Step #5 Snapseed – Sharpening: At the end, I take my photos back into Snapseed to add some sharpness with the “Details” tool.
I normally add a touch of S-Curve, Sigmoid or Gamma to a photo to make everything stand out. Step #4 FaceTune – Color enhancement: There are 3 filters in FaceTune that can really amp up the color in your photos if you like really bright, bold pictures. I use this tool to remove dust in close-up shots, add leaves in a fall shot and yes, this is how people remove zits. Cue “Patch.” This nifty tool let’s you swap out one area of the photo for another. Step #3 FaceTune – Background Cleanup: Chicago is great but sometimes, there’s trash on the street that’s in the way of your perfect shot, but you’re not about to touch it. I’ll go through the “Tune Image” tools and adjust as necessary. Step #2 Snapseed – Adjustments: Snapseed has a great suite of tools to adjust the brightness, highlights, contrast and even mood of the photo. You can see in the Before that there are a lot of blue undertones, so I use the “White Balance” tool to even out the temperature. Step #1 Snapseed – Color correct: Depending on the time of day you’re taking a picture, the photo can turn out very cool or very warm. Plus, it’s something I really enjoy doing. This one took a little extra work but for the most part, I can do a picture in about 10 minutes. I like to correct the color, add some highlights, clean up the background and enhance my clothing details. This is a before and after of how I’ll edit most of my outfit photos. A coworker showed this to me and I’m not sure what I was doing before this app. It’s incredible how much you can do in this little app. I’ve tried a lot of apps, but these are what work the best for me.
These are my favorite apps for editing iPhone photos and primarily what I use them for: I’m going to walk you through how I edit an outfit photo, but you can also check out my YouTube video HERE that shows you how I edit lifestyle photos as well. My goal with editing is to enhance the photo rather than completely alter it. I edit my photos to color correct, enhance details and yes, take care of a pesky pimple if necessary. In reality, I do most of my blog work at night in an apartment that doesn’t have good lighting even on the sunniest of days. Here’s why: if we lived in a perfect world, I would get to take all of my photos on a bright, sunny afternoon inside near a window or ideally, with a skylight. Yes I use FaceTune and no I don’t think it’s a bad thing.
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Full disclaimer: I do not post any photo to Instagram without editing it in some way, shape or form.