This next one’s a great example of that. (NOTE: if the after photos in this post look too bright to you, there’s a good chance your monitor’s brightness is up all the way – turn it down for a better representation of what they’ll look like when printed.) I think that almost all photos taken on AUTO end up a little bit dark, even though you might not notice it until you see how much better it looks a little brighter. The Photoshop action is very helpful for saving photos that are super dark, but if you don’t have Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, just brightening your photos will still make a huge difference.Įven photos that aren’t obviously dark can often benefit from some brightening. I’m going to show you how to easily brighten your photos (using a method that will work in a variety of photo editing applications), and then point you to my favorite Photoshop action for making them even more vivid. You’ll notice the photos I’m showing are labeled SOOC (straight out of camera), brightened, and vivid. Here’s another example of a dark photo that was saved with a little brightening: The boys’ eyes are still a little dark in the final photo (the day was very overcast), but the improvement is still pretty huge. Once you’re used to the process you can complete the entire thing in less than a minute, which is worth it to make a dramatic improvement like this one: Luckily, it’s pretty simple to fix dark or underexposed photos in just a few steps. To make matters worse, photos look even darker when printed than they do on our bright computer screens (turn down your monitor’s brightness to help fix this discrepancy). And when there’s a lot of light behind your subject you’re almost guaranteed a dark, underexposed image. It doesn’t know whether the person you’re photographing is supposed to have a light or dark skin tone, so photos of lighter skinned people often end up too dark. This happens often when you shoot on AUTO – today’s cameras do a pretty good job with exposure, but even the smartest camera can get confused. It’s such a disappointment to upload photos to your computer and realize they’re dark and underexposed.
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