The jumping photo below is the original before I edited.
For editing, I decided that the shot needed to be cropped to keep the focus on my subject. I opted to crop out the dark tree in front of where my model jumped. Having a dark tree in the same area as the subject can draw away from the shot and take focus away. I sharpened the image as well since it wasn't the clearest shot. And since blurry is less distracting that sharp I slightly blurred the areas surrounding my model to send more attention to him. The last thing that I did was use the gradient tool in Photoshop. By setting it to soft light it darkened around my subject just slightly and creates a slight vignette that again draws attention to the subject.
The next shot that I have was of my model on the bridge.
I began editing this shot by slight sharpening and increasing the blacks. I then cropped the shot so that the subject was bigger in the frame. I also cropped out some of the railing because I felt it was taking away from the focus of the shot (b/c the railing is dark). I then used the curves tool on Photoshop to increase the dynamic range of the colors. Lastly I placed a slight vignette around the subject again to place more emphasis on where I would like the focus on the subject to be.
The last shot was another shot of my model running across the bridge.
This shot was similarly edited in that it began with sharpening. Then again I cropped the shot with the rule of thirds in mind. I cropped out the left side if the railing a bit in order to get the dark bar out of the way that was kind of distracting. I again used a slight blur on the background since the trees were really sharp and were distracting from my subject. And finally I finished up with a slight vignette in order to send the focus back up to the subject.
That was the extent of my editing on these shots. :)
