Editing is part of turning a photo into a work of art.
Private Photo Editor for Wedding and Portrait Photographers.
WHERE WE COME FROM
Luis fell in love with photography through the magic of editing in the Darkroom. At the age of 15 he was developing his first prints, in an improvised darkroom in the bathroom. He was highly influenced by Ansel Adams, Sebastião Salgado, James Natchwey, and other Magnum Photographers. After his graduation in Photography in Porto’s Art School, he joined the newspaper “Público”, where he met amazing photo editors. With them he consolidated his knowledge on how to tell better stories, by being curious, having great compositions, and then methodically editing the pictures to enhance the hard work made with the camera.
WHY THE NAME OLD BESSIE?
” In 1998 my parents gave me a Darkroom Enlarger as a birthday present. It was a Beseler. Many many prints came out from this very good friend “Old Bessie”.
Luis Efigénio
WHO WE ARE
Luis Efigénio has worked as an editorial and documentary photographer since 2003, for Newspapers, Agencies and Magazines. During this journey he had the chance to learn from incredible photo editors. In 2009 he started shooting weddings as well. He has now shot more than 350 weddings. He was nominated Top 25 Photographer of the year by Fearless Photographers and last year he was nominated for the best European Photographer by BodaF.
Isabel Rego started her career as a videographer in 2009 and then started working as Luis’ private photo editor in 2013.
In 2019, they teamed up to start Old Bessie to help a few other photographers who believe in a strong and long relationship with an editor, to ensure a cohesive and high-end editing service.
Now accepting 1-2 client spots for 2024
Now accepting 1-2 client spots for 2024
Pricing and Services
First meeting
On the first video-call we will learn about your outsourcing needs and your editing preferences. We will go through your editing workflow and talk about your editing nuances. From there we are ready to start a long collaboration together.
Easy Lightroom process
For every single order we ask for a few “reference” images. That way we know your intention with specific light situations or color grading. You will send us your shoot Lightroom catalog, with smart preview embedded by weTransfer or Dropbox.
Lightroom Process
Develop Panel adjustments, including Basic Panel, Tone Curve, HSL/Color, Color Grading, Detail, Lens Corrections, Transform, Effects. For better storytelling we often do creative cropping and masking (Dogde + Burn).
Photoshop Retouch
Sometimes to “clean” an image you might need extra help with a Basic Photoshop retouch. Removal of unwanted aspects of the image such as blemishes, distracting reflections, fire exit signs, etc.
Close Communication
We believe in long term collaborations. Since day one, a close communication is crucial for a cohesive workflow. Every order as a new line of communication by email as well as WhatsAPP direct messaging when needed.
Turnaround and Pricing
The Lightroom edit for Wedding Photographers turnaround is from 5-10 business days and the cost is 0,35€ per image plus 1€ per image of basic Photoshop retouch if needed.
The advanced photoshop retouch for portraits and fashion is custom quoted by project.
Editing Workflow Mentoring
Build a cohesive workflow for your editing
Fire proof back up method
Build an efficient archive
Multiple step culling
Methodical Lightroom Post processing
Create and learn how to adapt your own preset
Photoshop basic retouch
Custom Noice Reduction, Sharpening and Grain
Create different edits for gallery, slideshow, album and portfolio
Best practices for final deliver to clients
We are going to open a few spots for One-to-One Mentoring Sessions for April + May 2024.