Moore’s law: why you should shoot to edit

It’s not about getting it right in-camera – for Ben, editing is where the art shines through

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“I use Lightroom and Photoshop for editing my images, and Premiere Pro for editing video. For making video stories, InShot is a great smartphone app.”

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“I always shoot to edit – some people try to get it right in-camera, then tweak things slightly, but I want to show the world what I want it to see. If I’m shooting on a phone, I’ll still put my edit on it.”

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“I start with my preset. This adds colour, a mixture of hues, and opens up the shadows straight away, so I can see everything across the image. It takes things all the way down so I can see what’s blowing out, and what isn’t.”

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“I try to keep my photos warm – if you look at my images, you’ll see there’s a lot of warmth. Generally, it’s a mixture of warm hues: I love my orange and brown colours and try to retain those. I love to shoot at the golden hour because you get plenty of warm tones, and you can play around with them afterwards and tweak them and fine-tune them how you want.”

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“I used to like super-moody images, but I’ve come out of that. I prefer a slightly moody element now, and try to keep things as commercial as I can, rather than create super-unique, super-moody images that don’t have any commercial appeal.”