Nicola Dongo is an Italian photographer who is also well skilled in the art of editing (Adobe & Capture One): an art refined also through dedicated courses which earned him official certifications.
Well, he now published a video in which he explains why he stopped editing many of his pictures.
The video is in Italian and I’ll give you the translated version of the relevant parts below.
for his personal and private projects, he did not want to sit on the computer and edit pictures anymore
it happened that those pictures ended up at the end of the “to-do” list in his library, forgotten for many months
the problem was not taking pictures, but the idea of sitting there and edit them
he solved this problem by using Fujifilm and Film Simulation Recipes
he keeps shooting JPEG-RAW
in the overwhelming majority of cases the JEPG’s are enough
this way of shooting forced him to take put more thoughts in his images: pay a bit more attention at the light, at the moment and try to get the image right in camera
this is something we should always do, but then with all the power you have in postprocessing, we often just try to “fix it in post”
he then explains difference between film simulation and film simulation recipe and how to save them on your camera
he shared his favorite black&white recipe that he created (see settings here – sample 1 – sample 2 – sample 3)
he still shoots RAW too
but for when he does his private projects and documenting family, when he only wants to focus on taking pictures, he goes with film simulations
I can totally relate to this.
Thanks to Fujifilm’s film simulations and custom recipes, I’ve dramatically reduced my need for editing.
And it’s kind of liberating to be out with my family in a new city, like last year in spring in Paris – you can see some images in this video – or right now in Hanoi – you can see me here – and I just know that pressing the shutter won’t necessarily mean more work later on the computer.
I know I can trust Fujifilm colors. Gosh, even the most die-hard Sony shooter struggles to comprehend how it’s possible to achieve such beautiful tones straight out of camera. 😉
And if I really want to get it even more right in camera, I can use also other tools, like the DR200/400 feature – described in this video – which I have assigned to an FN button for ultra-fast access.
Finally, for a quick adjustment or enhancement, there’s also the internal RAW converter — which you can see me using here. There are always those little moments when I have time to review the images I’ve just taken. If I want to crop a frame, try a different film simulation, or add a bit of clarity, I can do it right there in-camera.
And that’s the beauty of it: I come home with nothing left to edit — just ready to upload the images and enjoy them together with my wife and kids.
Yes, I still shoot — and will always shoot — RAW+JPEG. There’s always that one image I might want to print large, and in those cases I prefer applying the film simulation in post, dialing in the recipe with X RAW Studio, and carefully editing it to squeeze every last bit of quality out of the file.
But for the most part, my images are now taken in the camera, processed in the camera, and that’s it.
Less time behind a screen.
More time behind the viewfinder.
More time in the moment.
And I truly love this freedom.
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