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Sunday, March 25, 2007

When I started editing...

Ever since, I promised myself that I won't be editing any of my shots. However, I came to realize that the softwares I have would be useless if I don't put them to use especially on my shots. Plus, this way I can harness my editing skills and creativity. So last week, my "not-so-great" creativity crept into me and produced these outputs: A shot @ bohol beach club. I just edited the hue/saturation of this pic. Barry is my officemate and one of my closest friends here in Dxb. I applied some creative effects in Photoshop.
This picture was taken during our stay in Bohol. I took this shot while inside the van which will take us to the "hanging bridge" (as far as I can remember). The tourist guide-slash-driver told us that this is the only church with the "bell tower" placed in the middle...interesting, huh?!?
Taken @ Hongkong International Airport while in a 4-hour transit. The picture was overexposed due to the huge windows with strong sun rays peeping in...I took advantage of the sun rays to wipe out the background. Then, converted the pic to a monochromatic composition.
Another pic of Barry. I applied some types of blur to cover the model's blemishes, used the clone stamp to transfer a good picture from another file and used the color range select tool.

This is one of the beautiful ceilings at IBN Battuta Mall. Considered as one of my first shots...using my point-and-shoot camera (Sony DSC-H2). I didn't apply any Photoshop tool on the image itself, but just placed a border around the image.



Oh well, I know you're so tired of seeing this face now. But what to do, he is my most "on-the-game" model. In this picture, I chose the color range select tool ang played around the different effects. I also used the history brush tool to preserve the resolution of the shades as the subject. I did not use any blur tool here.


And these are my unedited shots just recently...these are the pictures I don't intend to edit...I just like the way these pictures look like...


Sometimes, we have to be open-minded. If you have something in mind like you can foresee an image to be somewhat become extraordinary by just having some enhancements, don't hesitate to do it...unless you're fully satisfied with the unedited version...anyway, truly..."beauty is in the eyes of the beholder".

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