BEC Editing ??

[janedeere]

Hey Damien, I have a seen this style "BEC"  photo editing becoming popular and was wondering how to achieve it. I've asked multiple photographers and purchased various courses watching them basically edit without any real explanation to what they are doing and why. I've read many of your posts and have already learned a couple valuable tricks/ tools to use so thanks for that! Anywho, this "bold, emotional, and colorful" style editing what are your thoughts? 

[Damien Symonds]

Posting guidelines

[janedeere]

webiste of many photographers using the same kind of style https://www.boldemotionalcolorful.com/

Id love to see how this type of style could look on my images. I'm struggling to be cohesive with editing  my images in the same style. 

here is my website for reference to how back and forth my editing is. www.prettylittlerebelphoto.com

I would love to steer clear of the matte filter look and ugly orange/brown color layers/ masks. 

here is an image of mine to practice on. 

[Damien Symonds]

Can you do this for me?

[janedeere]

I am not able to get one at this moment. or for a while at that. 

[Damien Symonds]

On 8/24/2023 at 6:41 AM, Damien Symonds said:

Can you do this for me?

Please follow the page ALL the way to the end.

[janedeere]

My Windows laptop is not calibrated yet but I will order a calibrator as soon as I can. In the meantime I have compared it to my pro lab prints and found that I needed to adjust it quite a bit.

[Damien Symonds]

Right.

Now you should be able to see how your photo (posted earlier in the thread) was too dark.

Go ahead and edit it again and post it for me.

[janedeere]

heres an updated one

[Damien Symonds]

Still too dark.

[janedeere]

I noticed that a gaming feature had been turned on which made my colors all out of wack, any better now?

[Damien Symonds]

Still a little too dark, but close enough.

Now can you find me a link to an equivalent photo (family in the woods) with the BEC style applied?

[janedeere]

Just now, janedeere said:

https://bidunart.com/sacramento-fall-family-photography-at-american-river-california/

[janedeere]

to me my image is almost too dark at the top half and washed out  on the bottom blacks look like a dark matte

[Damien Symonds]

3 hours ago, Damien Symonds said:

Now can you find me a link to an equivalent photo (family in the woods) with the BEC style applied?

No, it has to be equivalent please.  The photo you found has light behind them, but yours doesn't.

[janedeere]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=985139712747312&set=pb.100037538779663.-2207520000&type=3

 

This?

[janedeere]

1 minute ago, janedeere said:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=985139712747312&set=pb.100037538779663.-2207520000&type=3

 

This?

The link wasn't working 😕 

[Damien Symonds]

Yeah, that might work!

Could you send me the raw file of your photo?  https://spaces.hightail.com/uplink/BellePhotography 

[janedeere]

just sent!

[Damien Symonds]

No, the raw file please.

[janedeere]

unfortunately it was shot in jpg 🙃 

[Damien Symonds]

Oh, right.

Better choose a different photo then.

[janedeere]

Alrighty back to the drawing board I'll be back lol

[janedeere]

maybe this one may work

[Damien Symonds]

And a link to an equivalent photo you'd like to mimic?

Remember it will have to be an autumn photo like this one.