Who does all the post-production digital work?
I insist on doing all the digital editing myself. This is the only way to maintain quality control throughout the entire process.When I take the original shot,I know exactly how I am going to edit each image. When I shoot digital, the majority of the work is done later in Photoshop. (See: “Digital Retouching” for how I go about it.) This allows me to move quickly during the shoot. It use to take me about 2 to 3 hours to light a scene; now I can do my lighting in 30 minutes, but I need to spend a lot of time in Photoshop to recompose all my frames and finish up the lighting in post-production. Lighting in post-production is a very important part of the creative process, and the reason why I insist on doing it myself. Because of the extended time in editing, I end up spending significantly more time per final image doing digital, but the results are consistently superior. What is your opinion on digital enhancement? With digital files there are no limits on retouching. My goal in using P
