This morning I posted some shots of my daughter and mentioned that one was a favourite. I had a few moments before she went to bed so that I could get onto the desktop and throw it through Lightroom to see what I could make of it.

What I like is the balance of it and that it shows her in motion. As she steps with her right foot, it throws her body naturally to the left but because she is holding the balloon in her right hand, the angle is weighted back to the centre. She is at the top of a small rise which means that the trees in the background create a softer set and the hard line of the path makes a firm focus plane. This is how I saw it anyway.

I am not a great photo editor but editing changes the potential use case for a single image.

1.

This one is obviously desaturated leaving only the reds/pinks of her outfit. This single colour picking is useful sometimes but is a little passe these days. It might make a nice birthday card though :)

2.

This one is more subdued in tone than the original (last photo) and I too the yellows down to cool it off a bit and give a slightly more sombre feel. I think I should have toned the colours down even more.

3.

This one I wanted to enhance the highlights around her and have a walking into a bright future kind of feel to it. In these three images, I darkened the edges to centralise the focus and bring the attention to her rather than spread across the entire image.

original

And here is the original, the edge of my wife's hand in the top right corner included :)

For anyone who likes photography, playing around with the editing can give insight into how shots can be put together as it is possible to manipulate and see what types of changes will evoke different responses from the viewer. This helps when framing shots or thinking about what positions to get into when actually taking the shots also. Plus, it is a very good way to review the results of shots to see what could be improved for next time. I recommend finding even a basic editing program to play around with. At least, something with more options than the average phone software.

Now, since I feel like my head is going to explode, Goodnight. Perhaps... I never really know.

Taraz
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