For any wondering why photographers do not gift out their RAW images allow me to direct you to the image above. It did it’s job and captured the tones needed and all the RAW data for me to work with but by itself it isn’t an impressive image it is flat, dull, boring.
A few weeks back I started doing a series about re-editing old travel photos from Alaska. It was mostly just for fun to see if I see an image differently now. To compare how I have grown since 2019 in my editing preferences.
This weeks image is from a Train ride to the Yukon taken from Skagway, Alaska. It probably shows the biggest change in my editing preferences.
2019 Edit
2024 Edit
The 2019 Image has a much closer crop to really get in on the train which to me was the highlight of the image. The 2024 edit contains more of the foreground to really show the scene the train was driving through.
Both images are good, I actually love them both for each reason listed above. My eye still falls to the closer crop more than the foreground shot, it feels more dynamic and compelling but the foreground shows me something I witnessed and experienced first hand— something which is important to me now to look back on.
You can view all images from my Alaskan trip by clicking the button below— you can even purchase canvas’s, metals, and regular prints.
