Photoshop

In a previous post, I talked about how I had such a dislike for Photoshop and how my feelings towards the programme changed. Well, my feelings now have changed ever more; I recently downloaded Photoshop onto my laptop which works perfectly fine now after some glitches. After searching the internet, I found out that you could download brushes and use them to edit or create the photos you want. I decided to go on a hunt for a website that would provide quality brushes that were easy to download.

After some time surfing the internet, I found a website called QBrushes. It's a brilliant; one that I would definitely recommend. I've downloaded a series of blood brushes, smoke brushes, scratches, and fractal brushes. If you are looking for new brushes to play around with then definitely have a look at this site. I have yet to actually produce any work with these new brushes or even Photoshop itself but I have a feeling I'll be spending quite a lot of time on it. I'll be sure to post products once they've been finished.

Picasa vs Photoshop

Those who know me and my photography know that I do not like over edited photos. When I edit photos I use Picasa 3, there are a few reasons for it.
1) It's very simple, easy and quick to use. I don't have much time to edit photos and make them look amazing but I do want them to look presentable.
2) All the tools that I want/need are available in an eye pleasing layout.
3) If, after a while, you don't like how you've edited the photo you can undo all the editing and get back to the original photo; this is without having to save the edited photo as a separate file.

Here's the difference in my photos:

Original
Models (left to right): Bethany Macfadyen, Cassie Buckley, Abby Neal and Hannah James

Edited: Fill light, highlight and shadow

The photo above was taken February 2, 2012 at the St Edmund's College Schola Dinner.

Programmes like Photoshop kill what photography is to me. I have a strong dislike for photos that have been over edited as my view on photography is that it is how you take your photo; the composition, the lighting and the subject. With Photoshop anything and everything can be in the photo without it actually being present when the photo was originally taken. Photoshop can be good for creating logos, posters and album covers are I've discovered in my Media classes but when it comes to the art of photography, I think it is more of a hindrance.