It’s February, which means I’m back to blogging. I’m still getting into the swing of things around here so today’s video of a lazy* edit seemed appropriate. In total, an edit like this takes about 3 minutes (this particular one took 2 minutes and 20 seconds) from start to finish.

How am I able to edit so quickly? Well I have a few things working in my favor…

• Good base photo. I try to nail it in camera as much as possible so I don’t have to do an unnecessary “fixing”.
• Keyboard short cuts for Photoshop. Seriously, it may seem stupid at first but once you learn and start using them you will begin to see a big difference in how much time you spend in PS.
• Photoshop actions. I know a lot of photogs snub their noses at the idea of using actions in Photoshop, but I don’t know how I live without them! Anything that takes more than 2 steps, I make into an action.

Now while I would love to go over a little bit more about my post processing, I’m still sore and bruised from my session with 7 dogs last weekend and Waffles has a case of the barfies, so I’m going log off and go cuddle on the couch with my big boy.

*Not really lazy, just incredibly simple and easy