Editing on Photoshop

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The majority of the images I that I categorised on Adobe Bridge fell under the 'Maybe' or 'Maybe with Editing' categories. In our workshop we looked at a few ways we can edit images.

Firstly, we looked at what information the histogram feature on Photoshop can show us. A histogram has the ability to display an images tone range in graphical form. A histogram with gaps on the left of the graph indicated a photograph that is overexposed (image is too bright) and one with gaps on the right of the graph indicates an images that is underexposed (too dark). An image with a good tonal range and correctly exposed is one that will display pixels right across the graph. An interesting feature I would like to explore further is the 'All Channels View' which seems to show individual histograms for each colour channel.

I was demonstrated the Brightness/Contrast method of adjustment. This allows you to make simple adjustments to the tonal range of the images. From moving the Brightness slider to the right, it increases tonal values and expands image highlights. Moving the slider to the right decreases tonal values and expands the images shadows. A photograph that I took of an electrician in a doorway was one this feature definitely benefited from. It allowed his face to just come into view, but not so much that it didn't fit my subject criteria!

I also explored the vibrance adjustment tool for my images. I wanted to some more of the muted colours in my images to stand out a little more so increased the vibrance, I also slightly increased the saturation, which increases the intensity of all the colours in the image. I realised after experimenting with this tool not to over do it as it can make skin tones look unnatural.

Another obvious feature of my editing process was my use of cropping. The cropping tool allowed me to cut out sections of the whole image. As I like this image, but it doesn't fit my selection criteria, I used the cropping tool to remove the upper part of the face of one of the subjects in the image.

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