EDITS vs. RAW ✨📸
You don't have to look too hard to figure out that those bright, vibrant colours and good lighting in my photos are filtered and edited. This has been a controversial topic for MANY years in social media and one that resurfaces every time we see a new app rise in popularity...
💭 Should we be curating and editing photos?💭
I have heard Mom talk about this MANY times and so I thought I would share her thoughts because, often, she gets asked how she makes my photos look so colourful and bright!
✨ EDITING IS AN ART FORM - Mom is a very artistic and creative person (right brain girlie for sure) and she genuinely finds joy in playing with the brightness, saturation and temperature levels, crafting the perfect balance of cool vs. warm tones leaving her a collection of curated photos. She spends just as much time editing my photos as she does taking them, and it's part of her creative process!
✨ SEEING THE DETAILS - When Mom edits my photos, often she is correcting and highlighting the better features and parts of the photo. We don't live in a fabulously lit studio...there are shadows and displeasing lighting, and therefore, boosting these values when she edits, allows her to see and show off the details that she worked hard to capture (i.e. my face)
✨ FUN, FUN, FUN - The most important reason why Mom edits my photos is she has so much fun doing it. She loves seeing what she can do with the lighting and colours and she loves coming out with photo she has worked hard to find what she finds pleasing.
We live in a world FILLED with social media edits that are trying to pass as reality and there is a space to talk about the harm that that can do. However, what we fail to realize *sometimes* is that, photography and editing is a true art form and there are many reasons to edit your photos.
At the end of the day, your social media space is YOURS and what is pleasing to YOUR eye should be what matters the most.
On all of my platforms, we share what WE love and if people want to come along for the ride, that's
awesome!
So what do you prefer? Edited or raw? 🤔💭
