Editing: Adjusting Colour

There are different options in terms of adjusting the colour of a photograph; you can play around with the 'temperature', this changes the image to make it look either warmer (colours have a red and orange tint to them- could be used when editing Autumn shots, to make the oranges and reds of the trees stand out, for example) or colder (the colours in the image have a blue edge to them- particularly effective when editing shots of rivers and the sea).

 

The second adjustment in terms of colour is 'tint', which takes the two main colours in the image and increases their intensity on the whole photo; for example in the images below, the first takes the green of the grass and increases it's strength, so in effect the whole image has a green 'tint' to it.  

And so in the second it takes the purple/grey of the rocks and does the same.

 





Original

And the third is 'Saturation'; this basically means to colourise an image, meaning a photo that has a low saturation will be in black and white.

 





The original

 

Editing: Effects

Adding effects to a photograph can enhance features of the image that may lack emphasis when viewing them in their original state. Altering the colour to make the photo into black and white or sepia, for example, can make a big improvement; it also makes images more interesting to look at because they're different to the usual.
On the other hand adding certain effects can make the image look worse; for example in the images below I think the image look s best in it's original form.

Original







Black and White








Sepia









Other than colour you can edit images in terms of exposure: adjusting the brightness, contrast, shadows and highlights in order to improve it.

Original









       Adjusting 'Brightness'

Adjusting 'Shadow'










Adjusting 'highlights'

Editing: Cropping Images

Cropping is an editing skill that was highly developed during the days of black and white photography and is one way of reworking the image after it's been shot in order to make it better. Cropping reduces the size of the image meaning it must have a high resolution to start with (must be good quality). Here are some example of cropping an image:

Shots From France

This low angle shot across the sand demonstrates the depth of field, the sand in the foreground is out of focus and the background is in focus. I was also trying to capture the heat mirage in the distance which you can just about  make out.








I under exposed this photo to capture the glare of the sun which emphasised the position of the old sign.
And the same with the photo beneath.

I was trying to focus on some night-time photography, using the effect of the flash as artificial light (above) and without (left).

I set this night shot to a slow shutter speed which created this interesting shot of Anna walking through the street with people in the background. I think the shutter speed was a little too slow as it's hard to work out what the photo is of.







This was to demonstrate natural light in a night shot.