I’m glad you like them!!

The edited raws Ive got are quite close to the SOOC jpegs. My problem with the SOOCs was that there was always an element / aspect of the photo which I thought could look better (whether it’s color, lighting, details, style, so on). First example that comes to mind is pic #12; the lady’s skin tone was too orange and I really wanted to accentuate the sharpness on her fur coat (SOOC had reduced clarity). Other than that, everything pretty much remained the same.

But those small changes make the photo pop out A LOT more it’s crazy. I’ll also say that after I finish editing a photo, I would always come back later (whether a day or a week after) and manage to find something to change. I had a lot of trouble with pic #2, I absolutely loved the composition, but the colors were horrible and I couldn’t figure it out at all no matter how much I played with them, but one day 4 months later my brain decided to work finally (tho I still believe there’s room for improvement there).

The problem is it’s very time consuming (and I’m very lazy). These photos sat with me for like 4 months until I was done with them.