The ReEdit

The ReEdit: Making Older Portraits Look Better With New Editing Techniques

Chris Gampat
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08/05/2017
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Last Updated on 08/05/2017 by Chris Gampat

Every now and again I’ll dive back into my archives late at night, look at them, cull, and edit. I partially do this for fun but also because I’m trying to find a way to test the editing skills I’ve learned since that particular shoot took place. Recently, I decided I’d turn it into a YouTube series on the Phoblographer’s YouTube Channel.

For this episode I dug into my archives to a time I shot with the Zeiss Otus 85mm f1.4 lens. Part of how I test cameras, lenses and lights is I use them in situations where folks like you might use them. Sometimes that means less creativity, sometimes that means more. And in this case, a lot of it was for portraiture. Often I won’t do a lot of edits to the photos because I try to stay as true to the out of camera look as I can which is why I shoot to get everything as right as possible in camera.

Model: Grace Morales
The lead image of this blog post is my newest edit while the image above was the one I originally published. Of course, my tones, exposures, and color palette tastes have majorly changed these days. So arguably, one could say my newer edit is better.

Be sure to watch the video below!

But I’m also a very knowledgable editor and have moved on beyond Lightroom to Capture One. So here, I’m showing you folks how I went about re-editing the images I had. Here are some examples below that are featured in the video.

 

The photo above is my recent edit that is in the ReEdit video, but below is the original image I published.

 

Model: Grace Morales
As you can see, the originally published image was rendered in black and white for a more classic look. But today, I’m more about a matte look and trying to find a way to make skin tones look better. Additionally, I try to find a way to make colors separate from one another in an effort to stand out.

The ReEdit is a series on the Phoblographer where Chris and the staff dive back into their archives to find a way to make older images from previous sessions look better. The use standard techniques such as color editing, cropping, black and white conversion, etc. Be sure to not miss a single moment by subscribing to the Phoblographer on YouTube.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.