In processing my images I rarely know both what I want to
get and how to go about getting the result I want.
Most of the time I know what I want to get. The feel, the
color, the aesthetics of the final image in my mind.
Like the one in my kite aerial photography work. I know that
I want the audience to feel the intense heat of the scorching sun during the
taking ot that photography. I want them to feel the vibrant, lively and the
animated colors of the kite that was evoking such emotions on the onlookers.
But I don’t know how to go about doing that. The solution is
to process the photograph several times, in different settings, and approaches.
Compare the results. Retain those edits that come close to my vision of the
final image.
And from there on select the processed files that will work
and will not work. Then apply the processes that get the results I want on the
other images from the same setting, location and feel.
That is why it takes me long to process an image. Even
longer when processing a series that I intend to have a common feel through out
the series. Everything is a learning process. A process of trying things out
and learning what works and what does not.
