Alright, here's the deal. You could start learning about photo editing and Photoshop from now until the end your high school career--like really delving in deep and watching every photoshop tutorial you can get your hands on--and you may STILL not be a master! There are so many layers, hahaha (you'll understand this pun later).
Fact is, there are as many ways to edit photos as there are photographers and photo editors. Everyone uses the tools a little differently, in a little bit of a different order, with a little bit of a different style, and a little or a whole lot different results.
It's kind of like being a writer. Maybe they are all using the same language, but the words they choose and the voice they bring to the paper are different.
Oh no! The PhotographyConcentrate.com photography lessons are over. They've done their last post for the series, and they will take them down in a couple of days! Boohoo!
The concepts or terms that they cover in the editing segment are the four most basic post-processing steps: exposure, contrast, white balance, and saturation/vibrance. You can edit each of those things in RAW, in Lightroom, and/or in Photoshop layers. Each program has its advantages.
Here is the temporary link to the PhotographyConcentrate.com post: http://photographyconcentrate.com/how-to-photograph-life-lesson-9/
Also, check out this post at Design Sponge: http://www.designsponge.com/2013/10/photo-101-tips-for-fine-tuning-your-images.html.
See? I told you every photographer does things a little differently!
We will look over these in class, and then I will instruct you in how to edit a portrait from last class using these same or similar techniques.
Your assignment is to edit the portrait in RAW and post it to your blog alongside the "before" picture. Describe the editing techniques you used.