Digitally manipulated

 Not all photos come out as planned, this is where digital postproduction manipulation takes place. This process means that an editor makes changes to the images as the final product to make the image appear differently 

Pros	Cons
If something goes wrong with the photo it can be fixed.	Changing one thing may effect the rest, like brightening the image may appear pixelated.
Editing can make the photo prettier and more appealing to those viewing	If caught some audience members can be angry and unpleased
If the location of shooting was limited, some people may never know.	The morph of reality to gaslight others may come around to make other things seem fake

This first edit is of two girls lying down on the grass this photo was taken during sunset in the middle of a field, therefore there is not much light and needed an extended shutter speed. Both girls are looking directly into the camera with the edited version showing one girl standing out significantly more, as she is illuminant, drawing the attention of the viewer into eye contact and possibly disregarding the girl on the left. To take this i stood at a high multitude and look directly above them as a bird's eye view and then ensure that they were placed in the centre of the frame and that their heads were aligned perfectly that their eyes would match up with each other, previously both subjects were asked to wear dark clothing with the girl who is lit up wearing gold jewellery and the girl on the left wearing silver jewellery; to add to their differences that hopefully the girl on the left is a lot more denoted as sad or forgotten, along these lines is the outcome of what the audience were able to perceive from the girl on the left compared to the girl on the right, who is upside down. I ensured that both girls were fully in focus and that some of the leaves were seen in the background meaning that I had to have a high exposure rate but a fast enough shutter speed, this is because of the lack of light. however, also the importance of not having anything being blurry or not in focus because the camera was handheld and easily moved around slightly.To edit this I used an app called 'davinci resolve', changed a multitude of settings in order to light up a face this was mostly colour correction and then used a tool to highlight over her face and shoulders so that this was the only part affected by my editing and the rest of the photo went back to the original inputed photograph.

Next there is an image of a moon; this was obviously taken at night using a DSLR camera with a very high magnification lens. The audience can see the moon and the details of the moon very clearly, on this particular evening it was also a red moon therefore that comes across slightly in the photograph as it is hinted orange rather than the more usual yellow moon. When taking this image I held the camera pointed to the sky placed on a tripod, in order to capture as most light as possible without having the moon blurry, as the moon is a light source itself i didn't use any other lighting to take this photo. The original photo is the one that is more brightly lit up however has a slight blur below the moon this is due to the fact that the moon is emitting light and therefore the camera has picked up the admission onto some of the clouds around it; in postproduction i removed this and slightly tinted down the lighting and the intensity of the colour all for the moon in order to create the finished product of the second image where the moon is a lot more clearly visible without the extra light being admitted around it.

Finally there are three photos of a girl and guy standing one behind the other, in the very first photo taken the guy is stood behind the girl, in a warm light lit room with the camera at a reasonably high stance with their faces in the centre of the frame.When looking at this on the camera I decided that this wouldn't work, however, that we could be more creative with it as the guy wasn't tall enough to be seen over the girl but not short enough to be completely hidden. The second photo shows him flexing behind the girl with her arms hidden behind the frame of her body; this creates the illusion of her being strong as he is crouched behind her. To take this, the photographer slightly crouched so that this was now a medium shot with her torso being in the centre of the frame to give the illusion of the muscles being the focus point of the photo, but in re-adjusting we realised that the lighting was no longer as warm and was now a stronger white colour effect on the subjects. However this minor detail was only realised in post production, as her face came across as a lot more pale. Which led to the decision of using Photoshop to create a finished product by merging the two previous photos. This involved taking the face of the girl in the first photo pulling a face and lit up slightly warmer, to a more natural skin tone colour and clipping that onto her face in the second photo taken with the muscles behind her, as well as cropping the edges os the photo  so that she was then the centre of the frame. This was done through an app called 'pic collage' which had its limits as it was just an iPhone editing app therefore, if the audience member is paying enough attention there is a watermark in the bottom right hand corner of the photo as well as the guys' ear being seen slightly behind her, alongside this her sleeves are still visible as this was an oversized t-shirt, however, during the post production process this was decided to be left visible as it adds to the comedy and humour of the photo clearly not being a reality. Both photos had the same focus point and were taken from the same distance, therefore allowing the detail in both images to match up correctly in order for it to still look natural with the finished product after merging the two together.