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PS or LR which is your post processing software? And why?

So the question is, do you use Photoshop or Lightroom for post processing, which software do you use? And why I personally prefer to use Photoshop or couple of reasons? First reason is that when I started my business Lightroom was not even a thing, it didn't even exist. And the way that you process your raw images was Adobe camera raw. So, Adobe Lightroom is actually built off of the platform. Of adobe camera raw. So couple of things creature habit because I learned how to post process on Photoshop. That's what I stick with and all the things that you can do in Lightroom, you know, in terms of processing the Roz and you can sink and all of that you can do that in Adobe camera raw. So I tend to like stick with that but on top of that, I have more control with my editing in Photoshop, so it's just a lot easier for me to open up the images. Has using Adobe Bridge. Bring them into. They just automatically open up, adobe camera raw and then if I need to do any additional editing, I just bring it into Photoshop. So, easy peasy. I find it a lot easier than using my room, but I just think like, your mileage may vary. So hope that helps.

I prefer to use Photoshop over Lightroom for post-processing because it was the software I learned on and it offers more control when editing images.

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How do I correct for chromatic aberration?

How do I correct for chromatic aberration? Now I'm not sure if you mean before you snap the shutter or after so I'm just going to assume we're talking about after the image is captured and you notice that you've got some images that have a little bit of the purple you know fringe happening. So there are several ways that you can do I'm sure several different software. I'm gonna talk about Adobe Camera Raw and within Adobe Camera Raw there's a slider where you can easily just slide it on out of there and it's totally fixed and I believe the same slider exists in Adobe Lightroom as well. So that's how I fix it if I see it after the fact. So hope that helps.

To correct for chromatic aberration after the image is captured, you can use the slider in Adobe Camera Raw or Adobe Lightroom to quickly fix it.

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How much Photoshop is too much? Personal question really. I'm saying meaning personal to you. Only you can decide how much Photoshop is too much. When it really when it comes down to it, it doesn't matter what other people think if they feel Photoshop is too much when they look at your work because it's work that they didn't create. Now if I were to look at it just from my own perspective how much Photoshop is too much is when the Photoshop takes away from the intent that I meant to create. If it takes away what I was hoping to convey with the image that I captured. So sometimes you know if you're editing a picture and you're just you know you find yourself looking at it too long you may just kind of go overboard based on your own expectations because remember that that's key. What is your expectation? So if I'm too far off the mark from what I actually wanted that's when I know you probably took it a little bit too far but that may not have been the intent you know that other people may want. They may look at something that I've created it's like oh if I would have taken that I would have not photoshopped it the same way she would have done and that's fair for someone else to feel that way but I think in order to kind of create a style and be I guess known for the work that you create you got to be consistent. So if your photoshopping is consistent no one can tell you that it's too much. Hope that helps.

Only you can decide how much Photoshop is too much. If you are consistently photoshopping your images to match your desired expectations, then no one can tell you that it's too much.

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When you're studying your images in an effort to grow, what thought process do you use?

When you're studying your images, in an effort to grow, what thought process do you use? And I love this question because it's something that I tend to do, at least from a regular basis, I tend to do it at the beginning of every year. So I go back, I will go back probably the last maybe three or four years of images that I love and see what I still like about it, what I don't like about it. I tend to compare it to my newer work or the work that I did over the past year. And then I just start to balance it. And then sometimes I think about, oh, you should have did this differently. Or, ah, now I see why you were doing things that way in let's say 2017. And now how my work has evolved now in this past 2022. So now I'm moving into 2023, I tend to assess it from the perspective of, do I still like my work? Do I want something to change? Am I still inspired by me? If the answer is no, then I really start looking and comparing old work to new work. If the answer is yes, then again, I still compare old work to new work, but I wanna see if there's something that I would change. If the answer is yes, then I get on it. If the answer is no, I still tweak a little bit, but comparing my old work to my new work is my definite thought process. So hope that helps.

My thought process for studying my images and trying to grow is to compare my old work to my new work and assess if there is something I would change. If yes, then I get on it. If no, then I still tweak a little bit.

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So the question is, how long does it take you to edit a photo? So you're going to get a lot of different answers on this, but I'll give you what my perspective is. It really depends on what I'm trying to achieve. For me, I'm a portrait photographer and I'm taking pictures for clients to review and then they decide what they want to place an order for their walls or place in an album. So I guarantee client seemed they see, 40 different pictures, fully edited. So sometimes I can edit an entire photo session and it only take me an hour sometimes, I'm taking one picture and I'm changing something. Creating light in post something. That's gives me a like a little bit more of an elaborate edit. Then that can take me maybe 30 minutes for just one picture. But here's the thing, I photograph with a lot of intention, meaning the magic kind of happens, really when I snap the shutter and not like after. So sometimes people like want to take pictures and they want to have, you know, the goal of having it all technically correct. Yes, that's what we all want to have. Have. But I'm also thinking of other things that I want that image to look like. And a lot of that happens when I'm snapping the shutter there are times when I Maze Look at a scene and say you know what, I can do this in post. So the intention of me capturing that picture happens and post so I know what I'm doing before I stuff the shutter so it really kind of varies really what you want to do. But the beauty of post-processing is the world is your oyster hope that helps.

Editing a photo can take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, depending on the desired outcome. It is important to consider the intention of the photo when taking the shot in order to have the best result when editing.

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Do you like to caption/title your images or do you let the photo speak for itself?

Do you like to caption or title your images? Or do you let the photos speak for itself? You know, that's a really, really good question. So I'm not sure if I'm going to be that Oddball here. I never title my pictures unless I have to and some way. So like, for example, if someone asks me to submit an image and, you know, for something right and then they'll say, well, you know, can you title it? I I'm always at Alaska. Words and what to choose. And usually, the title is the most obvious thing about the picture. But I'm definitely let the photo speak for itself because, you know, I think, you know, my images, I think really, everybody's images are going to speak different things to different people, and I like people to make their own interpretations of what I create. So, the way I may see a picture that I've, you know, created the next person may see something totally different and I just find it. That's one of the beauties. T, the beautiful things about photography is that you can come up with your own interpretation. So I try not to guide people and what they see with them within the pictures that I take and just let you know, the photo speak for itself.

I usually let my photos speak for itself, rather than title them. I feel that everyone can have their own interpretation of what they see in the photos and I don't want to guide them with a title.

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Audrey Woulard is the owner and photographer of Kids And the City (KATC). She has been a full-time professional photographer for 20 years, specializing in fashion-forward high school seniors and families seeking something different. Based out of Chicago, she also travels to the surrounding suburbs, such as Naperville, Plainfield, Willowbrook, Highland Park, and Winnetka. Audrey's images stand out due to her unique approach to light, creating a unique experience and look for each client. She can also creatively showcase hobbies and sports, making her a sought-after photographer with a high return client base.

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