Photography
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Photography
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Digital Photography: The advent of Digital Photography has changed the world of photography and has made it possible to turn photographs that would have never made it out of the darkroom into a pleasing image. I've been using the latest versions of Adobe Lightroom 2 and Adobe Photoshop CS4 to enhance some of the images in the galleries. With Digital Photography, if there is something you like about a photo, but it isn't quite the way you want it; there are a multitude of things that can be done to "fix it". Following are a few examples of what is possible using raw images right out of the camera. I had a series of Photos of Brad Welch and Targhee in the weave poles that were underexposed. Six pictures came out of the camera looking like this. Not even worth looking at.
After a few minutes of "work" on the image they all looked like this. Not as good as they could have been, but not bad either.
Which allowed me to make a composite image combining 4 of the photos into one, and keeping only one handler in the picture but 4 dogs. The end result was this photograph.
Following is a less extreme example, and more like what can be done with any of the photographs in the galleries. A photo of Barb Benner's amazing Belgian Malinois, Zenith.
After a few minutes using Adobe Software, a result that is more pleasing (not perfect), and would look fine enlarged and printed to 5 by 7.
The changes that can be made to an image after it comes out of the camera are enormous. Cropping, sharpening the details, making other areas of the photo less sharp, and adjusting the colors to more accurately represent the colors as they were; are all done very easily on the computer. What is more impressive is the ability to digitally modify images so they contain what you want. Things that you don't want in the image can be changed or removed. It isn't easy, or possible in every case, but "things can be done", to make the photo the way you want it. An example of what can be done to modify an image. I took this photo of an Italian Greyhound. The dog was on it's leash.
After a little work on the photo I was able to take out the leash and the final image looked like this. No leash, but the collar was still visible.
Some cropping of the above image without the leash resulted in this photograph. No leash or collar. It's still not perfect, but you get the idea, and with a little more time There would be no evidence of the alteration. This can be done with ex husbands, wives, boy or girl friends.
If you have an image (digital, film or print) that requires restoration, modification or enhancement, please contact me at kennewt1112@hotmail.com to discuss what you want, and if I can help you I would be pleased to provide an estimate for the work required to get the picture the way you want.
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