Tips for Less Stressful Photo Editing

Posted: August 01, 2014

Editing photos is stressful, especially when there are copious amounts of images to go through. Editing shouldn't be something that is dreaded. Thanks to these tips, editing pictures is no longer a daunting task that no one really enjoys.

Editing photos is stressful, especially when there are copious amounts of images to go through. Editing shouldn't be something that is dreaded. Thanks to these tips, editing pictures is no longer a daunting task that no one really enjoys.

Simon Ringsmuth, writer for Digital Photography School, shares  tips that help make editing less stressful.

4 Steps to Less Stressful and Easier Photo Editing

Have you ever returned to your computer with a memory card full of photos and become overwhelmed at the idea of going through all of them?

The thought of sorting and analyzing so many pictures can seem so daunting it’s sometimes hard to even know where to start! Often we find ourselves copying the contents of our cameras to our computers and letting our precious memories collect digital dust, though we promise ourselves we will get around to organizing them – someday. Modern technology has made this task easier, with various software and cloud-based services even promising to find your best photos for you. And while these digital assistants certainly have merit, I like to take a different approach to dealing with all the images I capture.

The following tips will help you streamline your photography workflow and make the task of sifting through your images not only easier, but a lot more enjoyable too. While I work mostly in Adobe Lightroom, these general practices will apply no matter which photo editing software you use.

Read the entire article Four Steps to Less Stressful and Easier Photo Editing on Digital Photography School.