tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735033128474491176.post4333025012151426960..comments2023-08-26T07:25:11.943-07:00Comments on Joyful Hearts and Faces: To Edit Or Not To EditCharlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695782474265436464noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735033128474491176.post-72184533997726933992010-11-05T16:43:36.216-07:002010-11-05T16:43:36.216-07:00Erin, when I wrote this post I looked up the defin...Erin, when I wrote this post I looked up the definition of editing and manipulating....trying to express the difference between fixing something and actually changing it. But I really like the word you used: correcting. Because at this point that is what I feel I am doing, correcting the photo to look more realistic. Thanks for the compliment!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12695782474265436464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735033128474491176.post-76045779016690623992010-11-05T15:31:52.101-07:002010-11-05T15:31:52.101-07:00Thanks for showing all of this Charlotte! It was ...Thanks for showing all of this Charlotte! It was so helpful for understanding the correction of lighting, rather than the manipulating of lighting. Great job!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00616238682696645579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735033128474491176.post-77478784761597383662010-11-05T07:38:51.042-07:002010-11-05T07:38:51.042-07:00You said it very well, Stef....I do feel like when...You said it very well, Stef....I do feel like when I edited it actually makes the photo look more like real life. Cameras are finicky, and change even what we see in the viewfinder. (Probably because I had it on the wrong setting or something.) But I am still not sure about over-editing non people. Someday, I'll have an opinion about that one.... :-)Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12695782474265436464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735033128474491176.post-12064697592456233182010-11-04T23:20:41.677-07:002010-11-04T23:20:41.677-07:00This subject popularity surprised me when I read E...This subject popularity surprised me when I read Erin's blog post, but its a subject I can't stop thinking about now. Who knew?! <br />I pretty much 100% agree with you. I don't mind at all when color or lighting is enhanced, or even a blemish taken out, but I don't care for the people in photos being totally changed from WHO they are. I don't want to sit and wonder "IS that what she looks like, or was she made to look that way by the photographer?" I think the shots you took through your editing program turned out great. And, in my opinion, your program made them look more true to life - not fake. When we get the darker spots or the shaded areas, its often times because of the camera and didn't look that way at the time the photo was taken. I'm planning on taking a photography and then editing class next year and I can't wait to learn how to do some of the lighting/color enhancements! I love to make things look as true to real life as possible. Where you feel like you could reach right out and touch it. <br /><br />good post, Charlotte - I like the photo examples you gave!Stefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06314577454372964927noreply@blogger.com