Editing photos on location, or simply waiting until you're home
Tuesday 1 July 2025, 23:23 by Nando Harmsen | 2,601 views | 3 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
I am about to go to Iceland. The laptop is coming with me. To back up photos, and for photo review purposes. I won't be editing my photos, though, and I won't edit the ones I want to show anyone very seriously either. I'd rather do that at home.
Because I work as a photographic tour leader, I need to take a laptop with me. Or at least have the opportunity to hold a photo review. The advantage is that I can also make an extra backup straight away.
I take photos with a camera that has two memory cards. I always write everything to both cards at the same time, because that is a real-time backup. In principle, that is enough. But if I have a laptop with me, I also copy the cards to it every day. That means my photos are stored in three places.
A laptop or tablet can therefore be useful for backing up your photos. It also gives you something to do when the evenings are free. Or when the weather conditions don't allow you to go out.
You can look at your photos and select them. Maybe quickly edit one for social media. But what I never do is try to edit photos seriously. In my view, a laptop is not, or hardly, suitable for that.
I prefer working quietly at home, on a large external monitor with a calibrated screen. That way, I don't risk differences in brightness or colour caused by the viewing angle. Or by reflections on the screen. It is also more comfortable to work on a 24-inch or 27-inch monitor than on a 13-inch or 15-inch laptop screen.
When I'm travelling, I'd rather enjoy the places I'm visiting. The photos can wait. And if you think they need to be online as quickly as possible, nobody but you is waiting for these ready-to-go photos.
What do you do when you're travelling? Do you want your photos to be ready straight away, or would you rather take the time at home to make them as perfect as possible? Let us know in a comment below this post.
About the author
Nando Harmsen has been photographing for more than 40 years. He specialises in wedding photography and landscape photography. Nando also gives talks, workshops, masterclasses and photo trips, and regularly reviews new and interesting equipment.
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Mac wrote on Friday 4 July 2025 at 08:13 | replyAls ik op reis ben en een laptop bij me heb. Dan gebruik ik die alleen om alvast een selectie te maken welke foto's ik wil houden en welke niet. En zeker die niet scherp zijn, gan meteen de prullenbak in. (en thuis komt er nog een tweede selectie overheen).
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Bewerken doe ik thuis, inderdaad met een gekalibreerd scherm. -
Bram wrote on Friday 4 July 2025 at 16:53 | replyIk heb alleen een laptop…. wel eentje met een QHD 2560x1440 pixels scherm, voldoet voor mij prima.
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mousquito wrote on Tuesday 8 July 2025 at 11:10
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zelfde hier, de laptop voor een snelle selectie en snelle bewerking (ook backup), Kan je al resultaten laten zien en eventueel teruggaan voor als hij niet gelukt is,... Niet dat ikd at al heb voorgehad
This comment was written in another language and has not been translated yet.
De echte in diepte bewerkingen, rustig thuis achter het bureau met een kommeke koffie (bakkie troost) en de hond naast mij, lekker rustig.
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