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Journey To The Center Of The City

I finally managed to get out of the house, and headed up to London with some friends. I was going with the express intent of getting as many good shots as I could. However, that sort of ended up taking a backseat since I ended up getting distracted by the fun we were having. I still managed to get a couple of decent shots, and I'm currently going through them, and processing the ones that jump out at me. At some point, I'll probably take a closer look, but in the mean time, here's two shots that I've finished editing;

What I love about this one is the volume of colour in the shot, coming from the dresses on the rack, as well as the shops in the background. However, my favourite part is the way that the woman's dress is mostly diffused and blunted by her jacket, but there is still a small amount of the bright red at the bottom.

I like this because it is fairly unclear about the identity of the subject. Some may look at him, see the fact that he is on the floor and his long hair, and assume he is a beggar. The truth is, this shot was taken outside Urban Outfitters in Soho, and this guy was doing a chalk mural outside on the pavement.

Black/White

Before

After

This here just goes to show you how editing can save what seemed to be a lost picture. As you can see, in the before shot, the mixture of the subject being under exposed, and the background being way too bright led to a good shot being wasted. However, by taking the RAW file into Adobe Lightroom, I was able to increase the exposure, brighten the shadows, and (as a strictly stylistic choice) turn it black and white, whereas if I only had the JPEG file and had to use Photoshop, the lack of any ability to increase the brightness and exposure of certain colours would have meant the shot would have had to been thrown out.