Post Processing

I have chosen this title when I could have used Photoshop Editing, since it is the de-facto software for such purposes. But I recognize that there are several other software programs on the market.

One of the things that I stress to my students is to try to do the very best at the time that they are capturing the image. I warn them not to be careless, knowing that they can always “fall – back” on Photoshop to correct the mistakes that should not have been recorded in the first place.

If you list the attributes that make an image “memorable” there is a limit to what Photoshop can do to make it so. Granted, many of my images that I display in the photo gallery and elsewhere have gone through “some” post processing, but they would fall under the   “tweaking”category.

There are some situations that have a journalistic value, in which time is of the essence and require photographing quickly, although the conditions may not be ideal: Photoshop to the rescue.

How to use the different tools that Photoshop Elements and the Photoshop CS series offer is something that I teach. Here are some examples below. They show the Before and After effects of properly edited images with Adobe's Photoshop CS3. (NOTE: The second is not my image.)

I will be teaching a 9 hour course titled Digital Photo Lab at the Northeast campus of Midlands Technical College. It will be MTW evenings from 6 PM - 9 PM on August 25, 26 and 27, 2008. You can register by calling 803-732-0432 0r on line at www.mtctraining.com. The cost is only $99.

You can also register at the same number for my course: Using Your Digital Camera Creatively starting on September 22;  schedule is as appears above.

Every once in a while, I like to enter photographic contests. I entered the image that appears below and the results are printed under the image.

I took this photo using my Canon EOS 20D and set it at 5 frames per second. Then, using Photoshop CS2, I placed the various images of the jumper in just one, with the results that appear below. I titled it "Half Time Entertainment" and it is being published in the International Library of Photography.

Dear Manuel,

The votes are in, and we are proud to congratulate you for your outstanding artistic achievement. The editors of The International Library of Photography were thrilled to inform you that your photo was honored with the prestigious Editor’s Choice Award because of your artistic accomplishments and unique perspective: characteristics found in the most noteworthy photographic works.

To further commemorate this prestigious achievement, we have elected you to receive the 2007 Editor’s Published Photographer Ribbon Award Pin.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey Bryan
Managing Editor
The International Library of Photography / Picture.com