A mortarboard is a sunshade
Ceremonies end at noon and the portraits happen right after. In this frame the brim of the cap leaves her eyes in soft shade while the direct sun bleaches the rest of her face, with bright hot spots on the forehead, nose and chin. The skin looks pale and gray, and the trees and lawn behind are washed out.
Who uses this
- Senior and graduation portrait photographers
- School photography companies delivering whole classes
- Families who ordered a portrait and want one frame corrected
How the edit is handled
A human editor, with AI tools assisting where they help, brightens the shade around the eyes, bringing back eye color and catchlights, and tones down the hot spots so the face reads as evenly lit, as if a reflector had been used.
The skin is warmed back to a natural tone, the trees, lawn and clock tower get their color back where the file holds detail, and a soft golden grade is applied. Her laugh and her features are not changed. We work from the raw file when you have it, because the shadow holds far more detail there.
What to upload
Send the raw file if possible, along with a frame from the same session that you consider well lit.
Photos
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lawn.jpg
1 credit ($8)
1 photo to edit
Instructions
The noon sun kind of washed out her face. Can you make the light look nicer?
Private: recreated on our own images, not customer photos
The before/after shown here is recreated on images created or licensed for this site — never a real customer's photo. Your upload is seen only by the editor working on it, and the edit comes with free revisions within 14 days of delivery if anything needs adjusting.
