Black and white still has a sense of mystery and beauty where the subject and shadows play to make one heck of a picture that can last for years. Life in black in white used to be the norm and the style does have a strong following of staunch supporters. One problem facing this art is that there are almost no more developers who use the age-old method of developing prints, replaced by automated robots that nowadays do the printing. One thing black and white developing had of the old days was longevity, which resisted water and lasted years. Read the rest of this entry » »
For newbies to photediting ang manipulation, here are the few basic steps you need to get familiar with:
the cropping icon
1. Cropping. This refers to removing only the part of the picture you want. Even the most basic programs like paint have them. The icon with the rectangular broken lines or the square with the extended sides stands for the cropping tool.
2. Rotating. For photos taken vertically. Even the Windows photoviewer gives the option to rotate counterclockwise or clockwise.
3. Resizing. This is where you make the picture smaller – which is what you should do when you’re only using them for the web. High resolution images are only useful if you want to print them in large formats.
4. Enhancing brightness and contrast.
This is a bit trickier, but once you find the adjustment bar in whatever software you’re using, you can darken or lighten pictures at you liesure.
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It has happened before that some of the photos that I have taken turn up dark when I upload them in my computer. Instead of cursing myself for being too lazy to see to the lighting, I simply edit said photos and voila! Problem solved!
What I do is use the gamma control in my image editor. Most image editors have this feature in their Image or Color menus. This tool actually retains the already bright parts of the image while it brightens the dark ones. There is no prescribed setting. I suggest that you experiment with this tool first to learn how to control the right brightness for your photos.