Typically how long would about 1000-1500 raw images take to edit ?

Question

Even if I made an action and did a batch thing ? I'm still thinking about shooting an event either all raw, or just Raw on the most important parts.

Answer 1

depends on the pictures.



batch processing works fine if the pictures were all taken in similar lighting conditions. But since you will have different pictures taken in different conditions, you can't just batch them all together at once (at least I don't think so).



Be careful if you will switch between RAW and jpeg (you may forget to switch back). Plus, how will you decide what is the "most important parts"? That sounds subjective. To me it would make more sense to shoot jpeg in the scenes where the shooting conditions are easy (the light is good, there are no weird color casts, etc.) and saving RAW for those times where things are tricky and there is a higher chance that the pictures will not come out.



Alternatively, if your camera is fast enough and your memory cards are big enough, and if your camera has the capability, then shoot RAW and jpeg simultaneously.



your comment: "I also don't have lightroom, only cs5"

my answer: boy, some people don't appreciate what they have. Kids today . . . ungrateful!!!



I see nothing wrong with taking as many pictures as you can AS LONG AS YOU DON'T JUST DUMP THEM ON THE WEDDING COUPLE. As a photographer it will be your job to get rid of the redundant shots and the ones that don't come out. The professional photographer who worked for one of my relative's weddings clearly stated that there was no limit to the number of pictures he would take withing the allotted time (he used film, not digital). The pictures were great; he was a real professional. Just don't overwhelm your clients with unnecessary proofs.



Hopefully you are not the main photographer, but are just taking pics as a guest.

Answer 2

"I'm trying to take as many as I can."



This is absolutely the wrong approach to wedding photography. Praying and spraying is not the way to get great shots.



The point of shooting in raw is that you are willing to spend additional post-processing effort to get the image into the most perfect form that you can. Batch processing goes against that concept by applying the same formula to every image. As has already been mentioned, shoot in both raw and high res jpeg mode. That will slow your camera down and you might not get your 1000 shots. However, 1000 shots sounds suspiciously like you're intending to pray and spray. Being more attentive and deliberative will get you a higher percentage of keepers.



One other word of advice. Don't promise the bride and groom 1000 shots. Two things will come of this, both of them bad. (1) You will fatigue your clients and they will grow impatient going through an endless series of proofs, many of them redundant. (2) There will be a number of botched shots that should never see the light of day. This happens with even the best photographers. As your clients lose patience, they will get surly and begin to focus on the worst of them. That leads to questions about the skill of the photographer and thoughts of looking up a contract lawyer. In wedding photography, quality always beats quantity.

Answer 3

Not that anyone will read this, but they don't know that you are doing this as a second shooter. Their opinion of this project might change if they knew that.



I agree with the guy who said you might take 1000 shots, but quickly discard about 900 of them. Go ahead and shoot RAW + JPG, using the best and largest JPG setting, as someone already suggested, too. If everything is spot on, you can just use the JPG. If something needs critical adjustment, you know you have the RAW to fall back on. You might end up only working with 10-20 RAW images.



This is not the best answer..........

Answer 4

Batched or in lightroom you are still going to be looking 15mins to an hour or two depending on how much has to be done and the speed of your computer. But once you start your batch it should carry on manually until you stop it.



*Thinks I usually batch in PaintShopPro, I wonder if they fixed the resize issue if you have both portrait and landscape images.



*Holy crap! 1500 images for a wedding!!! I couldn't manage that if I machine gunned a soccer match!

Answer 5

You should have enough skill, experience, and knowledge behind camera to know that 1,000+ images for a wedding is overkill. By saying "If I do the raw and jpeg thing, then I can't get as many images and since it's my first wedding ever, i'm trying to take as many as I can" it shows you are ill-equipped and unprepared to take on this task.



Please consider finding someone who is experienced with weddings. You're clearly in way over your head.

Answer 6

1000 shots over say 8 hours is 2 a minute.

If you are going to machine gun a wedding like that then you will only probably have about 2-300 usable shots which you will need to convert.



That amount of images is massive overkill unless you are so lacking in skill that you need to do that to get a few good shots.



Take more time over the shots and ensure that the majority of those you take are good shots and you will find your post processing time will be cut down dramatically.

Answer 7

You don't actually edit all of them. What you'll do is discard 90% of the images almost immediately. It costs nothing to take the pictures, so if you take a dozen of them cutting the cake, only one gets saved as the cake picture. More pictures make it less likely you miss something important.



Then you'll actually crop and edit that hundred or so. After that burn the other images onto to a disc and include it in the package, as you might not have edited the one shot with Aunt Edna in it.

Answer 8

No questions asked, the best site for Photoshop tutorials is: http://www.photoeditinglessons.com



All tutorials are in video format, which makes them easier for you to follow along with the instructor. The videos are interactive and very easy to follow, this will help you learn piano three times faster. Good Luck!

Answer 9

you might consider taking pictures in both RAW and JPEG, then only editing the RAW ones that you deem worthy of editing.

Answer 10

depends what is wrong with the photo... if nothing, then seconds; if major problems, hours...



depends how good you are at photography...

Answer 11

a very long time