March 2008
Beginner
256 pages
7h 10m
English
Content preview from PHOTOGRAPHING CHILDREN PHOTO WORKSHOP
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Chapter 10. POST-PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION
Establishing Your Workflow
Getting Started with Image Editing
Image-Editing Workflow
Basic Retouching
Changing Colors for Impact
Cropping Tips
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Capturing the image with your camera has always been just the first step in creating a final image. In the film days, the darkroom became the next step to apply your creativity to an image. Today, your darkroom is digital and there are more possibilities than ever before.
This chapter encourages you to experiment and play with your images. It's like doodling: The more you play, the more you see what you can do with your images, which enables you to find styles that appeal to you.
ESTABLISHING YOUR WORKFLOW
Post-production is the term photographers use to indicate everything that happens after the image is captured. That includes loading your images from your media card to your computer, playing around in an image-editing program, all the way to the final printed image hanging on your wall. There are a lot of steps to get you from here to there and each photographer has his or her own, unique way of working, which is called workflow. Workflow is defined by Wikipedia.com as a reliably repeatable pattern of activity.
A good, consistent workflow is critical for digital photographers. Everything is a digital file that can be easily deleted, corrupted, or just plain lost! So, establishing an ...
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