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A Photographer's Guide to Editing with Adobe Lightroom
As a photographer by trade, photo editing is a big part of what I do. Generally, I spend more time editing my photos than I do actually taking them. Thankfully, an evening spent in front of my laptop, editing my photos from the day and listening to a good playlist (top tip: a good editing playlist is key!) is something that I enjoy and so it doesn't feel too much like work.
By Sophia Carey5 years ago in Photography
Getting Creative With Color
Finding Focus Color has been the main focus of my photography and editing ever since I really started getting serious about it back in 2017. I wanted to be unique with my work and so I tried everything I could to pinpoint a way of doing that. I wanted to narrow down my focus to one general thing that I'd always accentuate in my images. I looked at all the work that was popular at the time and being shared all over Instagram, and then I did the opposite. Not necessarily the complete opposite of what everyone was doing, but just enough to be different.
By Zach Doehler5 years ago in Photography
Melina's Before & After
Melina’s Before & After An Easy 8-Step Guide to Photo Modification 1. Pick a subject that either tells a story, tells no story (so the viewer has the freedom to make up her own story) or simply makes your heart sing or at least smile.
By Marilyn Lewis-Hampton5 years ago in Photography
Unconventional Wizardy of the Photograph
So you took some pictures and they’re perfect! brilliant! visionary!… or the idea was at least. Well don’t worry, you’re not done yet! In fact, I would say, you’ve only just begun! Look at the photo below (don’t strain your neck). There’s a concept behind it: a haunting figure floating in through the window, captivating yet foreboding. There are a few flaws that we can catch right off the bat (besides, of course, the roatation). The model (who is definitely not me) is on a bucket, for starters. The camera bag is in frame (whoops), and the backlight from the window has put the model in shadow; her head is hardly discernible from the background. But that’s okay! No need to start over, we can fix it in post!
By Nia Tang5 years ago in Photography
How to get your photos into Vogue
I’ve been a photographer now for about 3 years, mainly as a hobby, using the medium to tell stories about people I meet. I usually post my photos on Instagram maybe once every 3 months, not posting more is mostly due to laziness. The whole idea of photos for me is generally very fun, but after a while, I pondered on trying out photography as a “side hustle”, and so I set out to look for opportunities available to photographers. As you can already imagine, photography is one very hard industry to get into. It’s highly competitive and you’re competing against really talented individuals with years and years of experience. Whilst you might get a few wedding gigs if you’re lucky, getting into beauty companies or campaigns is one thing that could potentially be a frustrating process for photographers in general. Most of the time photographers will end up giving up on making a sustainable career out of it and end up getting a 9-5 job, to keep the passion for their chosen art form burning out. But one way to make your portfolio stand out in applications, from my experience is to be “vogue approved.”
By omotayo5 years ago in Photography
Photo Editing Tips for Beginners: Food Edition
I'm not a photographer. However, I do admire photography and I try to improve my photo skills, even if I'm only using the camera on my phone. I'm also a long-time baker and foodie, but I only recently started sharing my baking experiments with other people through social media, especially on Instagram. I quickly realized that the first challenge to post baking photos is making the food look attractive enough to grab people's attention. This involves taking decent pictures and doing some editing work to make sure that they look (a bit) more professional.
By Marina Fortuño5 years ago in Photography
The Big Picture
Keeping it RAW Photography is a big topic to cover. Then again taking pictures and video is a day to day activity for most of us. We do it because it's fun. It's a way for us to freeze moments in time so we can look back later at important events or use them as a nostalgic time machine; a way to jog our memories and travel back to simpler happy times and happy family gatherings.
By Lisa Cetinic5 years ago in Photography
