Chapter 5: Image Editing

This chapter was my favorite so far because editing a photo is always my favorite part of taking a photograph. I have always loved downloading my photos onto my computer then opening Lightroom or just through iPhoto and editing my heart out, I just like to have fun with it, go through all of the options and see which ones look better, worse or if I prefer it to stay the same. With this chapter I was actually able to see what all of the functions do and how to control them. Some parts to me got a little confusing such as layering, it reminded me of my high school photoshop days where I had no idea what I was doing, but I am sure that with time and help I will get a better handle on it. I especially liked how the book told me how to make localized adjustments on my photograph instead of general adjustments, this was such a huge help with me because some times I would enjoy some aspects of my photograph but felt other parts could use a little touch up. I am really excited to start using photoshop in the classroom so I have more ability to manipulate aspects of my photographs as well as combine multiple photos into one.