Assignment 1: Photo Manipulation

The way I edit my photos

I have here two beautiful pictures that I took recently. The Top picture is one of my favorite fruits. I was watching TV when I took this picture using my phone because every time I have food in my hand or on the table that attracts my eye I always took a picture. The Bottom picture was when I was walking on the street heading home and I noticed that the clouds are dark and realized that soon it will pour rain. I used Photoscape to edit my photos. I love using it for editing because it is easy to use, free to download, updates every month and everything you need is there.

From the first picture (top), I chose to edit it with auto level to adjust hue automatically, auto contrast, low percentage of bloom, filter with low percentage of cross-process film effect and cropped half of it. I used these tools to make it look more pleasant, fresh and more appetizing. Plus, it will look good to add it in my Food Portfolio. From the second picture (bottom), I chose to edit it with 1.20 percentage of gamma bright, 1.15 percentage of exposure, 50 percent of backlight to make the dark spot light and filter with medium percentage of Velvia film effect. I decided to edit it because I don’t want to pour the rain that day. And because I don’t have the power to command the sky to remove the dark clouds, I just did it myself by using these tools from Photoscape to remove the dark clouds in the sky. Now it looks like normal summer day.

As you notice, I edit my picture so simple. It is because I just want to add or change a bit of what is in the original. I don’t really (in my opinion) want to change everything that I took because it takes away it’s originality that makes what it was.