This is quite a skilled and helpful group! My thanks to all for the replies/comments/suggestions. I've posted several comments about my photo journey in various sections of this forum. Before you ask, I have considered returning to film, but my eyesight isn't very good as a senior, and I can no longer capture sharp focus on the M body cameras. It reminds me why I shot film for so long - load camera/compose/capture/go to local camera store and have them process/print. I just got the printed Leica manual, and will take some time to get through all 300 pages. It's related to my lack of familiarity with the newly acquired SL2-S/Summicron combo I just bought. I don't want to miss any shots, and while I'll have the Leica kit, I'll also have the iPhone 14 Pro. It's a once in a lifetime event, and we've been friends for over half of her life. For example, I'm attending a friend's 90th birthday this weekend, traveling nearly 1,000 miles to get there. As sad as I am to admit this, I find myself using the iPhone more than I'd like to, primarily because of the ease of use, as well as for fast/easy edits. Any suggestions are welcome, along with comments about workflow/storage.Īnd just to complete my shooting tools, I also have an iPhone 14 Pro with the 48MP sensor using the extensive Apple ecosystem for editing/storing/sharing images and video. My goal is to learn the tools well enough to enjoy the camera kit I just bought, and to help create the types of images that I visualized when I created them. If I'm wrong, I'm willing to consider that as well. I also considered Capture One, but from my limited understanding that program is targeted for more advanced uses, like tethering and medium format sensors. I'm very flexible on hardware/software tools. Is the CreativeCloud the best option, or something else? My tools are varied: 2021 iPad Pro 12.9" with the M1 chip, 2017 iMac 27" with 40GB memory & Intel chip, 2020 MacBook Air basic memory/storage M1 chip, 2021 iPad 10.5" basic storage/memory. Now I'd like to become at least minimally proficient with basic/midlevel editing skills. I prefer planning my composition before shooting, with editing being a necessary workflow, not a primary feature. I also don't favor heavily processed images - I'm not making a judgment on how others may enjoy those images, it's just not a style that I enjoy. Very little extensive layering, or other advanced tools - largely because I never learned how to use them. In the past I typically did simple edits - AWB, some sliders for contrast/brightness. I primarily shoot the 50mm Leica SL lens (90% of my images), with the balance handled by the Panasonic Lumix S 20-60 zoom. I tried searching the Adobe website, but the myriad of options (Lightroom Classic, Creative Cloud, different storage plans, optional add ons) makes it difficult to understand which would best serve my needs. The balance of my images is landscape/art shots (15%). I don't shoot street photography very much (less than 1%). I've taken several documentary classes, realizing that I like that type of image creation, but it relies on candid shooting in all lighting conditions (85% of my images). The vast majority of my images are candid single/small group people images, captured in natural or available light without any lighting tools/reflectors/etc. Now, with higher MP sensors, sharper lenses, and larger files I realize my lack of editing skills limits the potential of my newly acquired SL2-S/Summicron-SL 50mm ASPH combo. I turned to Apple Photos as a simple tool. Years ago I tried learning PhotoShop/Lightroom, but found the learning curve very challenging. I tried searching, but couldn't find a direct recommendation for selecting among the popular editing software programs.
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