By Ian Hollidae, 2025/01/09

I've found a lot of value in re-evaluating old photos. Some of the benefits are obvious such as finding your mistakes, seeing alternative compositions and realizing you could have used better camera settings. Another benefit I've found is the opportunity to try out editing features you don't often use. That's how I got this photo.

This was taken at a local park in my spare time. It's a concrete structure that's been mostly torn down except for a wall that has an iron gate entrance. For whatever reason, the gate has been chain locked. The shot was simply a one-off practice snap that I didn't give a second look for months. What brought me back to this photo was an editing exercise I was going through. Specifically, the use of lighting presets for Portrait mode in Apple Photos. I never saw much use for them before but this picture made such a leap so I decided to post it.

So I guess there are some uses for lighting presets after all.

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This post is a continuation of the Beginners Photography Project.