People

          The next how to is over people. People are one of the hardest things to photograph! Its all about lighting and of course the editing. My sister is the ginny pig in this next how to. I will how to show you on how to make a indoor photograph of a person look like a professional portrait shot. Just like any photo I'm going to start by cropping it off center.

                                                                Cropped Off Center:

         Then you are going to take you photo and blur the background. You also might want to blend the face, but make sure while you do this to not blur the eyes, teeth, and hair.. this way the photo will look and not over touched. Most people tend to over touch photographs of people where it doesn't look like the person that started. No one wants that to happen!

Blurred:                                                                          Over-touched:

          Next you are going to add contrast and some saturation, this gives color and depth to the photograph. If you forgot how to do this refer yourself to the previous post over black and white photographs. Another helpful hint is use a solid color as your background like this photo. For beginners it gives the photo a more complete look. When you start to feel more comfortable editing you can take your photo's outside.

Contrast/Saturation:

         This step you are going to touch up. Here you will add white to the teeth, most people already do this. Just make sure not to make them fake looking. A helpful hint that no one really knows about is whitening the eyes as well. This makes eyes look brighter and enhances the persons look.

Touch Up:                                                                   Too Much:

          Last step you will brighten the photo! This you will lighten only slightly creating natural lighting even though you took the picture inside on a cold morning. Now you are good with editing people. Next blog post I will be able to help you out with moving people and people outdoors. This was just the first lesson on editing people!

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