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Editing Your Images

In This Chapter

arrow Sorting through your photos from a wedding

arrow Organizing your images before editing

arrow Understanding the basics of photo editing

arrow Saving your images after they’re finished

You may be surprised to learn a little trade secret of wedding photographers: The photos we give our clients often look much different than they did coming straight out of the camera! Although every photographer strives to capture stunning images that don’t need much editing, photos straight out of the camera are like jewels waiting to be polished. Sure, you can have a photo that looks pretty nice without any editing, but processing that photo with editing software can turn it into a great image.

In this chapter, I go over the basics of the editing process, including how to weed out pictures you don’t want to keep, how to organize your photos while editing, and how to tweak your photos in Adobe Lightroom. I also go over how to export your photos to your hard drive after you’re finished ...

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