What goes into editing a photo?
When you take a photo on your cellphone, that is normally the final image of that photo. When I take a photo, that's only the first step. Besides my camera having a superior sensor, lens, image controls, and lighting equipment, I then take that photo and improve it even further. To give you an idea, here's a list of what goes into editing a single photo.
-Photo Captured in Camera RAW format, leaving more detail/editing capability.
-Saved in Adobe RGB Color lossless compressed
-Photo uploaded into Lightroom and Photoshop
-Original Unedited photo backed up to external hard drive for safe storage
-Corrections for white balance, exposure, and contrast
-Corrections of highlights and shadows
-Bracketed photos combined to create HDR (High Dynamic Range) images.
-Histogram adjusted/balanced
-Adjustments to texture, clarity, color vibrance and saturation
-Individual adjustments to incandescent/halogen/fluorescent lighting
-Sharpening and noise reduction adjusted based upon the image
-Lens distortions and chromatic aberrations corrected
-cropping and angle adjusted
-Perspective adjusted to make walls/buildings have correct angles (parallel lines, right angles, etc.)
-Spot removal of any dust specks or simple items not wanted in the image
-Graduated and Radial Filters added
-Photoshopping more challenging items (carpet stains, chipped paint, clutter/items, etc.)
-Photo resized and saved for sharing to RMLS sites
-Photo Captured in Camera RAW format, leaving more detail/editing capability.
-Saved in Adobe RGB Color lossless compressed
-Photo uploaded into Lightroom and Photoshop
-Original Unedited photo backed up to external hard drive for safe storage
-Corrections for white balance, exposure, and contrast
-Corrections of highlights and shadows
-Bracketed photos combined to create HDR (High Dynamic Range) images.
-Histogram adjusted/balanced
-Adjustments to texture, clarity, color vibrance and saturation
-Individual adjustments to incandescent/halogen/fluorescent lighting
-Sharpening and noise reduction adjusted based upon the image
-Lens distortions and chromatic aberrations corrected
-cropping and angle adjusted
-Perspective adjusted to make walls/buildings have correct angles (parallel lines, right angles, etc.)
-Spot removal of any dust specks or simple items not wanted in the image
-Graduated and Radial Filters added
-Photoshopping more challenging items (carpet stains, chipped paint, clutter/items, etc.)
-Photo resized and saved for sharing to RMLS sites