Edit my photos with me

Editing my Instagram and blog photos is something I love doing. I love seeing the before and after and watching a photo change. I've uploaded 2 posts before on how I edit my photos and since then, I've changed up the way I edit them a little, so here is an updated version.

I usually use my camera (the Canon 700D) on manual to take photos specifically for my blog and Instagram. I play around with it until I like how it looks basically. The rest of the time I take photos on my iPhone XR as when I'm out and don't take my camera, I'll use my phone. 

The first thing I always do before anything is either crop and/or straighten the photo. I always do this on the camera roll under edit. Sometimes it straightens it for you, but it doesn't always go how I want it to, so I generally ignore that and do it myself. 

Into the editing apps. When it comes to editing photos of products/things on a white background, I always use FaceTune first. FaceTune is a great app for editing your photos on. Firstly, I like to whiten the background (photo above). Making it bright is something I like, so thats what I do. It's so easy to do. 

I then brighten the photo with the exposure (photo above). Depending on how dark the photo is, obviously depends on how much I up the exposure. I don't like to over brighten it, so I usually stay between 10 and 30 if it's a photo of a product or something indoors. If it's an outside photo and it's sunny, I usually stay under 10.

I then use s-curve (photo above). I normally have this between 10 and 20, which evens it out with the exposure. 

If something needs removing like a piece of hay (3 out of 5 of my fur babies eat hay and it gets everywhere and usually creeps into my photos when I think I've removed it beforehand) or dust/fluff, then I will use the patch tool in FaceTune.

If I need to remove cables indoors or something outside I don't want in it, like a post or something, then Retouch is a great app for getting rid of things like that. I usually use quick repair to quickly get rid of unwanted things in my photos. In the photo above I removed the light in the top right and 2 white poles on the pier as an example. 

It's usually pretty simple and gets rid of things quickly and neatly, however sometimes it does take a little longer to perfect and even it out. It all depends on the size/background of whatever you're trying to move. 

The last app I use is Photo Editor for a filter. I never used to put filters on my blog or Instagram feed photos, however since I found the filter I use, I started to and I really like it. Does anyone remember the Fade filter that Apple had on it's regular camera filters? Well I used to love that filter and when I downloaded Photo Editor a while ago, I came across the Fade filter on there and I was so happy. I love the way it makes my photos look. Sometimes it can get rid of true colours, so in swatches etc, I don't use it, but for most other things I do. 

I like to try and match my photos together, so having the same filter on all of them kinda does that. After editing them, I just upload them to my blog and/or Instagram. 

Apps & prices

• FaceTune: £3.99 (apple)
• Retouch: £1.99 (apple)
• Photo Editor: free (apple)

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