Develop a Clean, Consistent Photo Editing Style

Posted: October 29, 2018

Photographers usually develop their own consistent editing style that becomes part of their work. Often that process becomes a unique identifier of their images. Shooting in RAW format is still the first step to help you make the most of your editing process. These tips to developing a consistent style will ensure you have great images for your portfolio. Shannon Ciricillo, photographer and contributor to Digital Photography School, shares tips to help photographers achieve a clean, consistent editing style. As a photographer, achieving a consistent and clean photo editing style is important for developing your work. Depending on your photographic niche, the way you choose to post produce and edit your images is a key factor in achieving cohesiveness in your portfolio. Utilizing editing software such as Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop can help you develop a style and aesthetic that is personal to you. Let’s discuss some of the necessary elements for achieving a consistent and clean photo editing style.

Focus on Lighting to Achieve a Consistent and Clean Photo Editing Style

In order for your images to look polished and professional, you will want to focus the majority of your edits on making lighting corrections. It is important to note that shooting in camera RAW mode will allow you to make the most of your editing process. If you have this capability, change your image capture mode prior to shooting. Lighting corrections in post-production include changes to exposure, highlights, shadows and adjusting your black and white points. By shooting in RAW mode, you can bring details back into the image that may have been lost while shooting by increasing or decreasing some of these lighting values. This allows you to set a base for your images that define your editing style. Read the entire article How to Achieve a Consistent and Clean Photo Editing Style, on Digital Photography School.