18/04/2024
Photo editing:
A camera doesn’t really have an idea of what you’ve just captured, or even whether it really needs any camera editing applied. It doesn't know whether it would look better with less contrast or whether the amount of saturation it has applied is just making that colour cast on the subject's face worse. All it can do is blindly apply a pre-set level of editing and hope for the best.
Photo editing can be a way of getting a second chance to get the image the way you would have wanted to capture it in-camera.
Editing is also another way you can put your own personal stamp on an image. Certainly, it's not just editing that allows you to do that, but it is another way of making your way of viewing the world stand out, or have a certain feel that makes the image feel like "you".
Photo editing is another way for you to tell your story, or get across what you were trying to capture when you took the photo. What you capture in the camera sometimes does not accurately reflect that moment. Firstly, because we might not get our settings quite right in camera, but also because you can enhance a mood or a general feeling in processing that you will never really be able to fully capture in camera.