B&A: Editing an Aspen Grove

Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how I post-processed one of my images. I took it from a blah, bland photograph to one that will make you want to go find your nearest aspen grove to wander in. Although I've used a number of photo-editing software over the past decade, doing any sort of edit that veers away from true-to-life still feels a little foreign. It's uncomfortable. But at the same time, I want to play with different looks and effects.…

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Little Bunny Foo Foo

All images need a little TLC and massaging (aka post processing). If you shoot in jpeg, which most cameras do, they are already post-processed in-camera by default, and in most cases, all you need to do is give it a little extra oomph to get it to look how you like. I shoot in RAW format, which is an unedited, uncompressed, unaltered file format. It comes out looking very flat and blah-looking. The main advantage to shooting in RAW is…

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Software to take your pictures from “meh” to “ooh!”

Whether you shoot on a dSLR or a smartphone, editing to give your photographs a little extra oomph is a smart move. It takes your images from snapshot quality to "ooh!" (or sometimes "ew!"). (Summary at bottom of this article) I don't own a smartphone, so take this with a grain of salt. My photography buddies like Snapseed, which is produced by a subsidiary of DxO Labs, a photo editor company that's giving Adobe a run for its money. The…

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