Wedding Photo Editing Challenge! (FULL wedding 1.5 hrs!?) Lightroom Workflow //EP02

Do you want to learn a wedding photography editing workflow that can edit a FULL wedding in under 2 hours?! I used to think that was impossible - But now I'll show you how.

When it comes to editing wedding photography, your photo editing workflow is EVERYTHING. From culling to exporting, every part of your photo editing process matters. Editing a handful of portraits allows you to take a long time editing each image. But when you have hundreds or even THOUSANDS of wedding photos to get through, you need to know the best way to edit wedding photos.

Step 2 is to import your selects and start editing your wedding photos in Lightroom. In this workflow photography tutorial we break down the exact process we use to edit an entire wedding in under 2 hours.
How?
A) Editing using Lightroom presets to get our "base look" quickly and efficiently.
B) Batch editing your wedding photos by adjusting all the photos of a given "set" at a time. For instance, all the wedding photos from the groom preps will have similar lighting, so a similar base setting can be applied to all the photos at once inside Lightroom.
C) From there, cycle through your wedding photos one at a time and edit the basic exposure + white balance only. Using the plus and minus keys on Lightroom is an amazing shortcut that will let you adjust things like exposure way faster. Especially when you're editing a wedding with hundreds of images, this is a BIG DEAL.
D) Use adjustment layer / adjustment brush presets to save time when adding effects.
E) Use effects subtly - Keep your feather high to avoid effects needing a lot of time for fine tuning.
F) Work efficiently. See a problem occurring over multiple images? ie every photo is overexposed? Use the SYNC function in Lightroom to adjust ALL of the photos to be darker at once, rather than individually adjusting every one.
G) Use export presets to save time when you're finished editing!

Tips for better performance in Lightroom:
When you're editing a full wedding in Lightroom, create a separate Lightroom Catalogue for each wedding you edit. This will keep the catalogue smaller and Lightroom will run faster.
For faster editing time, keep your RAW files on a fast external harddrive with high read/write speeds.
For faster performance editing raw wedding photos in Lightroom, close all other apps / end any computer functions that might be using up resources (ie open programs, background apps like dropbox, even wifi)

Editing a full wedding in under 2 hours is possible. Editing that many wedding photos is helped in a HUGE way by using solid presets and a lightroom workflow that will allow you to do as little manual photo editing as possible to get the look you want. We hope this tutorial gives you a sense of what our Signature Edits Lightroom Preset System is capable of, and if you want to learn more, head here now:

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[MistiqueSense]

Okay saw this on reddit and I have a couple of thoughts on this. First thing first, you did have very consistent soft lighting throughout almost entire shoot, which kinda makes it a lot easier to edit. A typical wedding I edit is shot in multiple locations in different lighting conditions, which means copying an existing preset and using batch processing for all images is not always a good option. Secondly, what you call "edit" here is called "color-correction". The actual "edit" is the removal of double-chin, skin retouching, etc. The latter takes a long time to complete compared to color-correcting images in lightroom. Last but not least, Lightroom is notorious for being slow and poorly optimized, and while I have a pretty decent PC, sometimes Lightroom just can't keep the pace with my workflow. Not much to do to combat this except for buying more expensive hardware.

[zach.sorensen]

Duuude this video helped me quicken up my workflow so much! Thank you🙏🏽🙏🏽

[ademola]

Good evening sir.
May ask what high megapixel camera did use for this wedding.

[euwanphyllamarbaniang]

I l9ve that wed scene...and your shot are astonishing....and bro u make editing look so seamless and pictures have too much head space tho..k8nd of irritating..but overall..thankyou..brilliant job

[caitlinvongaertner]

how are you getting such a consistent white balance?

[OMFGLOLROTFLWTF]

What camera, lens, camera profile, any incamera settings you are using? the SOOC already look very good. and like you said the presets dont do THAT much

[joaoferreira]

Where I can find, the presets that you use ?

[mikeigtiben]

so i just purchase the presets.. i shoot an image with a nikon d800 wit a sigma 50mm an setting was the same... iso 100 with 50mm, f1.8 1/200sec... an i use the se02... my image don't even come close to what urs come out too... just wondering what im doing wrong here, or is there more to the preset im not getting?

[miiiiikeee]

13:11 no way i would allow that to pass

[lavanda]

Hi, this is the way how I edit my photos but I have problem with presets, I can not choose one that I like, so I am change it and traying to get mine, but it does not work on every photo the same. Can you help me to get preset something like this? Sorry for english. I am not American. Goodbye!

[-TKMAX-]

Can I ask why do you have that crop overlay rather than say a thirds grid? Just curious. Great video btw! Just editing a wedding my self and you got some good tips there, very helpful! Thanks

[MelvinDlaCruz]

I just have a question for you. Do you only delivery between 400-600 photo to your to your clients?

[AxelS]

good edit challenge. What is your mac settings please ? Also i think you need to frame your pictures maybe lower on subject, too much useless space above head in my opinion and too much feet and hands cut