Photoshop vs Photoshop Cs6

[Lindsey5CE8]

my photographer uses photoshop CS6 and lightroom, and i have just recently downloaded Photoshop CC and lightroom. What's the difference? Her photos are extremely good, but i have NO idea how she even gets close to editing her photos that good. ( example is the photo i posted).  I have watched hours of "tutorials" and "how to" and still cannot make my photos look the way i want them too. ( also no i do not want to copy her, but i don't know how she masters the editing, and i didn't know if it had anything todo with her using CS6). 

 

[jane-e]

Hi

Owning an older version of Photoshop will not impove your photos. There are two reasons your photographer photos are good:

• The first and most important is her skill and talent in using her camera.
• Second is her skill and talent in touching up photos, which may not need very much touch up.

You might start with:

• a photography class
• taking courses in photo retouching, such as "Learning Photoshop Portrait Retouching" by Chris Orwig on LinkedIn Learning. There are many others.

Have fun learning!

~ Jane

[D Fosse]

That's the problem with being a photographer nowadays. No matter how much skill and expertise you put into it, people still think "it's just Photoshop".

I'm not kidding. This is a huge problem.

So Lindsey, here's a secret: the best photographers use Photoshop as little as possible. It's a last resort. If the shot is good enough, if you've set up the lighting properly and so on, you don't need it. That's always the goal.