@marthadimeoIt happens—a missed exposure. It happened way more often with the unforgiving behavior of slide film. But, even with digital capture, a missed exposure is a recurrent problem.
Fortunately, in the case of this Kodachrome slide, it didn’t get tossed but rather landed in the outtake pile. Fast forward a decade and a half, and this under-exposed and horrifically color-cast image was transformed into something wonderful—a perfectly rendered moment between a grandmother and her granddaughter.
As seen in The Picture Professional magazine.
Frequently the “bad things” that often happens to otherwise wonderful images aren’t this drastic. An image may only need a basic adjustment, such as a contrast correction, to take it from good to great. Or, maybe it’s an isolated color that needs correction—green grass not quite green enough, a blue sky heading towards purple, a skin tone a bit too red. Whatever the ”bad” thing is that happened to an otherwise wonderful photograph, ChromaQueen is very happy to help!
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What’s In Your Outtake Pile?
Do you have images you put to the side because the content was wonderful but suffers from technical flaws? Let’s review them together and see if they hold the potential to go from good to great.
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