Do you over edit your photos?
One of the advantages of digital photography is the capability to alter and improve the overall look of your pictures. Photo editing software allows amateur shutterbugs access to tools designed to crop, eliminate red-eye, reduce shadows, manipulate brightness, and much more. However, there are times when I have gone overboard in the editing department and ended up with an image that was far worse than the original I was trying to fix.
Whether you are resizing, adding highlights, adjusting contrast and saturation or working with different tones, it’s best to preview the image before making any final changes. Most photo-editing software programs include an “Undo” feature, which allows you to erase any changes you are not satisfied with.
Once you master the editing basics you can move on to more advanced projects. Your options will vary depending on the program you are working with, though most advanced tools include eliminating blemishes or other flaws, correcting skin tone and adding text boxes, borders and graphics.
These days the sky is the limit when it comes to enhancing shots. Programs such as Adobe Photoshop allow you to add portions of one picture to your existing image. For example, if Cousin Joe couldn’t make your family’s trip to Italy, but you still want him featured in a shot of your clan standing outside the Vatican, then you can edit him into the shot courtesy of photo-editing software programs, such as Photoshop.
Another fun technique is to create time lapse photography slideshows and videos of clouds, blossoming buds or a pregnant woman progressing from her first trimester to her last. If you are feeling extra creative, you can take a series of extreme close-up shots of a subject’s face and integrate the smaller photographs into a larger, abstract portrait.
What are some of your favorite editing projects?
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