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Livestream for photo editing?
12 years ago
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A very popular thing for artists who work on digital media is to throw up a stream so people can watch and chat with them when they draw. I tuned in for 
vizza 's stream last night and it got me thinking... What about doing a stream while I'm working on editing photos in lightroom?
Many people don't realize this but many photographers, those who take their work somewhat seriously atleast ARE digital artists. They spend a good amount of time sorting through their library for photos they like and spend hours touching them up; turning a photo taken raw off a camera into a work of art. Many people don't realize that Photoshop is used by more professional photographers then it is artists. I know this is a huge shock to most.
I get asked a lot why I don't just dump photos raw off my camera online to FA the instant I get home from a con or an event. Maybe doing a stream and having people watch would help them understand why I do what I do, and both how laughably bad many of the photos I take are and why those never get edited or posted.
And also how drastic of a difference even a simple edit can make. Sure, the quality of a livestream will pale for the level of detail I am working with but you can still watch me play with adjusting things like exposure and contrast and see just how much I am able to restore from what if posted RAW would look pretty flimsy as a photograph.
And for the photographers out there, espically those who would like to learn and watch how I use Lightroom? Might be informative and give you some good tips. Also having a second perspective when sorting is nice too. I'm sure I've scanned past a lot of photos I didn't think were that great that someone else would say "thats an awesome photo, why aren't you editing that???"
Anyone interested in tuning in should I start this? I've got plenty of content to go through... fursuiting and general nature photography too. I really need to start working on my backlog...
vizza 's stream last night and it got me thinking... What about doing a stream while I'm working on editing photos in lightroom?Many people don't realize this but many photographers, those who take their work somewhat seriously atleast ARE digital artists. They spend a good amount of time sorting through their library for photos they like and spend hours touching them up; turning a photo taken raw off a camera into a work of art. Many people don't realize that Photoshop is used by more professional photographers then it is artists. I know this is a huge shock to most.
I get asked a lot why I don't just dump photos raw off my camera online to FA the instant I get home from a con or an event. Maybe doing a stream and having people watch would help them understand why I do what I do, and both how laughably bad many of the photos I take are and why those never get edited or posted.
And also how drastic of a difference even a simple edit can make. Sure, the quality of a livestream will pale for the level of detail I am working with but you can still watch me play with adjusting things like exposure and contrast and see just how much I am able to restore from what if posted RAW would look pretty flimsy as a photograph.
And for the photographers out there, espically those who would like to learn and watch how I use Lightroom? Might be informative and give you some good tips. Also having a second perspective when sorting is nice too. I'm sure I've scanned past a lot of photos I didn't think were that great that someone else would say "thats an awesome photo, why aren't you editing that???"
Anyone interested in tuning in should I start this? I've got plenty of content to go through... fursuiting and general nature photography too. I really need to start working on my backlog...
Might be an interesting idea. It's something I've thought about before, but I never imagined there would be much of a market for it in the drawing/painting-focused furry world. We photographers are a comparatively rare breed around these parts, and I would guess that the majority of us have a workflow pretty well nailed down, so interest is probably volatile at best. That said, I would be interested to see how others work to edit their photos, whether in stream format or otherwise. I don't do a whole heck of a lot with my work in photoshop, but I'm always open to new methods that others use. :)
R3dfox
~r3dfox
I spend a lot of time with the adjustment brush, one example, Bolt in my avatar was actually blue(ish) and under exposed because the photo was taken well after sundown. not the best example, but the easiest one to use. I've been experimenting more with it lately on my assignments to make the subject matter stand out more.
Yarrick
~yarrick
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Yep. Adjustment brush is a great tool, espically when working in color. Like you I often use it to take out unwanted discoloration in white fur, I also use it a lot to make fursuiters eyes, notably those with recessed "follow eyes" become more then shadowy holes and pop out.
