Charlie Eileen

When you look at my photography work, it’s obvious that some of them get the glamour treatment and some of them barely get touched. That’s because my photography tends to fall into two camps: journalistic and creative.

Because I shoot for two different reasons, I also edit with two different styles.

Journalistic photography gets minimal editing, with only auto adjustments to tone, contrast, and color to make the photo sharper but without overdramatizing it or changing the intention and interpretation of the shot. Keeping the image as true to life as possible is important here – swaying the viewer is disingenuous, and I don’t want to do that. I want you to draw your own conclusions from the image.

Creative photography gets dramatic editing to make details in the image pop and evoke certain emotions. Here, I can be artistic and play. I want you to feel something, yes. But I am leading you more in these photos. The dramatic blue sky above an abandoned orange truck feels rugged and masculine.

But I admit, there are times the line is blurred… Some of my photography could fall into either camp and the style it is edited with is entirely dependent upon my intention for that photo. For example, my protest images will always receive my journalistic editing style, while abandoned buildings, while documenting urban decay, will often receive my creative editing style.

Regardless of the style I choose, I will always be transparent about if a photo is heavily edited or not.

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