BRADLEY BOW

My blog is very picture heavy, I don't really like writing too much because I feel like I tend to ramble on so I rely on the images to draw people in so I thought I'd list a few aspects and editing techniques which in my opinion grab people's attention. 

COLOUR: 
Looking for colour in a photograph can not only make the photo stand out, but channel a mood and atmosphere which really resonates with the viewer. Throughout my blog you can easily see I love capturing images with bright and vibrant natural colours purely for this fact.


RULE OF THIRDS + STRAIGHTEN :
Whenever I take a photo I always imagine a rule of thirds grid, or use one automatically set up on my camera in order to capture straight and even photographs. If you look below I try and make majority of the image as symmetrical as possible which means all the attention is drawn to the middle boxes. It may just be my OCD when it comes to detail which is why I do this...


DON'T OVER EDIT YOUR PHOTO'S:
Although I love experimenting with photos whilst editing them, I tend to leave that for iPhone for photography and not pictures I have captured with a SLR. Even then I don't really over-do it, I think there is a fine line between whacking any old insta-filter on it and adjusting tiny parts of the image too improve it. Below I have lowered the saturation a tiny bit. 

 Below are a few apps and techniques I use too improve images on my phone. I tend to only do big edits when they have people in, usually me and my friends for instagram or facebook but never the less I thought id include a few little examples of adding more substance to an image using photo editing apps. 


AFTERLIGHT:
Afterlight is probably the one I am the most creative with. I mainly use it to add clarity to the image and saturation, as thats what I find easiest to edit on them. Every once in a while, usually after a festival I use the app to add a light leak flare into the image to add a little character. The picture below on the left is the original. The middle has then been edited with a filter from VSCO and a low opaque light leak to the right. I then added a more colourful light leak below me in the left hand corner of the last image. 




VSCO:
Potentially my favourite photo manipulating app, I literally only use it for one filter only (Hypebeast 2) which I never really go over the top with as you can see below in the two images. I add the filter then dilute it too a low opaque because at the end of the day you want the photos to remind you of places you have actually visited. 

FACETUNE:
Now I know a lot of people use this app to whiten their teeth/airbrush their skin but I purely use it for the 'details' edit which allows you to sharpen areas of the image with your finger tips.