Photography Phriday
Friday, January 16th, 2009
Hey everyone, Leslie (goldengirls2) here with your Photography Phriday post! I’ve got a simple little trick for you today to help add pop and contrast to all of you photos! I love playing with the different effects Photoshop has to offer to get fun new looks for my photos. One of the “go-to” techniques I use all the time is called “levels”. The best way I’ve found to describe it, is it makes you “darks darker” and you “lights lighter”. You’ve got a lot of room to play with this to get some really fun effects from drastic to just a slight color pop! Here’s how you do it…it’s super easy!!! 
In Adobe Photoshop Elements, simply go to >Enhance >Adjust Lighting >Adjust Levels. You’ll get a screen that looks something like this…
Take the “lights” slider and slide it toward the middle…this makes your “lights lighter”. Now take the “darks” slider and slider it toward the middle…this makes your “darks darker”. Pretty cinchy huh? Here’s a little sample of a picture I took that was WAY too dark but after I did levels, it looks pretty good huh?
So, go play with YOUR levels….and HAVE FUN!!!! Have a great weekend!
