November 21, 2010

Photo editing

I get asked on regular basis if I edit my photos. The answer is YES, I edit my photos a lot. I am not good at photography and I have a very basic camera...fortunately I learned Photoshop at school ;)
Most of my photos start very dark and grey (I don't have any professional lights therefore I use only natural light). They lack depth and colors are always either too blue or too orangey...



I usually adjust the levels of black and white, the contrast, the colors. Then I make the difference between light and dark zones less striking, and play a bit with contrast and luminosity. Sometimes I also play with the color balance a little more.

Yes, it's time consuming but in the end it's not so much the product than the photo of the product you sell online.

I don't see it as cheating either, because what I see with my own eyes is a lot more similar to the second photo...



6 comments:

StaroftheEast said...

Long live photoshop :) You are trying to show what you are selling in the best way possible!

Morrgan said...

Oh Photoshop, what would I do without you. ;)

Wezz said...

Great post, and yes I need to retake some pics for my shop too. Hope to have them look a lot better than they do now, more professional... KWIM?

SoleDeVita said...

Everybody Loves PhotoShop!
Me too! :)) Those dark (gray, pink, yellow) backgrounds are total NO GO!

LabSpace said...

Very useful example to show the before and after. Thanks for sharing :)

DemyBlackDesign said...

Know nothing about Photoshop (((( Looks like I have to learn it!