It’s “Reprocess Your Old Images” Tuesday
Hope you had a really relaxing Memorial Day weekend. I had a lot of fun going back and doing something this weekend I’ve wanted to do for a while, and that is to go back to some of my original files, and reprocess them from scratch to make new versions that:
(a) Reflect what I like today, as my tastes on post-processing have changed
(b) Let me use the latest tools and plug-ins
(c) Let me experiment more than I had the time to do, probably because I was on a tight deadline
…and I’m delighted with the results.
Above: Here’s the one I did back in 2012 â” note the HDR look, blue table clothes, overall glow, etc.
Above: Here’s the reprocess I did this weekend, using Lightroom CC’s built-in HDR feature. No glows. No HDR look. It looks liked the place looked.
You might like the old version (the top one) better…
…and that’s OK. I’m doing this for how my tastes have changed and how my tools have changed â” you may still like the older one, and that’s fine (I just hope you at least like one of them. LOL!).
My Process
Most of what I’ve been doing is going back to images I bracketed in camera, and now I’m reprocessing them in Lightroom CC using the new built-in 16-bit HDR feature, which is awesome for making realistic HDR images. It really has been a lot of fun (especially since I’m in the middle of a major refresh to my portfolio layout and contents â” more on that when it’s done), but in that vein I’m officially (?) pronouncing this day:
Reprocess Your Old Images Tuesday
Dig back into your archives and reprocess some of those older images â” images you processed at a different time in your life, with less post-processing skills than you have today, and lesser tools to do it with, and I promise you â” you’ll be tickled with the results.
Hope you have fun digging up some of your shots and rediscovering them with new processing, today!
All my best,
-Scott
P.S. I wrapped up my series on “What I’d love to see in Lightroom next” over at LightroomKillerTips.com if you get a sec.