A Travel Photographer on the Editing Workflow That Saves Him 10 Hours a Week

Arjun Mehta shoots 40+ countries a year. This is the exact process he uses to go from card dump to finished gallery in under two hours.

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Editorial Team

March 29, 20266 min read

Arjun Mehta has shot in 43 countries. He uses PXL Creator presets, an aggressive culling workflow, and a set of Lightroom export presets that have cut his post-processing time from 12 hours per trip to under 2. We asked him to walk us through exactly how.

Step 1: Cull First, Edit Never

'Most photographers edit too many photos. I cull down to 3% of what I shoot before I open a single image in Lightroom. If I'm not immediately drawn to it when I'm selecting, the viewer won't be either.'

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