Editing Photos In Photoshop
I had a go at editing some photos with the software called Photoshop, to see if I could enhance the looks of certain pictures with a few tweaks to their settings.
These were my results:
Before and after the picture has been edited (Edited top and unedited bottom).
Before and after edited on Photoshop (Top image edited bottom unedited).
How did I edit them?
To edit my photos I went into the image and adjustments tab, located at the top of the screen, and selected what I wanted to edit
BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST
EXPOSURE
LEVELSZone System
Above I used the Ansel Adams zone system (seen beneath), to identify the different areas of types of exposure, meant allow the photo to have the best contrast between light and dark as possible within the picture.
What is the Ansel Adams 'Zone System'?
The Zone System is a technique that was formulated by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer back in the 1930's. It is an approach to a standardized way of working that guarantees a correct exposure in every situation, even in the trickiest lighting conditions, such as black lighting, extreme difference between light and shadow areas of a scene, and many similar conditions that are most likely going to throw off your camera's metering, giving you a completely incorrect exposure.
Before and after the picture has been edited (Edited top and unedited bottom).
Before and after edited on Photoshop (Top image edited bottom unedited). How did I edit them? To edit my photos I went into the image and adjustments tab, located at the top of the screen, and selected what I wanted to edit BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST
EXPOSURE
LEVELS
Zone System
Above I used the Ansel Adams zone system (seen beneath), to identify the different areas of types of exposure, meant allow the photo to have the best contrast between light and dark as possible within the picture.
What is the Ansel Adams 'Zone System'? The Zone System is a technique that was formulated by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer back in the 1930's. It is an approach to a standardized way of working that guarantees a correct exposure in every situation, even in the trickiest lighting conditions, such as black lighting, extreme difference between light and shadow areas of a scene, and many similar conditions that are most likely going to throw off your camera's metering, giving you a completely incorrect exposure.
