lightPainting
April 4th, 2015, 12:33 PM
i know how many of you feel about editing your photos.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7550/16005614161_a214b36be1_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qomXsR)7-25-14 (-21).jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qomXsR) by Sir.Penguin (https://www.flickr.com/people/[email protected]/), on Flickr
http://www.virtualteen.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=5680&pictureid=40018
but i wanted to tell you how important editing can be in your photography.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3890/14712075154_7583820548_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oq4eob)7-21-14 (54).jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oq4eob) by Sir.Penguin (https://www.flickr.com/people/[email protected]/), on Flickr
http://www.virtualteen.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=5680&pictureid=40019
Every single photo that i want to share gets edited before it leaves my computer for Flickr, Virtual Teen, printing, or just sharing in general. I check for sharpening, contrast, temperature, exposure, clarity, shadows, highlights, etc. However that doesn't mean that i don't try my best to capture the best quality light in camera. in fact if i don't, i wont even edit the image at all because i know the out come isn't sometime i would be proud of. i set my camera to RAW to give me as much data as it can. So why wouldn't i take advantage of that? some of you would say that back in the film days they didn't do too much to there photos, they focused on the composition. Well thas not 100% true. Different film gives you a different look. Kodak Ektar will give you a different look than Fujifilm Portra. Also the amount of time you develop your film changes the exposure and contrast of your image. Even after you develop you film you still have to edit it, you can just look at the picture because its a negative on a small piece of film, you have to print it. For printing there are many different options to further process your image you can add contrast raise the exposure lower the exposure give it a tint even darken a bright sky by using a gradient.
Remember. photography doesn't stop once you push the button. As a photographer you control light, whether its before, during, or after pushing the button.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7550/16005614161_a214b36be1_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qomXsR)7-25-14 (-21).jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qomXsR) by Sir.Penguin (https://www.flickr.com/people/[email protected]/), on Flickr
http://www.virtualteen.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=5680&pictureid=40018
but i wanted to tell you how important editing can be in your photography.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3890/14712075154_7583820548_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oq4eob)7-21-14 (54).jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oq4eob) by Sir.Penguin (https://www.flickr.com/people/[email protected]/), on Flickr
http://www.virtualteen.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=5680&pictureid=40019
Every single photo that i want to share gets edited before it leaves my computer for Flickr, Virtual Teen, printing, or just sharing in general. I check for sharpening, contrast, temperature, exposure, clarity, shadows, highlights, etc. However that doesn't mean that i don't try my best to capture the best quality light in camera. in fact if i don't, i wont even edit the image at all because i know the out come isn't sometime i would be proud of. i set my camera to RAW to give me as much data as it can. So why wouldn't i take advantage of that? some of you would say that back in the film days they didn't do too much to there photos, they focused on the composition. Well thas not 100% true. Different film gives you a different look. Kodak Ektar will give you a different look than Fujifilm Portra. Also the amount of time you develop your film changes the exposure and contrast of your image. Even after you develop you film you still have to edit it, you can just look at the picture because its a negative on a small piece of film, you have to print it. For printing there are many different options to further process your image you can add contrast raise the exposure lower the exposure give it a tint even darken a bright sky by using a gradient.
Remember. photography doesn't stop once you push the button. As a photographer you control light, whether its before, during, or after pushing the button.