วันพุธที่ 14 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2552

5 Reasons to Edit Digital Photos

5 Reasons to Edit Digital Photos
By MJ Johnston

When you share digital photos, you may simply upload them to your digital photo album and send links to your friends and family to view. When your visitors arrive, they will be able to see whatever shots you have shared - including some that might have been better displayed if only they'd been edited before sharing. There are several great reasons to edit your digital photos before sharing them with your loved ones.

Reason #1: Limiting a Picture's Focus

Some of the pictures that you include in your digital photo album might be too "busy." Instead of focusing on one person or group of people, or documenting one event, they could be taking in too much action. These photographs may be hard to understand or not pleasant to view because there is simply too much going on at once. By editing your digital photos, you can instead focus on one part of the picture to share exactly the story that is the main idea.

Reason #2: Put Your Pictures Front and Center

Sometimes, the subjects of your photographs move just as you're taking a shot. Or you might think you're centered on a particular item, only to find that it's in the left corner of your picture instead of the main focus. You can edit your photos before including in your digital photo album in order to ensure that the main idea for your digital photo is displayed front and center in the shot.

Reason #3: You're Not a Werewolf

One of the biggest issues faced by photographers are the appearance of red eyes. Many film and digital cameras feature red eye reduction functions, but those do not always take care of the problem. You can use online or software based photo editing programs to reduce the appearance of red eyes in your photography so that your subjects look like humans instead of werewolves - red eyes are not the best way to show of your baby's baby blues or your girlfriend's smoky brown eyes. Instead, you can make easy edits to fix your photos before you share.

Reason #4: Size Matters

Sometimes, the perspective of your photographs may be a bit...off. You may have focused on one particular person or object, just to have them or it dwarfed by what is going on in the background of your shot. Instead of showing off a background, show off your main subject by cropping your photographs to show only what you want to show. Size does matter - when your subject is barely seen, you aren't showing off the story that you actually want to tell.

Reason #5: Clean it Up

When you are focusing on one particular person or object, you may not even notice what is going on the background. You can edit your photos to take out background objects that may not be quite what you want to show off in your pictures. You can either crop your photos to show only the main object, or you can use other editing features to remove portions of the photograph that may not be appropriate to share.

MJ Johnston writes for a variety of websites, including Hoorray, a photo sharing site that offers the quickest and easiest way to build a free online photo album.

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