I had no prior knowledge of photo editing – I meant the practical aspect, 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 the 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 just stones. I added vignette to deepen the illusion. For others, I would either color grade or simply turn it to a picture in black and white. I know that there are more sophisticated editing tools, but for the fact that I create magic with my file manager, it is sufficient for me.

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.