Learn About Picture Perfect Photographic Prints and Digital Enhancements
Digital enhancements provides the opportunity to modify your photographs to be the best image it possibly can be. You can make the enhancements your self using imaging editing software like Photoshop, or the services of a digital photography company.
Learn about Straightening and Cropping
Cropping and straightening use to be done during the printing process before digital photography came along. The photographer would adjust the enlarger, magnifying the image enough to put the unwanted element off the printing paper, or move the easel holding the printing paper in a way that horizontal and vertical lines would be parallel to the paper’s edges.
Learn to Control Contrast and Brightness
Seldom does an entire photograph need to have its contrast and brightness corrected. Usually there are just some areas that need to be corrected. Such brightening the shadows to see the detail, like the face of a person who is backlit by the Sun. With film in a darkroom this was called dodging and burning.
Photo Editing Software for Free Online
As beginning photographers we may find that the software that comes with our cameras is enough. But as or skills grow we will want to learn how to better edit our photography in post production. There are a few programs that you can buy for less than $100, like Photoshop Elements. However, there is a fairly wide selection of editors out there that are available for free as freeware or open source. Here is a round up of a few of the better program that are available for free.
