These are the photos I am going to edit for Environmental Portraits because I believe that they are the best photos to show natural environment, especially in a school that provides a wide variety of opportunities for students.

Editing ( photo 1 ) –

For this photo, I want to show the reality of work for students, the rawness of students learning and growing, through my photo. I am going to raise the clarity on this photo to make it more clear to show details and smaller aspects the viewer might have missed. Still focusing on highlights, I am going to experiment with the shadows that could be brought into this photo.

The edits for this photo went really well. I was able to bring the saturation and vibrancy back into the photo while still keeping the shadows and contrast high enough. The realism is also prominent in the photo as you can see the details and small increments you may have missed before.

If I was to do anything different, I would have controlled the shadows a little bit more so that the photo did not have such a dark area to it around the bottom right corner .

For my last edit I wanted to try out the black and white idea again. I feel like its given the photo an almost vintage feeling to it, which I think fits the photo quite well considering the man is a DJ which reminds me of older generations quite a lot.

If I was to re do this edit, I would change the fact that the colour has no impact on the photo. I personally feel that colour brings a lot to a photo and the lack of it makes the photo look slightly dull.

Editing ( photo 2 ) –

For this photo, I’m leaning towards a 50s vibe for the editing style. I want to enhance the clarity but dampen the colour of the photo to give it some originality from some of my other photos.

In this edit, I decided to change the lighting a little bit, making it a warmer looking light instead of a colder light to give the photo a bit more life. I gave the photo more clarity just to enhance details in the photo and so the the model in the photo was more flattered.

If I were to re do this edit, I would defiantly do something a bit more drastic with the colour, something with increasing the vibrancy significantly to give the photo an original spin.