The Zebra Monochrome Magazine Issue #1 The Zebra Monochrome Magazine Issue #1 | Page 124

What do you look for when you edit an image?
What direction do you take an image?
I look for visual impact, visual balance when I
choose to edit an image and also the story telling
feature of the image. I am looking for the image
that represents the story or the situation I am
trying to convey. The only post-shoot I do in
Photoshop is converting my raw files to black and
white and the basic dodge and burn techniques
using Photoshop. I am a traditionalist - I like
to keep the image the way it is as I see it in the
viewfinder. My images are not cropped - I am
cropping as I shoot the image. Most of my work
occurs during the actual shoot while the postproduction work is mostly to be able to convert
what I see in viewfinder onto the screen and then,
onto a print to represent as closely as it can to
what I see in my viewfinder.

© Larry Louie http://www.larrylouie.com/