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Editing and sequencing images

Editing and sequencing images

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Editing and sequencing images

- [Voiceover] Now that you've started shooting your photo story it's time to dive into the post-production of your story as well. I highly recommend that you edit and start sequencing your project immediately. Don't wait till the end of your project. If you're shooting a multi-day or a multi-week or even a multi-year project you don't wanna be overwhelmed with the sheer number of images. Also, I find that if you edit your pictures at the end of each shoot day your edit's just that much better. The way you feel about the images is stronger, and usually that first pass is also the best pass. Also, if you look at your pictures at the end of each day and start that sequence you're gonna start to notice holes in your story. And what I mean by holes is it could be whole subjects that you feel like you've been leaving out, or it could be aesthetic and visual things like you started framing too many of your subjects in the left side or the right side of your frame. And what you wanna do is…

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