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Question from Jill: “Do you ever have a session that you just can’t edit? It seems like no matter what I do I make the pictures worse! The magentas are blown out, the sky is white, the darks are too dark, and when I edit the warmth of dusk light turns dark!
Christy: maybe try some free presets…
Nicole: black and white???
Stacy: sounds like u might be backlighting without a reflector in grass or field? if so, maybe try some better shade or a different location…
Shanyn: I usually go to black and white LOL I had a day of mini sessions Sunday and they all just sucked!! The light was terrible in all of them and so I turn them BW and they look awesome! Lol
Melanie: Done that! Most pics ended up black & white
Brytknee: I’m really good at fixing off colored photos and over/under exposed images, so I’d say (almost) everything is fixable if you play around long enough.
Jenna: Sometimes, I have to step away from a session like this for a day or so and come back to it. Fresh perspective can help too.
Blackburn: How do you fix an over exposed image without turning it b&w?
Amanda: I sometimes have ones where I have a really hard time getting the white balance right. I probably just need to start using a gray card.
Tracy: Are you shooting on auto or manual. That might be your problem?
Tom: B&W when all else fails!
Colleen: yes…I sure do…. Those reds blow out SO easy….and depending upon lighting, there might just have been way too much contrast between shadows and highlights. Try opening the shadows a bit and then editing (and see if you can recover some of the red in RAW)…. ugh….step away for 24 hours and take another look!!
Jen: Are you using ps to edit? create a new layer.. darken it.. erase the areas that you want lighter and keep the areas that you want darker. Make another layer, adjust the color. Keep what you like erase the rest ( so that the layer below comes up ) continue doing this and playing with settings until you get what you want to achieve
Jill: Thanks, all! I shoot in manual and use PS. It was in a field with backlight and then some spots I used I realized later I had too much light on their face…it all worked out in the end, I think. I took a day off and came back later. I couldn’t turn them all b&w, the ones in the field with the blown out sky looked kind of funny. Thanks for the help, it makes me feel better!!!!
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