DIY: tips to enhance your photos

Photos are the key element in a photo book. To help you achieve the best result, we offer a variety of photo filters that will allow you to correct the imperfections of nature.

Here are our tips for the first step in creating a quality photo book.

Before laying out your book, you need to gather beautiful shots. Most of the time, it is necessary to improve them using digital tools, preferably easy to use. Learning takes a bit of time at first, but you will later retouch them more easily with practice.

There are numerous applications and software available for smartphones, tablets, and computers. With so many options, how do you choose the right one?

Choose the ones that match your level, you can easily find free ones. The most famous are: Paint, Gimp, Photoshop, Photofiltre, PhotoLab... You can also edit your snaps without downloading anything to your computer with PicMonkey.

We recommend enhancing your snapshots by making some edits to succeed in your photo album or photo calendar. Don't aim for the perfection only professional photographers attain. However, it is clear that the tools available to everyone today allow for very interesting results.

The essentials of photo editing

You will have a number of functions to discover, here is the most useful standard and simple usage.

We suggest you follow these steps in order, but you are free to only choose some of them. It all depends on your theme and the flaws noticed.

• Crop the shot using the "crop" function. This will initially eliminate a large part of objects or people that are not part of the desired scene.
• Remove unwanted objects, spots or effects. By zooming in on a sweater, for example, you could remove a stain or do a haircut to your taste!
• Filter the image to improve the color or to create an atmosphere. The defects will be softened, and the consequences of capricious weather can be erased.
• Add blur to the background to highlight the foreground. This will give you better readability.

Combine several images into one by creating a collage that consists of arranging multiple elements from different sources. By cutting and then pasting different well-chosen elements, you will create an original, rich, and why not, poetic or humorous scene.

These simple principles will then allow you to create a beautiful photo book.

How to sublime a portrait?

The most common edits are sometimes included in the features of your digital camera, it's up to you to discover them.

They allow, for example, to remove red eyes, to filter your photos in a way that smooths the skin and erases imperfections and wrinkles.

You can use a software specialized in facial retouching, such as the one available for free download on the makeup.pho.to website.

How to succeed in culinary photos?

If you are embarking on the realization of your culinary photo book, beyond the angle of the shot and the staging of your cooked dish, it is essential to use filters to improve the color.

Indeed, the texture of the food must be suggestive and often requires modification. Many bloggers will share their tips and tricks on the web.

To go further...

Videos on the internet abound. Don't hesitate to watch tutorials, such as those of Photoshop, a photo editing software widely used by individuals and professionals. They are full of useful advice for correcting photos.

Many videos also offer all sorts of advice on YouTube, according to your abilities and tastes. It's up to you to choose inspiring videos of a reasonable duration.

Teens already know thanks to their favorite YouTuber how to camouflage their acne or edit Instagram photos.

After the photo editing step, discover how to create an online photo album and feel free to order your photo books.