I had no prior knowledge of photo editing – I meant the practical aspect, and not theoretical – before I edited my first photographs. I would call this a revolution, because of how it sustained me with passion for a season. I had seen one of my course mate’s edited works on Facebook; which prompted me to check for more options on a picture. On a picture, I saw what looked like three parallel lines underneath, like tribal marks. I clicked on it and it took me to the place of manipulation. 

It was magic, the transformation. I increased the lights, added tint coloring to create an illusion of precious stones, of which at the beginning, they were mere stones. I added vignette to furthered the illusion. For others, I either color grade or simply turn it to black and white picture. I knew that there are more sophisticated edition tools, but for the fact that I create magic with my file manager, it sufficients.

Author’s Biography

Olayioye Paul Bamidele is a writer, a journalist, and a photographer. His works have appeared or forthcoming in Spillword, Lunaris, Daily Trust Newspaper, Artlounge, Afreecan, Ice Floe, Afreecan, Kalahari, LILAC, SprinNG, Readers Boon, Feral, Black Moon, Eboquills, Brittle Paper, IHRAF, Synchronize Chaos Mag, Kissing Dynamite, Kalahari, UNN, Lolwe, Kreative Diadem and elsewhere. He can be contacted on WhatsApp @(+234)8162573107. Gmail: Paulolayioye@gmail.com.