Photography

[Ollie]

What software does everyone use to edit and enhance their photographs? I tend to use Picassa on the PC or iPhoto on the mac and find them both a pleasure to use, but was just wondering if there was anything better out there for an amateur photographer like myself!! :p

Ollie

[insane_climber]

i use what ever is standard on windows xp, i only ever crop the pic,ull have to show me how to use them properly

[MariaD]

My photos are unedited & uncropped, although I do have Irfanview & Picasa. I only use them for resizing images though, as otherwise the file size is too big.

The only REAL photo editing I've ever done was the old-fashioned kind, using an enlarger and waving bits of cardboard around to change the exposure in different sections of the picture! Still got the enlarger but I don't use it much anymore, which is a pity...

[insane_climber]

how do i enlage a pic with out it going all blobby and unreconizable

[MariaD]

With an old-fashioned enlarger? Or with digital editing?

If the picture quality isn't good enough I don't think it's possible to enlarge it & retain clarity at the same time.

[insane_climber]

i dont know i was trying to use somthing that came with the pc, ollie will have to show me somtime

[MariaD]

That'll be digital then... :D

[insane_climber]

i dont know, im a trainee watersports instructor and i climb summer and winter, i dont do hightech electronics very well, ive only had 2 mobiles over the last 6 years

[Ant]

Photoshop for me.

[macgl78]

adobe photo shop is the only one for me just a shame that I am the worst photographer on the hills.

[MariaD]

I'm sure you're not. Any photo of a hill is better than none at all - it shows you made the effort to get out there!

I keep thinking I should take a camera on my runs. The early morning light is beautiful even if the scenery's not that dramatic. I'll probably remember one of these days!

[insane_climber]

photographs at parys are best coz there is always someone doing something stupid and random inanemate objects aswell

[MariaD]

"Parys"?

The only "parry" I know about is fencing-related...

[Ollie]

Partys? :p

[insane_climber]

yeh ollie got it rite, hes used to my inability to spell

[Ollie]

Unfortunately so! :p

[gareth powell]

adobe photoshop for me too - although I am starting to use apple's aperture - its pretty good for managing large amounts of photos and offers good RAW processing as well (sorry bit technical but my days jobs a graphic designer)