I get asked how I get the colors so real and vibrant quite often when I show my printed color fine art work.  Here is a little trick I picked up to improve the color of my images while editing images without needing any extra tools other than Lightroom (LR) or DXO when you edit your digital images.  If you would like to see more about my raw digital workflow see my previous blog post https://mjvphoto.com/my-digital-raw-image-workflow/.

First a little background:

When I transitioned from shooting color film to digital imagery, I really wanted to understand color.  Primarily, how some people got amazing color and why my images seemed to be flat.  As I progressed, and learned I realized that I could do a lot of customization of the color without needing and extra tools other than the raw editing apps I already had.Read More

This is  blog post about my digital workflow from a few years ago.  I am re-posting on my new site.  Hopefully you find it useful.

I’ve been asked by a few people what I use for a digital workflow as it relates to shooting raw images.  How do I save them, store them, etc.?  So I figured I would share my workflow with the world.

First a little background:

I started shooting raw files instead of jpeg images about 6 years ago due to the increased ability to work with those images in post processing.  At that time I started a file management system that worked for me. I am not a fan of the Adobe SAAS (subscription) System of pay monthly and give it a cool trendy name of “Cloud”, and render you helpless if you ever stop paying model.  That said, I do believe Adobe has the most developed and seamless products, but that is a discussion for another time. 

Currently, my process allows me to use either Lightroom or DXO (or any other raw editing tool) that I want.  Some are better than others for specific things.Read More