Editing Practice

Before going out to shoot some portraits, I wanted to get an idea of how I was going to edit the images in post-production. This was going to help me immensely when shooting, because I was going to have a better idea of how the final images were going to turn out, and thus making it easier for me to snap the perfect image - hopefully minimising my chances of needing a re-shoot!

Before

After

Although it doesn't look like much, I spent quite a while tweaking the small things such as the shadowing on my face, trying to bring out the eyes more (as that is what I am focusing on for this exam), and just generally trying to make the subject stand out and seem more interesting. Although this photo doesn't at all have my desired effect, it is a guideline which will help me edit the shoots I am going to be taking tomorrow. 
I edited this using Picasa 3 and GIMP. In Picasa I toggled the shadows and brightness, and then converted the image the greyscale in GIMP, and tweaked the curves ever so slightly as well.