Author: Eric Ronald

How to edit wedding photos faster – Five hot tips from Wedding Photographer Eric Ronald

Getting back from a wedding with thousands of images to sift through and edit can feel like a daunting task. Having a few tricks up your sleeve to speed up the whole process can take some of the pressure off. With years of experience working as a wedding photographer, Eric Ronald has gone through his fair share of late-night post-production sessions. But along the way, he has picked up more than a few ways to make the work faster and more enjoyable. In this post, he shares five ways he likes to speed up his workflow in Capture One and edit wedding photos faster. Custom keyboard shortcuts When you sit down with a mountain of work in front of you, the question on your mind is probably, “How do I edit my photos faster?”. Eric’s first tip is to cut out all the detours. “It may not be very glamorous, but the ability to map keyboard shortcuts is huge. It allows me to instantly make adjustments at my fingertips without needing to rely entirely on …

Wedding photographer Eric Ronald plays around with the new features of Capture One 23

Capture One 23 – One small step for man, one giant leap toward robots taking over the planet

In this guest blog, wedding photographer and Capture One Ambassador Eric Ronald shares his thoughts on the new features in Capture One Pro 23, letting AI take on the more tedious tasks, and what this latest version ultimately means for getting your time back. With every iteration of Capture One Pro, we are gifted with exciting new features. While they are generally going to benefit all of us, sometimes new features are particularly helpful for certain photographers. For example, Capture One Pro 22 saw the exciting rollout of “merge and stitch”, much to the delight of our landscape photographer friends. For this most recent installment, Capture One Pro 23, however, I am especially excited as some of the new features are going to really help those who need to cull and edit a high quantity of images. As a wedding photographer, I most definitely fit that category. These new features are a significant and symbolic step in the evolution of Capture One as we move more and more into harnessing the power of machine-based learning …

Spotlight On: Eric Ronald

The Art of Wedding Photography The Perfect Day Often, weddings take on a life of their own. The so-called perfect day comes with its expectations and not to mention pressures from family, friends, and even oneself. Capturing that range of emotions is no easy feat. Even more challenging is capturing the essence of the couple – the newlyweds who are about to embark on a new life together.  This is what motivates Eric Ronald, a wedding photographer based in Melbourne, Australia. A recent addition to the brand ambassador program, the Capture One team, spoke with Ronald about his journey to become a professional wedding photographer. “I was always drawn to the arts,” said Ronald. “After high school, I went to film school. So that’s where I received more of a foundation, both technically and creatively, in how I can start working on how to become a cinematographer.” From there, Ronald focused on making films, music videos, but upon graduation, he realized that the reality of being a professional cinematographer was quite different than he imagined. …