For Canadian studios
Notes from backstage.
Practical guides on editing, culling, colour and delivery, written for photographers who would rather be shooting.
Culling
AI culling vs a human cull: where each one breaks on a wedding
The AI kept 1,500 frames and you still had to check them all? What AI culling does well, where photographers report problems, and when a human cull is worth it.
5 min read
Local guide
Banff and Lake Louise elopements: mountain light, glacial lakes and drones
Turquoise water that looks fake, blown skies and a drone you may not have been allowed to fly. How to edit Banff elopements, and what Parks Canada asks.
5 min read
Colour
Editing mixed light: tungsten receptions, uplighting and window glare
Purple uplights and orange tungsten wrecked your reception skin tones? How to correct mixed light in Lightroom and keep a whole wedding day looking like one gallery.
5 min read
Workflow
Working with an editing team in Pakistan: Canadian time zones, honestly
How do you brief an editor nine to thirteen hours away and know they got it right? The real time gaps from Toronto to Vancouver, and how the handoff works.
5 min read
Workflow
How long does it take to edit wedding photos? A day-by-day breakdown
Shot on Saturday and wondering how much of your week the edit will eat? Where the hours go in a wedding edit, stage by stage, and how to plan the calendar days.
6 min read
Film editing
How long should a wedding highlight film be, and what goes in it?
Pricing your film packages, or explaining to a couple why their highlight is six minutes? Highlight vs teaser vs feature, story structure, vows, drone and reels.
5 min read
Film editing
Outsourcing wedding highlight films in Canada: what to compare first
Quotes in US dollars, vague turnaround and no idea what you get back. What to compare before sending wedding footage to an editor, with fixed CAD prices.
5 min read
Outsourcing
What it costs to outsource wedding photo editing in Canada
Per-image freelancers or a flat price per wedding? What Canadian photographers pay to outsource culling and colour editing, and what a finished gallery includes.
5 min read
Colour
Will an outsourced editor match my style? How preset matching actually works
Couples book you for your look, so a gallery that isn't yours is a real risk. What an editor needs to match your style, and what to do if it misses.
5 min read
Studio business
Sending client photos to an editor outside Canada: PIPEDA and Law 25
Can you send your couples' photos to an overseas editor? What PIPEDA's cross-border guidance and Quebec's Law 25 ask of photographers, in plain English.
6 min read
Culling
Culling and editing a South Asian multi-day wedding in Toronto
Haldi, mehndi, sangeet, baraat, reception: thousands of frames from two shooters. How to cull and grade a multi-day GTA wedding without losing anyone.
6 min read
Studio business
Behind on edits after August? A fall backlog plan for Canadian photographers
Six weddings in a row and contract dates coming up. A practical September and October plan to triage galleries, use rush only where it counts and catch up.
5 min read
Outsourcing
White-label editing: how to outsource without another name on your work
Worried your editor will post your weddings or your clients will see another name? What white-label editing means in practice and what to get in writing first.
5 min read
Colour
Editing winter weddings: snow that stays white, skin that stays warm
Grey snow, blue overcast casts, a white gown next to a black suit. How to grade Canadian winter weddings and elopements so the snow is white and skin is warm.
5 min read
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