i’m realizing that when it comes to editing, i have so much to learn. i’ve always avoided photoshop because lightroom is so much easier to work in, and it’s done fine for me so far. but there are some things i need to start doing if i want to take my game to the next level, and those require photoshop skills.

i’ve been watching a lot of tutorial videos on youtube, and they should definitely help, but there’s so much to learn. color grading, masks, compositing, object removal. people that i follow make these things seem so easy but when i sat down to attempt what should’ve been a quick composite last night, i was totally stumped. the image had an outline that wouldn’t go away. today i watched a video that explained what i can do to take care of that problem, but damn if it’s not a time sink. i guess that is why people charge so much for complex editing.

i guess the bottom line is that i want to start making more compelling images, and photoshop is the key. time to add this to my weekly to-do list (which i plan to publish monday).