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Photo Manipulation

When it comes to digital photo enhancements, many people stop at fixing red-eye or making changes to the brightness of the photo.  In reality, there are many different photo manipulation options that you could consider.

When you take a snapshot, it is not the end of the photography process.  In many instances that is just the beginning of where you could go with your photos.  The images in the photo can be enhanced, removed, or rearranged in any way you can envision.

Many times, that is the hardest part of the photo manipulation process; envisioning what is possible with your photos.  You need to be able to see the images in your photographs as a part of a larger work of art.  It can mean adding or removing images that are in the photo, or it could mean completely altering the look of the photo by changing the background.  Instead of standing in your living room, you could change the scene to a tropical paradise.

Another thing you could do is to take a collection of photos of friends or family and create a collage with them.  It could be individual pictures on a scenic background, or you could even create a group shot that would give the appearance that everyone was together for a sitting.

Another creative way to rearrange you photos is to do a “then and now” type of project.  You could take images of your children and toddles and put them in a collage with images of the same children when they were older.  It would also work well as a Wedding Anniversary gift by taking a photo of the couple on their wedding day and combining it with a current photo of the couple.

The basic idea is simply cutting an image out of one digital photo and pasting it into another.  The images are then blended so that it is not noticeable where one edge stops and the other starts.  It will create a seamless image that looks like it was all one shot.  It also requires a lot of care when cutting the images.  You need to be sure to get the entire image you want without getting any of the unwanted background.

Having a quality photo manipulation project requires a skilled digital photo restoration specialist.  There are not any computer programs that can completely automate the process.  It still requires a person to make decisions about what to use, what to discard, and where to place images for the final photo.

The chances are good that you already have a great collection of photos that could be used to create a new photograph.  Using photo manipulation techniques you could transform some of your average photos into a work of art that could be framed and displayed.  That way your memories could be moved out of a storage area and put in a place where you will be able to see and enjoy them.