You're pretty much a picture-taking boss! You're turning out some pretty awesome shots and now you're wondering, how do I take these to the next level?
The answer is editing.
Before and After. Use editing to bring out the natural beauty in your image.
If you're photographing with a DSLR camera and have massive photo files, I would strongly recommend using a professional photo editing software. I use Adobe Lightroom. I love the program because it allows me to edit multiple photos at one time and create a common feel to all my images. It also allows me to save my own preset edits, choose my file output and size, apply my own watermarks, etc. It's an absolutely wonderful program, though a bit labor intensive and unnecessary in some situations. If you are looking for a professional program... look no further! It's worth every penny. If "free" is more up your alley, I'm going to point you in a different direction.
Lightroom is my choice of editing software for that professional look and feel.
Let me introduce you to an app my dad turned me on to. It's called Snapseed. It is the stuff of dreams for phone photos that you would prefer to not have to download to a desktop in order to edit. Both Android and iOS users can enjoy this, so look for it in your app store. Its editing power is rather basic, but that's all you really need to get started.
Snapseed's logo used to be the LEFT image. Now, it uses the RIGHT image.
If you're looking for a program that has a little more oomph but still remains within the "free" parameters, then get ready for PicMonkey (http://www.picmonkey.com). PicMonkey, formerly known as Picnik, is a fun-filled online editing program that does all the basic stuff, but includes a great deal of bells and whistles too! There are some effects that they charge for (and I was a paying subscriber for years, so I can vouch for how wonderful having access to some of those extra little do-dads can be), but all the main stuff is free. You just have to put up with a few ads on your screen, but it's totally worth it.
PicMonkey's page changes regularly, but this is how it looks today.
There are plenty of other editing programs out there (both free and ones you pay for), but these are the three that I prefer over all the others. Professional: Lightroom. Mobile: Snapseed. Desktop: PicMonkey.
We will go into detail on how to really get a handle on using these programs for the betterment of your pictures, but for now, have fun exploring.
Enjoy!
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