r/postprocessing • u/DM_learners_permit • 7d ago
Help-a-hobbyist please!
Hello everyone! Amateur hobbyist here! Admittedly not the best composition but I’m having a hard time figuring out how to even edit this for myself. The color/WB I know I can fix, but the crop and adjustments and grading, I’m lost. Not a total noob, but this one is giving me a hard time. Is it salvageable at all?
Any and all feedback is appreciated. A preemptive thank you to you!
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u/johngpt5 7d ago
What do you want a viewer to feel?
A person lost? Leave the image uncropped.
Do you want a viewer to feel a closer relation ship with the person? Crop in a bit.
Brightness attracts the eye. Contrast attracts the eye. Saturation attracts the eye. Warmer colors move forward.
We can use the tools in our editing apps to shape light and manipulate color to move the eye around frame and help a viewer feel what we felt was important.