I decided to have a closer look some of the images I took over the holidays and to edit them a little, using Adobe Photoshop. In this blog post I will discuss my editing and why I have edited in this way.
I began with this phone image, using the adjustment bar to lover the contrast and brightness and heighten the blue tones in the image. This gave the photo a cold feeling, tying into the grungy, urban landscape. However I made sure not to put the saturation to low as I wanted the flowers to still have a pop of creamy yellow to them.
I then added a grain to the image by going into filters, distort, noise and putting it up to 30. This again added to the melancholy grunge vibes of the work.
These are two other images I decided to experiment on, but I was dealing with mush more negative space so I did not put the contrast or white levels too high. I also used the sharpening tool around the branches and chimney to give a more refined edge. As you can see in the colour of the brick, the first image has a higher saturation and blue, while the second image has a low saturation and contrast as well as having more blue.
Through these experiments I have been able to find a style and tone I like and have learnt more about Photoshop. Editing can have the power to completely change an image and that is why I have learnt ti always think about the meaning behind my editing. I want there to be reason for the images to be darker or lighter as I feel this can really excel the understanding of photography.
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