Blogging Photography

I just wanted to shed some light on how i edit photos for my blog, please continue reading to find out more.
As you may have noticed from the title of this post, today i'll be talking about how i take/edit my pictures. Here i'll show you how i edit my photots, i do personally find it very time consuming but the end result makes up for it.

Taking the picture
When taking pictures, i look at the weather first. Moderate sunny weather will give you the most bright and natural looking pictures, this is when you should be taking your pictures. Even if you edit photos that have been taken on a gloomy day, they won't turn out as great.(Background)As for backgrounds the options are endless, most of the time my background is my white desk, wooden floor or a page from a magazine. For this particular image i used a page of an old magazine, i found that the colours complemented each other. Usually when picking a background i find something that goes well with the featured item, it helps lift the overall image.
Editing
This is where the magic begins - I use the app VSCOcam to edit all of my raw images, i adjust the Exposure, Contrast, Sharpness and Grain until i am satisfied with the end result. After all the editing i crop out the unnecessary bits leaving with an almost perfect picture.
Wording
FINALLY THE FINAL STEP, Lastly i add the relevant wording onto the picture, of course when taking the picture i leave a space so that i can add the wording later (now), for this step i use the app A+ Signature - This app is very useful, there are so many ways you can add your wording on any picture of your choice. I use the same font on all of my pictures, so it looks clean and consistent.

Below i've inserted the raw picture, so that you can see what editing can do to your pictures, as you can see there is quite a large difference. Obviously the final picture looks much better.