Editing Resources
Welcome to your editing resource page!
This page is intended to be a resource for you during our time working together. You'll likely find that the longer we work together the less you will need to reference this page, but it is here for you no matter what. If at any time you are uncertain about how to update me on your schedule, drop a wedding or get your completed wedding back into your Lightroom catalog, this is the page to check first!
Once you have signed your contract/agreement our process of working together begins! My goal is to make the system as simple as possible to avoid any confusion about what exactly needs to be done on your end. Here is a checklist of the process itself from start to finish with more info/videos down below!
Step 1 : You enter all of your wedding/session dates that you need edited by me for the year on to your google sheet. This is extremely important as this is the way that I know what to add to my calendar to ensure I am able to keep up with return times.
**** If at any time you have a change, you NEED TO UPDATE YOUR SHEET as soon as possible. If a wedding/session is canceled or you are adding or removing a wedding/session (see agreement for more info on fees for removing)
Step 2 : Upload any presets you currently use into your Dropbox folder. If you change or update your presets throughout the year, please send me an email letting me know what has changed and upload the new presets into your Dropbox folder.
Step 3 : You shoot the wedding/session, cull and edit a specific set of "anchor" images for me to utilize while editing the remainder of your gallery. Mark the "anchor" images in some way (color, stars, flag) so that I know explicitly which images are your final edits.
Step 4 : Export your catalog on to your desktop (making sure to generate smart previews when you export) utilizing the NAME of the couple/family and the DATE of the session.
Step 5: Zip (compress) the catalog file + smart previews file
Step 6: Upload that zipped (compressed) file into our shared dropbox folder. ***Make sure it has fully uploaded before you close your computer!!
Step 7 : Send an email to me letting me know the catalog is ready and any notes or things to look out for when going through the catalog
Step 8 : Enjoy your day not sitting in front of the computer editing!!
Step 9 : Once your gallery is complete, you’ll receive an email letting you know it is done and if there are any notes.
GETTING YOUR PHOTOS BACK FROM ME
Once I'm done with your gallery, I will upload a FINAL zipped folder into your dropbox folder and let you know the gallery is complete. I will send you an email letting you know it is complete and ready for you and send any notes from the gallery.
Once you hear from me, you are safe to download your completed gallery out of dropbox.
Either download the zipped file from the browser OR drag on to your desktop from the finder.
Once you have your zipped file on your desktop you can unzip it and then move the catalog + smart previews to wherever you store your catalogs for each job etc…OR you can import the completed/edited catalog BACK INTO YOUR MAIN working catalog.