Freelance Lightroom Editor Needed! 🙂

Hey there!

My name is Sara Monika and I am a wedding photographer and educator (host of the Shine + Thrive Photography Podcast, and online course creator) based out of Ontario, Canada. I’m looking for a photo editor to help me edit my weddings and sessions this year + beyond for years to come ideally!

I currently have 15 weddings booked for this year (2024) from June – November and an average of 3 sessions per month. This is what work I have guaranteed right now, but as I book more sessions and weddings, they will be added onto a task board right away so that you can see well in advance what I’ll need help with and when it would be due, which will give you plenty of time to plan your life and other editing jobs accordingly around that.

As a heads up, I use an Ai editing tool to help me with the base edit so that the editing process is as efficient as possible. This means you would receive a Lightroom catalog with the images partially or mostly edited, but I still need help getting them fully completed through dodging and burning, cropping, straightening, exposure + temperature correction, etc.

Since the Ai editing tool will be taking care of the base edit, this means that it will take you less time per image to finish the edit to the standard I’m looking for since there will already be a strong base edit applied. For this reason I’m looking for someone who can fine tune these images for $0.12 CAD per image.

Here is what I need help with:

– Fine tuning/editing about 500-800 photos per wedding in Lightroom using a preset I work with

– Fine tuning/editing about 100-150 photos per session Lightroom using a preset I work with

– Using dodging and burning tool, graduated filters, cropping, straightening, and making sure the Ai tool got the correct exposure and colour temperature (you will be trained on how I edit my photos)

What I am NOT looking for:

* If you are disorganized or have difficulty with deadlines and structure, please do not apply.
* If you can’t take honest feedback well and can learn quickly from the feedback, please do not apply.

What I’m looking for:

* Dedicated, Loyal, On-Time, Organized, Hits Deadlines, Detail Oriented, Creative, Quick Learner, strong in English
*Someone who takes responsibility for the work they do and doesn’t make excuses
*Someone who prides themselves on being detail-oriented and creating consistent high quality results
*Someone who is EXCITED to edit wedding and couples photos full of emotion and beauty 🙂
* Ideally someone who could support me with having a 5-7 business day turnaround time for weddings and a 2-3 business day turnaround time for sessions

If this sounds like you and you’d love to connect more about this opportunity, reply to this job post with the following:

– your email
– why you love editing photos for other photographers
– if $0.12 CAD per image works for you
– examples of edited work you enjoyed editing
– and an inspirational quote that makes you happy 🙂

As a heads up, I will only be responding to applicants that I will select for the interview process, so if you don’t hear back from me by April 3rd, I’ve decided to go in a different direction.

Sara Monika