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Where is the Truth and what’s the Story
Editing a Photo has basically two aspects:
- Technical editing which consists in applying calibration and recovering a maximum of data from the image.
- Tell your story by enhancing the expression.
This post will deal only with the first aspect using a Photo ©2010 Laetitia Paris.
The Photo
Tree ©2010 Laetitia Paris Original
What comes out of the camera is fundamentally good however the bright sky representing about 40% of the frame has it’s negative influence on the metering. The sky looks over exposed. The question is whether the camera sensor has captured color data which can be exploited.
Focusing on the sky
Tree ©2010 Laetitia Paris Recovered Sky
The difference may appear small here in this down-sized image, however on the full size image it is substantial. The increase of blue tones in the sky impacts on the perception of the greens.
Painting the sky
Of course Lightroom allows to intervene on selected areas; you can paint and tint your sky as you like (or use the Dark Skies Plug-in).
Tree ©2010 Laetitia Paris Painted in Sky
Working with Saturation
Tree ©2010 Laetitia Paris - desaturated
Lord of The Rings
Lord of the Rings
Firenza
Firenza
Autumn Glow
Autumn Glow
The above exaggerated examples show how the mood and expression changes depending on how we deal with the photo in the post editing process. The important question remains: what’s the story you want to tell and how can the photo best express the essence of the story, mood or atmosphere.
We will talk about the expression at the Monday call.
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Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.
