Approaching the Scene 108: My Editing Workflow, a Panorama, Lightroom & ON1

[@iTriguy1]

I know this video is old but it is still very relevant. I do love your editing and workflow videos and I hope to see more.

[@GirdHerd]

Excellent, Hudson. Thanks.

[@patrickmolloy6994]

this made me go look at the ON1 web page, www.on1.com, and their "about" video on that page. Guess what, I see you in at at 2:02 ! Thats a MUST BUY then for sure! LOL Great videos Hudson, cheers

[@jer3006]

Recently added On1 Photo Raw to my arsenal of Affinity Photo, Topaz and Luminar. I'm liking On1 for the same reasons you mentioned, layered filters and speedy masking abilities. Enjoyed seeing the Effects filters you prefer and your use of them. Thanks for sharing - your On1 video segments will always be appreciated.

[@davidblack2632]

Great video. I use both Lightroom CC and On 1. Good to see your workflow.

[@bigbrownmab189]

Do you know if the milky way comes across haystack and or peter iredale shipwreck right now, or even secret beach?

[@HudsonHenryPhoto]

It's south moving to south by southwest. It starts due south at 10pm. Great thing at the beach is you can move your position north to put it where you want. Haystack is tough though with Canon beaches light.

[@HudsonHenryPhoto]

It sold out in two. :) but the leofoto folks assure me it will be back in stock with a week. :)

[@jeffpsp]

Love the Portland Japanese Garden! Favorite memory there with my mate

[@carljarvinen1189]

Today many seen to chase a camera with a high megapixel number, your photo of the tree shows why high megapixels are not always necessary to make a great photo. And by the way just got the tall Leofoto tripod and the Arcatech pan head. The Manfrotto 75mm bowl works well with this combination. Now I need to wait out this heat wave in Las Vegas....

[@KellyHollis]

Could you spell out specifically what the "ultralight setup" is? I bought a Z6 end of last year and need a lightweight tripod. Thank you for all of your AWESOMELY informative videos!!! I found your YT channel when I was trying to decide whether or not to buy the Z6. I will say that I enjoyed the AutoFocus videos for Z6/7 your posted not too long ago. If you wanted to make one with even more specific examples of how you use the different buttons to activate and deactivate the different AF options, that would be very welcome! :) Like the short example with the race car- I still am not sure about when to set the box, and when to push AF on/off, etc. In a nutshell, I'm still having a hard time grocking all of the options and use cases. Need more time behind the camera but having some specific pointers to try out would help me learn faster!

[@HudsonHenryPhoto]

Noted Kelly. Great suggestions. All the gear is easy to see and order from my links page. www.hudsonhenry.com/atslinks. If you have any issues figuring it out, don't hesitate to email me. I appreciate any links you use. It helps me out. :-)

[@KellyHollis]

@@HudsonHenryPhoto Thank you! I was wondering if you had any affiliate links- as a thank you for all the awesome free content and training you provide. I sent you an email a few days ago...using the email link on your website. Have look when you have a minute. :)

[@TrackDayNewbie]

Great workflow example. Thanks! When you have your catalog and previews on the SSD, and the files themselves on your Drobo, what can you do with your catalog and its photos when on the road and not connected to the Drobo?

[@HudsonHenryPhoto]

run through them, create catalogs, show the preview files to clients or students. If I create smart previews for a collection or a folder, i can even edit the proxy files stored in the catalog and export reasonably sized jpegs. :-)

[@TrackDayNewbie]

@@HudsonHenryPhoto Thank you for the reply. This helps me a lot.

[@konukuauleki]

i 've seen that a lot of landscape photographers prefer tripods with a bowl system, why? any particular reason?

[@HudsonHenryPhoto]

Because if you use a fluid or well designed pan and tilt head like the Acratech pano head, you'll find a ball head extremely awkward. The only good thing about a ball is how easy it is to level and lock. The bad thing is that repositioning requires you to relevel every time and you have no way to do micro-adjustments to tilt. You can't even pan level without leveling the legs or an adapter below it. Film-makers scratch their heads when they see photographers using ball heads. So do photographers like me that have used fluid heads. The bowl or other method of getting a leveling adapter beneath a pan and tilt or fluid head, lets you level that head and then make simple pan and tilt adjustments staying level no matter how you reposition the camera. It's so much better. See my links for suggested systems. www.hudsonhenry.com/atslinks.

[@beckermuns1970]

I see a Wacom tablet on your desk, how do you like it, am thinking of getting the medium pro, it's on special now !!

[@HudsonHenryPhoto]

I love it for brushing work. Love it. It's in my digital darkroom gear links here: www.hudsonhenry.com/ats-list/#darkroom It certainly is on special and thanks in advance for using my links. :-)

[@cjgetreal]

I ordered the ultralight setup. Just got word from Acratech that that the pano head has shipped so they have gotten the backlogged product out. Looking forward to trying out this system. It's going to be a nice complement to my Robus legs and fluid head from your prior recommendations. My son's got the new leg setup on the way. You should link those Leofoto spiked feed with the rubber caps they look very handy and versatile.

[@PaulBeiser]

Thanks, Hudson - very well done and very useful. That's very interesting the use of ON1 instead of PS to 'finish' the image (short of printing, print sharpening, etc) - very clever. And for a D200 era image, you did a fantastic job with the pano! Finally, given you have been using LR since Version 1 (so have I, btw, even was part of the Beta program) and have 240K images, I bet you have TONs of wisdom on how to manage such a large set of images. Would be valuable to tap into that knowledge. Again, thanks for all of this info! Best, Paul

[@robertllawrencejr5503]

Great video. Thanks! Just one question... you have your I entire Lightroom catalog on the Samsung T5 drive?

[@HudsonHenryPhoto]

Yep. It's a 1TB T5. There are a number of Smart previews on there too, but I'm only about half full at this point.

[@R.Hogarth]

When I switched from a Canon 6D to a Sony A7iii, my legacy version of LR (LR4.4) did not support the A7iii's RAW and could not be upgraded since Adobe was no longer supporting Ver 4.4, so initially I converted everything to DNG and then edited the DNG as I always had. This became more of a burden than I really wanted so I started looking for alternatives. I tried Luminar, but it was very slow on my computer (which I ultimately also replaced). Then, I tried Capture One Express, the free editing software available for Sonys, but it was lacking some features that I wanted. I then went to Capture One Pro (for Sony) and it was extremely powerful. The problem I had was that for the way my mind worked, I found that that power came at the cost of ease of use. For me, it was NOT intuitive at all. Then one morning at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, I met a photographer who was leading a workshop (you) and we started chatting in the parking lot. You recommended ON1 and while it did have a learning curve, it was certainly manageable and I haven't looked back. After trying virtually every major editing software available, ON1 turned out to be the best choice for me. Thank you for your advice.

[@HudsonHenryPhoto]

That was a fun morning at Zabriskie Rob. :-)