me and my cloud storage.

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  3 роки тому +1

      Burst speeds are reaching the point where I feel the need to slow them down as well (and sometimes I do) - easiest way to speed up literally everything as a part of this workflow!

  • @williamkirwin6438
    @williamkirwin6438 3 роки тому

    Hey thanks for the video! Can you tell me why you prefer Photo mechanic over Adobe Bridge?

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  3 роки тому +1

      Totally a personal preference, I just really like the workflow when it comes to adding variables and IPTC metadata. Bridge is great too, I tend to use it a lot when I need to deal with video.

  • @MartinFroland
    @MartinFroland 3 роки тому +1

    Very usefull.

  • @kylejennings6128
    @kylejennings6128 2 роки тому +1

    Does anyone use camera raw instead of lightroom? The programs are so similar

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  2 роки тому +1

      I use Camera RAW for individual edits, but Lightroom is significantly faster when it comes to dealing with bulk edits

  • @360VRStudios
    @360VRStudios 3 роки тому

    Awesome, job! I like you motivation.

  • @donnapoirier
    @donnapoirier 3 роки тому

    Excellent video!

  • @Tampaxd45
    @Tampaxd45 3 роки тому +1

    Nice job. I don't use Lightroom but the overall video was helpful. I would HIGHLY recommend that you create a local copy of your Lightroom catalog at least monthly.

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  3 роки тому

      Agreed, backups are critical. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @Sequeirarealty
    @Sequeirarealty 4 роки тому +1

    Super Helpful Information.

  • @BubblesPothowari
    @BubblesPothowari 3 роки тому

    You are Mr. Efficient !!

  • @kevinraposo
    @kevinraposo  3 роки тому +1

    To join Speedy Photographer or watch my FREE training:
    www.speedyphotographer.com
    You can follow me here:
    instagram.com/kevinraposo
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  • @policeluber6720
    @policeluber6720 2 роки тому +1

    What about all these nba shooters appearing to shoot tethered or ?

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  2 роки тому

      Tethered shooting is pretty common at major international sporting events (i.e. the World Cup or the Olympics), where wire agencies have a dedicated editing team to cull and distribute real-time content. Makes for a cool configuration, but probably wouldn't be a useful tutorial for 99.99% of photographers watching this video on UA-cam

  • @ashrafulatik8978
    @ashrafulatik8978 3 роки тому

    Hi Kevin. Thanks for sharing. Do you prefer Autoretouch, an AI-powered image editing tool to automate ghost mannequins, clipping path, background removal, etc. image editing process? I found it super cool and easy to operate. Need your opinion regarding this.

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  3 роки тому

      Never used it, so unfortunately, I can't comment

  • @pmayh3m
    @pmayh3m 3 роки тому +2

    Wouldn't using a layer in photoshop create a non-destructive editing environment?

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  3 роки тому

      I probably should have expanded on that comment in the video. You're right, there are definitely a few ways to non-destructively edit in Photoshop - filters, layer masks, etc. But compared to Lightroom, many of the actions performed will be destructive

  • @zachhoward3179
    @zachhoward3179 3 роки тому

    Good content, very helpful! Thank you!

  • @bradley264
    @bradley264 3 роки тому

    Brilliant!

  • @tomandalbert
    @tomandalbert Рік тому +5

    Bridge is free

  • @NikCan66
    @NikCan66 3 роки тому

    This is brilliant

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  3 роки тому

      thanks, I appreciate it!

    • @NikCan66
      @NikCan66 3 роки тому

      @@kevinraposo more than welcome

  • @policeluber6720
    @policeluber6720 2 роки тому

    How,do,I,send from my cam to beat the iPhoto peeps ?canon 1dxii but guess I’ll trade down or up to a r6 for wifi efffff canon eerrrr 😝

  • @mariocourchesne2511
    @mariocourchesne2511 3 роки тому

    You forgot to drop the mic at the end of your video ! ;) Great job !

  • @ivan_12345
    @ivan_12345 3 роки тому

    Are you a native English speaker? I thought the stress in the verbs "to impOrt/expOrt" is on the 2nd syllable

    • @1994ave
      @1994ave 3 роки тому

      Kind of weird thing to comment on

    • @jennvangeem2847
      @jennvangeem2847 3 роки тому

      Are you an English teacher ?

    • @ivan_12345
      @ivan_12345 3 роки тому

      @@1994ave why? just curious

    • @ivan_12345
      @ivan_12345 3 роки тому

      @@jennvangeem2847 yep, used to work with pupils for several years, but now just a freelancer (photographer, retoucher)

    • @ivan_12345
      @ivan_12345 3 роки тому

      @@jennvangeem2847 I'm not a native speaker, btw, so just curious

  • @explorewithluke
    @explorewithluke 4 місяці тому

    adobe camera raw through adobe photoshop is very much a parametric editor though

  • @youngbloodalan
    @youngbloodalan 3 роки тому

    Kevin, Great video. Instead of going from Photomechanic to LighRoom, I go from PhotoMechanic to Camera RAW in Photoshop. You can do virtually everything in Camera RAW that you can do in LightRoom, including nondestructive toning, but it's a lot more efficient. As a photojournalist, I am mostly toning, doing noise reduction. cropping and some geometry. You can mass apply/sync settings. You can this with hundreds of images at once. If pick DONE, it saves the edits and you can come bsck and change them later.. Pick the ones you want and export them all at once in the resolution you want. I do like Lighroom for HDR and a couple other things but deadline work CameraRaw is the way to go. If you shoot JPEGs, you can have cameraRAW treat them the same way.

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  3 роки тому

      I didn't explain this fully in the tutorial, but I do something very similar inside Lightroom - I apply very basic adjustments (i.e. adding a bit of contrast or exposure), then sync across all images. I've never given the Camera RAW workflow a shot, but it definitely appears to be a lot more lightweight to me than Lightroom is - may try it out in the future. Appreciate it!

    • @youngbloodalan
      @youngbloodalan 3 роки тому

      @@kevinraposo Thanks for the reply Kevin. Yes, its way more lightweight then Lightroom. I export from Camera Raw to my "today" folder never opening the files in photoshop at all. I then return to PhotoMechanic to finish the captions. Clearly, if I was a portrait photographer or something else, the pictures would need more work and Lightroom would be more advantagous.

  • @pietvanderputten1205
    @pietvanderputten1205 Рік тому

    Photoshop should be used in a non destructive way (smart objects, camera raw filter, adjustment layers). Lightroom library works best if you stick to it with all imports and movements of files.

  • @ivan_12345
    @ivan_12345 3 роки тому

    Why not using usb drives? much more handy, imho

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  3 роки тому +1

      Not as fast or reliable as a dedicated hard drive

  • @louishermann7676
    @louishermann7676 2 роки тому +1

    Oh my gosh. As a photography idiot and drone newbie this will significantly cut down on the non-productive frustrating tasks while I'm getting my practice reps in.

  • @Grasseatereu
    @Grasseatereu 2 роки тому +2

    I liked your video a lot, but i must say, if you are working in photoshop and working destructively, you are simply using Photoshop wrong. If you do not use layers, you propably dont need photoshop and can stay in lightroom or capture one.. But if you do open photoshop there is no reason to not create new layers often.
    beside that you nailed everything.

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  2 роки тому +1

      fair point. glad you enjoyed the video

  • @rebth1st
    @rebth1st 2 роки тому +1

    Wow, great information but way too fast for me. I know I can stop and start and review anytime I want to, but this is still a lot of information.

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  2 роки тому

      glad it was helpful, just place the video on repeat 🙂

  • @Lesterandsons
    @Lesterandsons 2 роки тому

    Wanted deeper

  • @kbruff2010
    @kbruff2010 2 роки тому

    Ok, why don’t you name them effectively?

  • @mikeshapiro4418
    @mikeshapiro4418 2 роки тому

    This is so wrong! Photo editing involves sorting and culling. Processing is what photoshop does.

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  2 роки тому

      you're the first viewer in two and a half years to suggest my explanation is wrong, and I've had numerous professionals respond to this video very positively. regardless, you're pointing out semantics and it really doesn't matter, the workflow itself is valid

  • @danielprucey9796
    @danielprucey9796 8 місяців тому

    NOPE...using a smart object in Photoshop is non-destructive.

    • @kevinraposo
      @kevinraposo  8 місяців тому +1

      That’s the one and only non-destructive feature in an otherwise fully destructive editing software