Capture is King!
I was reminded of a podcast from a while back by Derrick Story about ‘capture‘. Derrick was asked to speak to a group about the output of digital photos. But, he thought that in order to talk about output he had to speak about capture. Because without good capture, it is very difficult to get good output.
Back in the ‘film’ days, there were very little post-processing options that were as easy to do as there are now with tools like Photoshop or Lightroom.
In order to get your photos through your workflow efficiently, you need to take the time to get your image as close to ‘right’ as possible when you take the photo. Take the time to do your homework up front. That is, check your exposure, white balance, focus, etc.
But, it is possible to get something from nothing. More to come.