Behind the Scenes

This is mainly for my mother, but I thought it would be cool all the same.

So I have spent the last several days editing David's 5 Month photoshoot. Now I think I will share just a few before and after photos. This is always a scary thing for a photographer, because I feel like sometimes we are judged if we know that we have to pull an image up in PhotoShop in order to make it sellable. I have had people tell me both ways actually. Some say shoot to edit, while others say that editing removes all honesty and skill as a photog. Well... I agree with them both at different times. But when I am taking pictures of my son, I kinda like the edited ones better! So I choose to shoot to edit.

As you can see, I don't do a lot of crazy adding or subtracting here. I really just use PS to highlight what I deem to be the important aspects of the photo. Sometimes that means lots of cropping, but sometimes that just means playing with the shadows and luminosity.

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