Post editing Amanda

Wow, I hadn't realized quite how tedious and boring editing photos was going to be. Funny thing was, I had done 35 out of 47 shots and found some other software. So I ended up putting the first 35 through the new software and therefore it took forever! Sadly the software I was using will cease to exist from April 19, so i have to find something similarly easy and quick to use. I got Photoshop Elements, but it is so damned tedious to use. Another reason why I took until last night to finish editing. I have to sit and learn PSE before I try to incorporate it into my photography. The blemish removal is just far too intense and the skin of the subjects ends up looking like porcelain and I hate that. The images look so utterly fake. So I suppose I am going to have to find some PSE classes that I can take that specifically deal with blemish removal and skin smoothing effects. The rest is easy enough in Picasa. And overall my thoughts are, if you have to edit your photos you are doing something wrong, unless it's blemishes and poor skin.