So just as an example this is a picture I took long ago on a trip to Aruba (my most favoritest place in the whole universe, Disney World aside). Now this picture was not taken with my DSLR, it was taken with a little run of the mill digital camera about 7 years ago.
This was the picture I took:
I used to think this picture was unbelievable ....Now...7 years later take a little editing to it and Voila:
The colors are richer and far more vibrant.
Now this would be a standard edit for me. I like to make things look spectacular, but not so spectacular they look like they aren't believable or realistic.
Say for example this picture that boyfriend took on the way to work:
Now this picture as nice as it is needs some serious editing. First off, I couldn't stand the street lights and I wanted to boost that color, but this time I wanted to do so in an out-of-this-world fantastic way. Well THIS is the product I got from my cropping and editing:
Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am. Now is this picture realistic? Well maybe not...but look at those COLORS.
This is a picture I took last night of the sun setting because it was this gorgeous red color. Thank heavens for boyfriend because I'm not even sure I would have even noticed it. Here is the original:
This is after a little editing because I was 1. pissed off the picture didn't accurately display truly amazing the colors were and 2. because I edit almost every single picture even if it's just the tiniest bit.
Honestly I'm still not happy with the results but there is definitely a significant difference between the first and second picture.
Here is one of the recent pictures I took of bug Before:
And after:
I always love bringing extra attention to her eyes and smoothing out her skin just a bit and the editing program I use has a filter that has changed my life forever it just adds this dreamy, wonderfully tranquil, soft, perfect-for-babies look. Ugh.
SO that's just a little about what I do, share with me your favorite methods of editing :)
