Photo Editing - The Important First Step

My workflow when photo editing has been the same for several years. It's simple, effective, and rarely leads to disappointments. Most of the effort is precisely where I want it to be. Hopefully this short video will be of some benefit to your own workflow from capturing through to printing your images. Hope you enjoy it! Oh, and of course Meg makes an appearance ;-)
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[@hamsterneckliving]

Ha! Glad I stuck around until the very end for the TRUTH! Meg did all the editing.

[@margaretstapper6907]

Magic! I loved o see this full process. Thank you Simon!

[@wendynewing8834]

Thank you for sharing your editing information with this beautiful image. Love your assistant at the end! What a hoot, I mean 'woof'.

[@stephenrowson4828]

Absolutely stunning image! I love Meg getting in on the act LOL

[@marcstaples9930]

Awesome photo and awesome Meg finishing off the processing with a bark 😀

[@Fell_Wanderer]

You are a poet when you speak and and artist taking pictures. Thank you for your work, time and effort sharing with us all.

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

That's very kind of you. Many thanks!

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

Even on an office based video, Meg can steal the show ;-P

[@TimberGeek]

I've chased a sensor spot that turned out to be on the monitor more than once. Good to let Meg have the last word. ;-D

[@andrewherbert9938]

Excellent video Simon , thanks for sharing that . Superb image

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

Many thanks, Andrew!

[@devinmcnamara1026]

Simon, as always, you're an absolute inspiration and I can't express in words how much you've helped me grow as a photographer. Thanks for everything you do! Absolutely brilliant video.

[@evgenygorshkov9893]

Hi Simon ! Great video ! Beautiful photo !!! Assistant super !!!

[@aldrydd1]

Thank you for this video. Your work is amazing.

[@tompetersphotography]

Awesome shots buddy and really well put together as per!

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

Thank you very much, Tom :)

[@rodbest5847]

Well done Simon! I love a nice high key winter image!

[@howardrankin7119]

Outstanding image . Very helpful processing review.

[@gjgazda4572]

Nice to see that Meg accompanies you on all steps in the photo process!

[@wimscheenen3535]

Beautiful photo, and nice to see your editing steps. As you say, editing is a personal approach, but always good to see other approaches and pick up tips and tricks.

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

Many thanks, Wim. Glad you enjoyed it :-)

[@davidpipeline]

I love this print, Simon. It's like a beautiful pencil sketch and has so much ambience. Ps. Meg is the coolest dog ever😎

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

Thank you very much, David :-)

[@windleman1]

Simon I've got to say on this occasion the best bit of this video was the woof at then end 😄, editing was OK lol

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

No matter how good the image is, the woof would win ;-)

[@michellewhite6692]

Thanks for the video. I love your philosophy of getting the composition right in the field then completing your original vision for the print in edits.

[@johnburrow4124]

Thank you for posting this and really hammering home the importance of intent.

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed it!

[@ellyelzinga01]

That image is so beautiful! I absolutely love it! Also love Meg in the end of the video, with the glasses! 😄

[@frankfurter7260]

It’s a nice channel you have. Relatively low key. Not heavy on the annoying background music like many photo channels. You seem like a nice guy. And I like the dog too. You can’t help your funny accent. That’s the fault of the people you grew up with. 😁 incidentally, there does seem to be a disproportionate number of British guys wandering around the woods making KZbin videos.

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

Haha. Well welcome to the first woodland photography channel on KZbin 😉. Yes, my videos are more low key and relaxed but this is where wandering in the woods with a dog and a camera started 🌳 Hope you stick around!

[@romiemiller7876]

I agree. A photograph starts wit the concept, or vision and concludes with the print. Everything in between is part of the process.

[@shhaiwatoumcibian]

beautiful

[@Nico-bc4ir]

Nice work, Simon. I don't always get around to watch all your videos, but if I do, i remember why I subscribed to your channel. Very insightful and, more importantly - inspiring. Thank you!

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

Thank you very much!

[@mortezanajafi8430]

Prefect thank you.

[@hilleviupmanis8687]

Thank you!

[@jacktaylor6190]

Stunning image Simon!

[@jefftrapp5407]

very neat image!

[@WhoDis1959]

Thank you

[@SummersSnaps]

Super work and super vid.

[@anna-karinmickwitz7249]

What a beautiful picture! And very useful to see how you edit the picture. Thanks.

[@davebryer6133]

Beautiful image, and a wonderful ending to the video.

[@larrysalaets7088]

Beautiful image and excellent workflow! Definitely like the idea of shooting with the final processed image in mind, and will give it a go the next chance that I have to get out.

[@Professor_Internet_PhD]

great image, very educational to hear your thoughts on your editing process, and a hilarious ending :D

[@ajansson3361]

Wow, thanks

[@Twa-Dags]

Gorgeous image! And some great editing tips too, including the tip to gently fold back the corners of the paper prior to printing!

[@martinjn2920]

Wow, a great - No wait let me rephrase that, a brilliant video, just love those images, the final prints are works of art. Congratulations Simon you have a great eye for a picture. Stunning.

[@54321djg]

Really useful video, Simon. I was rather taken aback by how few dust spots you have! My images are borderline composite by the time I've finishing removing them.

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

Cheers, Daniel. It's because I very rarely change lenses:-)

[@raymondpenalver7095]

This was such a great video Simon, thanks for sharing your great tips and ideas, I learned alot from this,thanks again 😀

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

My pleasure. Thank you!!

[@f4.therapy]

Beautiful photo Simon and really good of you to run through the post edit, nice too see how you go about it! Top job 😀👍

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

Many thanks, David 👍

[@BrianNorthmorePhotography]

Simon I must say your ability to pick out colour casts is amazing purple really! Is that even a colour 😂 great edit I love it totally agree with continuing the process from your intent when in the field.

[@enricooldoino1967]

Thank you . I agree with you ; when the composition is good on the field it doesn't need long post processing.In my worklow I use only DxO and so I don't have layers ,but for a non professional I'm happy with. Last thing: for me is too expensive to have good prints at home and , I'm really, really sorry ,even your beautiful print that I love sooo.... much is now out of budget (see brexit ...).Hope for the future .Love Meg!!!

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

Many thanks, Enrico! Yes, Brexit hasn't been good for me :-(

[@neilcole3406]

So!! IT’s Megan that does the editing?

[@jonfletcher147]

Looks like a pencil sketch Simon! great stuff...

[@keithpinn152]

Hi Simon: I really enjoyed hearing about your approach to post-processing. Personally, I get a great deal of joy in the post-processing phase of the image creation. I noticed that you accept/use the Adobe Profiles that are inheriting within LrC. I was wondering if you have ever considered using Linear Profiles of your camera and lens instead. I am hear a lot of buzz around using Linear Profiles. Keep well. Cheers, Keith

[@alanclark9691]

A beautiful image Simon, albeit hard won in difficult weather conditions. I'm sure that makes the final image even more satisfying. I'm a little confused as to whether you shot that image in mono, did a mono conversion in post, or indeed whether it is a colour image? When you were editing I thought I detected some residual colour in the tree trunks, which suggests it may still have been a colour image.

[@tobywoolgar9517]

Great tutorial thanks for sharing your process. hopefully in the future you will do a colour photo process ?

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

Thanks! This was a colour photo so do you mean a more colourful photo?

[@tobywoolgar9517]

@@SimonBaxterPhotography yes something with a wide range as this can be difficult sometimes.

[@luismendezurbina2813]

Wonderful image! Just couldn't stopped wondering, did you stop using Capture One?

[@trevorsneath4665]

Simon, do you 'fix' the signature somehow to stop smudging? 4B is a very soft lead prone to it, so I wondered how you would prevent that, if you do. Cheers, a gorgeous photo.

[@BonnieAllenArts]

Beautiful pencil sketch looking image. I couldn't follow what you did after you duplicated the image in PS. Would you please put you next few steps in writing. Thank you.

[@JasonLorette]

What paper are you using? I'm very curious about what some other photogs are currently using. Thanks!

[@Ericbjohnston5150]

I don't edit. My camera is special one of a kind . It's sends file directly to a special one of a kind printer. It prints a file exactly as I see it. I wish?

[@Hirsutechin]

Albert Megstein, I presume?

[@F1lmtwit]

Printing?

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

Printing?

[@F1lmtwit]

@@SimonBaxterPhotography - it's in your title, but kind of lacking in the content (no actual print made).

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

@@F1lmtwit Watch from 10:27

[@alfonsdamhuis7334]

Probably meaning: which decisions do you make and/or which settings do you use before printing? Also something I am interested in... Great picture anyhow ! 👏

[@tonywilding9137]

Stop, Autumn is cold enough.

[@timshields8720]

Why do some people name their images? Honestly curious as a photographer still in learning mode.

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

If there's a strong idea behind the image then a title is one way to help communicate it. Ultimately, the viewer will interpret an image in their own way but a title might help them to view the image or an aspect of it as the photographer intended.

[@timshields8720]

@@SimonBaxterPhotography I hear you but I much prefer ambiguity in my images. Quote: Ambiguity is one of the finest tools in making art. In my way if thinking images should raise more questions than they answer - Todd Hido

[@SimonBaxterPhotography]

@@timshields8720 it can still be ambiguous with a title. The title isn't meant to describe the image and nor is the image meant to be descriptive.

[@timshields8720]

@@SimonBaxterPhotography without a doubt it is absolutely planting a seed ...