Choosing the 12 Best Photos from My Day in Melbourne A Photographer’s Editing Process
📷 Choosing the Best Photo From Every Hour | Melbourne Photography Project
In the previous video, I spent 12 hours walking through Melbourne, photographing whatever caught my attention as the day unfolded.
The challenge was simple:
📍 Photograph the city from morning to evening
📍 Pay attention to small moments
📍 And later choose one “hero image” from each hour of the day
This video is the second part of that project.
Instead of wandering the streets, we now sit down and go through the photographs together — reviewing the images from each hour and deciding which single frame best represents that moment.
But this isn't about finding perfect photographs.
It's about the process of noticing, reflecting, and understanding why certain images resonate more than others.
Along the way we'll also process a couple of the images to show how they evolve from the original RAW file into the finished photograph.
Photography is wonderfully subjective, so your choices might be completely different from mine — and that’s part of what makes it so interesting.
⏱ Chapters
00:00 Intro – Choosing the Hero Images
02:08 9–10am | Brighton Beach
04:19 10–11am | St Kilda & Luna Park
05:39 11–12pm | St Kilda Details
07:55 12–1pm | Royal Botanic Gardens
10:45 1–2pm | Melbourne Museum & Carlton Gardens
12:18 2–3pm | Town Hall Station & Chinatown
14:45 3–4pm | Flinders Street & NGV
18:10 4–5pm | Yarra River & Rowing Clubs
20:45 5–6pm | AAMI Park & MCG
23:20 6–7pm | Returning to the City
25:37 7–8pm | Docklands Evening
27:41 8–9pm | Drone Photography at Sunset
30:22 Processing Image #1 – Brighton Beach
35:37 Processing Image #2 – MCG Statue
41:32 Reflections on the Day
📍 Locations Featured
• Brighton Beach
• St Kilda & Luna Park
• Royal Botanic Gardens
• Shrine of Remembrance
• Melbourne Museum
• Flinders Street Station
• National Gallery of Victoria
• Yarra River Rowing Clubs
• AAMI Park
• Melbourne Cricket Ground
• Docklands & Webb Bridge
📷 Camera Gear Used
Canon R10
Sigma 18-50mm
Canon EF-S 10-22mm
Canon RF 100-400mm
DJI Mini 5 Pro Drone
(Though as you'll see in the video, this project was really about observing moments rather than focusing on gear.)
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