Review Digital Camera World 07-20-2013

Digital Camera World

13 photo editing mistakes every photographer makes (and how to stop!) Jul 19th 2013, 23:01, by jmeyer With just a few clicks you can correct exposure and white balance problems, tweak contrast, remove unwanted objects and add better backgrounds. But with that power comes the ability to make mistakes, bad mistakes. To make life easier during those early days when you're just getting to grips with your photo editing software, our friends at Photoventure have for their latest guest blog post compiled a list of the most common photo editing mistakes that photographers make at one point or another, and offer some advice about how to avoid making them. Photo Editing Mistake No. 1: Over saturating colours Many images benefit from a little boost to the saturation to bring colours to life, but go easy, and don't keep pushing it further and further up. A good tip when you're making an adjustment is to look away for a few seconds and then look back. Suddenly you see that those small incremental images have pushed the colours too far. It may also help to refer back to your original image on a regular basis as this will make the edits more apparent. Photo Editing Mistake No. 2: Bad use of filters When you first start using editing software like Photoshop there's a natural tendency to try out every available effect. While it's good to explore the program's capabilities, as with many things in life it's usually a case of less is more. A poor image is rarely improved by a hefty application of the Watercolor Filter, for instance, and the Spherize Filter is probably best left alone in most cases. READ MORE 10 stupid mistakes all photographers make 34 Photoshop effects every photographer must try once Crop photos the right way: classic mistakes and how to avoid them Adobe Lightroom: what every photographer needs to know about the ‘alternative Photoshop’ How to compose a photograph: see images where you never saw them before Jul 19th 2013, 10:00, by jmeyer Knowing how to compose a photograph is perhaps the most lesson any photographer will ever learn. Framing, format, focal length and so many other compositional factors are crucial to the success of every image. Too often we forget that great cameras don’t take great pictures – great photographers do! Your DSLR has a number of features that can help you take amazing photos, but only you can decide where to stand, which way to point the lens and when to fire the shutter. That’s why knowing how to compose a photograph is the most important thing you can learn as a photographer. Our latest photography cheat sheet takes you through all the key steps of how to compose a photograph. We start by looking at the different formats for your scene, where to place your subject within the frame, tips for drawing the viewer’s eye into the frame, and then move on to discuss ways to remove distractions and find the right perspective – among much more. Master these fundamental elements of how to compose a photograph and not only will you gain confidence as a photographer and start seeing more images where you didn’t see them before – you will also have a solid foundation from which you can start experimenting with different styles and effects. As usual, simply click on the infographic (left) to see the larger version of this cheat sheet, or drag and drop it to your desktop. Due to popular demand, we’ve also provided smaller versions of each panel of the cheat sheet on page 2 of this post, which you can drag and drop to your desktop and print out individually. PAGE 1: How to compose a photograph (free cheat sheet) PAGE 2: Download the panels from our ’How to compose a photograph’ cheat sheet READ MORE 10 rules of photo composition (and why they work) How to use a camera: exposure modes made simple 99 common photography problems (and how to solve them) Rule of Thirds: use it and break it with confidence 15 common photography questions from beginners (and how to solve them)

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