Let’s talk about post-processing.
This is the part of shooting that I find rather dull. I know it has to be done, but I don’t enjoy it nearly as much as the actual shoot.
Sure, when you’re done you have an awesome product in your hands. A tangible result of the blood sweat and tears that you put into the shoot.
As I am perfecting my workflow, it is getting a little easier to stomach. The hardest is working on panorama shots and HDR shots. Yes – when the result is done, they sure do look nice (if you have good source shots). So maybe it’s a workflow issue. 🙂
Anyway, I’m almost done processing a friend of mine’s photographs. Some of the panoramas turned out absolutely gorgeous, and some of the HDR’s didn’t.
That is the luck of the draw, though – it seems.
It’s kinda like that with me and writing, only it’s the reverse. I hate the first part of writing, where I slap words on a page just to get my ideas down. But the fun part comes when I edit, because that’s where I get to create poetic sentences and really delve into creating images and situations that are clear and memorable.