Last night I made a mistake that ended up working out for the best (don’t you love those kind?). I was deleting expired galleries from my proofing site when I accidentally deleted one of my example galleries, causing me to take another look at things and incorporate some of my newer (better!) work in place of the old. Want to see the results? I think it’s really fun!
To understand what you are seeing you will first need to know how I classify my images. Those given basic adjustments in Lightroom are called Basic Edits. I pull my favorite images into Photoshop (i.e. the ones I think best represent my work and what I would like my work to develop into consistently), apply additional edits to really make the image pop, and call them Fine Art Edits.All images you see on my blog, Facebook, or representing Jenna Cole in any way are Fine Art Edits and I try to make the difference clear to my clients.
Click here to view a slideshow that illustrates the difference between Basic Edits and Fine Art Edits. Basic Edits are first, Fine Art Edits second. I hope you can see a difference between them and that you will enjoy the “before and afters” as much as I do!
And just for fun, the stinkin’ cute kid I photographed as part of a family session on Monday. Isn’t he adorable? I want one just like him.
Tags: photography
very cool! it’s fun seeing the side-by-sides!
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cute picture!
I added you on twitter. I’m possiblymaybe in case you were wondering who I was! I’m a real person!
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I’ve checked out this slideshow before and liked seeing the different “levels” of edits. Your work is awesome and I love the way you play with the images.
It made me wonder how you package your images. I think it would be hard as a client to know in advance how many “fine art edits” I would want as opposed to “basic edits.”
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Jenna Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Big thank you for not leaving this comment on Jenna Cole as I don’t want clients getting it in their heads that my system is confusing (I hope it’s not!)
All clients so far have purchased a disc of Basic Edits with their session, so they are getting those automatically. Thus Fine Art Edits become the enhanced version of a photo they already own. All prints purchased their my proofing site are converted to Fine Art Edits before I order them (so they are made sharper, brighter, richer, with smoother skin, etc) and if they have an image they love and want to own the digital version as a Fine Art Edit I revamp that image for them. I hope it isn’t that confusing for them, and that this slideshow will help them understand the difference even more!
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OH no no no! I didn’t mean your system was confusing! I more meant that I wouldn’t know where to stop. Would I want 10 fine art edits or 20? I would have such a hard time making decisions!!
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That little guy is too cute! I love seeing the side-by-sides of your work, I was never aware of how much photoshop enhances photos.
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