Digital Art Tips

Photo Enhancement

I was told by a friend, that it really doesn't matter what type of camera you use for your photography as long as you are really proficient in Photoshop. I certainly hope that she is right, because although I am saving up for a better camera, I am currently shooting with an older 1.3 megapixel point and shoot model. For what it is, it does a great job, but the more I study great photography, the more I smacked in the face by its limitations. Perhaps this is a good thing, because it has forced me to hone my photo enhancement techniques. I believe it has made me be more thoughtful in how I frame and crop my photos IN my camera because I do not have enough pixels to do too much of that in post processing. I still have a lot to learn, but God is good and He has let me learn tons through this process. I thought that I would document some of the post processing that I am currently doing to most of my photos. Perhaps someone else will be benefited by this.

So, to start, here is a photo taken of two of my children at the zoo. This is straight out of my camera with no post processing. I had to use the flash to get a focused picture due to the dark environment. All settings were set on "automatic" on my SANYO VPC-R1.

posted by Trish @ 8:53 AM