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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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Editing photos, and feeling like the more I do it, the less I know what I'm doing. (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by PurpleEverything908@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Background: I've been ~~a photographer~~ taking photos for over 10 years now. I like editing my photos to bring them more in line with the feeling of the shot, rather than keeping it closer to the journalistic style.

I have purchased presets that I never like the look of, learned what all the settings in Lightroom do (or so I thought), but somehow can't make them do what I want them to do.

For example, I was trying to emulate the editing style of Amy Shore (car photographer), as I really like her almost ephemeral/pastel-y shadows, and bring it closer to my preferences. Went into Lightroom, edited the settings I thought most responsible for the look and ended up with... garbage.

In a typical Dunning–Kruger turn of events, I am starting to think I may need to brush up on my editing skills/knowledge. Where do I start? Who is a good youtuber?

Thanks c:

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[–] chari_de_kita@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I like how OP crossed out "a photographer" since I still don't like using the word after 7+ years of shooting. It strikes me as people who call themselves "entrepreneur" or "artist" or "content creator" or worst yet "guru" in their bio.

Self-taught. Never bought a preset. Still have no clear idea what I'm doing. I've been trying to do less though.

At the very least, it sounds like Amy Shore herself doesn't seem to think she knows what she's doing either?

[–] PurpleEverything908@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Indeed! Whilst I have experience of paid photography work, in the past few years I’ve felt a bit out of the game.

Less is always good advice, thank you for reminding me.