Ten Seconds to Photo Perfection Cindi Trainor citegeist.com flickr: cindiann http://www.flickr.com/photos/modowd/308550989/

Outline Exposure Crop Color Photo Editors Managing your images http://www.flickr.com/photos/79055297@N00/331973758/

Exposure

Crop

Color

Photo Editors

Managing your images

Exposure Exposure itself Fill flash Adjusting highlights and shadows Brightness & contrast

Exposure itself

Fill flash

Adjusting highlights and shadows

Brightness & contrast

Before: slightly underexposed Increasing the exposure brightens the photo

Shadows make the left side of the face and the eyes a bit dark Using the “fill flash” slider in the Camera Raw plug-in eliminates shadows.

Shadows make the left side of the face and the left eye a bit dark Using the Highlights and Shadows adjustment in Photoshop brightened the photo

Using the Curves tool in Photoshop brightens the photo and increases the contrast

Crop The rule of thirds Off-center Eliminate background clutter to highlight subject High resolution of today’s cameras allow for experimenting with crop (shoot wide, crop tight)

The rule of thirds

Off-center

Eliminate background clutter to highlight subject

High resolution of today’s cameras allow for experimenting with crop (shoot wide, crop tight)

Cropping The original photo is a fairly uninteresting snapshot. With some straightening and cropping, this shot becomes interesting.

The rule of thirds

If you can’t remember the rule of thirds, just remember that an off-center subject is more interesting than a centered one.

Cropping out unwanted clutter in the foreground or background makes a photo more interesting.

The high resolution of today’s cameras allows photographers to shoot at a wider angle, then crop accordingly.

Color Temperature Saturation Black & white

Temperature

Saturation

Black & white

The fluorescent lights in the stacks are a different color than the natural light coming in the skylights. Lowering the temperature makes the natural light too blue (left); raising it makes the fluorescent light too yellow (right).

desaturated Oversaturatued cool tones as shot

Black & white Lowering saturation to zero results in black and white

Photo editors Google Picasa or iPhoto Picnik (web-based, integrated into flickr, fb ) GIMP (open source) Photoshop express Photoshop & Bridge Shooting in RAW

Google Picasa or iPhoto

Picnik (web-based, integrated into flickr, fb )

GIMP (open source)

Photoshop express

Photoshop & Bridge

Shooting in RAW

Picasa

iPhoto

Picnik

http://www.gimp.org/screenshots/

Photoshop Express

The big guns: Photoshop & Bridge

Managing your images Organization (flickr screenshot) Metadata (Bridge/iPhoto screenshot) Be picky about what you keep (disk size) Backup backup backup (mac surgery photos) And back them up! Did I mention that you should back them up?

Organization (flickr screenshot)

Metadata (Bridge/iPhoto screenshot)

Be picky about what you keep (disk size)

Backup backup backup (mac surgery photos)

And back them up!

Did I mention that you should back them up?

Organization

Metadata

Be picky about what you keep

backup

BACKUP!

Backup!

Cindi Trainor http://citegeist.com http://flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly Ten Seconds to Photo Perfection http://www.flickr.com/photos/gi/304120801/