For European 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
Colour
Destination wedding editing: one grade across three days of light
Welcome drinks at dusk, a midday ceremony, a beach party at night. How to grade a European destination weekend so it reads as one wedding.
6 min read
Studio business
Destination season in Europe: May to October without an editing backlog
On a plane every Thursday from May to October, editing in hotel rooms. A season workflow for European destination photographers that keeps galleries on time.
6 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
Film editing
Bilingual wedding films: cutting vows and speeches in two languages
The father's speech is in Italian, the best man's in English. How to brief an outsourced editor so a bilingual wedding film is cut around what was actually said.
5 min read
Colour
Santorini and the Amalfi Coast: editing white walls, blue sea and hard sun
Blown whitewash, squinting guests and a sea that won't stay the right blue. How to edit Santorini and Amalfi Coast weddings shot in hard Mediterranean sun.
5 min read
Colour
Tuscany and Lake Como weddings: grading Italian light without the orange cast
Tuscan villa sets that come out too orange, Lake Como water that turns teal. How to grade Italian wedding light so stone, cypress and skin stay true.
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
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
Culling
Paris and Provence elopements: editing a small day for a big story
A small gallery, high expectations and a couple flying home on Monday. How to cull and edit Paris and Provence elopements, and when rush delivery is worth it.
5 min read
Colour
Spain and Portugal destination weddings: editing late sun and long nights
Ceremony at 7 pm, dinner at 10, party until 4. How to edit Spain, Algarve and Lisbon weddings so late sun, fairy lights and flash read as one gallery.
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
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