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How to Fix a Dark Photo in PicMonkey

Published March 5, 2015 Last Updated February 4, 2018 By Courtney 5 Comments

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How to Fix a Dark Photo in PicMonkey

Today I’m sharing How to Fix a Dark Photo in PicMonkey.  It’s a free editing program with paid options.  I own Photoshop Elements and Lightroom, but mainly use PicMonkey for quick editing and blogging. Why write a How to Fix a Dark Photo in PicMonkey  ??

This image.. this is why.  I took a bunch of pictures of my Lactation Cookie’s Recipe and they were so dark. 🙁

How to Fix a Dark Photo in PicMonkey

How many times do you take a picture for a blog post and it’s DARK.  You think the lighting is horrible and it’s not useable.  You think you need a whole lighting setup or that you have to take pictures at the crack of dawn.  Well, I’m here to tell you that you don’t have to do any of that.  Just follow our simple tutorial on How to Fix a Dark Photo in PicMonkey

First you’re going to edit the exposure.  You want to bring light into the photo.  By bringing light in you’re taking out the harsh shadows and brightening up the image.  You’re also ruining the color at the same time.. oh no.. don’t worry 😉

How to Fix a Dark Photo in PicMonkey

Now that we bleached out the colors with the exposure we’re going to add them back in.  You’ll want to play around with the saturation and the temperature until you get the perfect match.  I never use neutral color picker, but if you can find an absolute white on the image, try it.

How to Fix a Dark Photo in PicMonkey

Now if you’re image is a little dull DON’T sharpen.  Since your image was so dark you’re just going to bring out the noise.  Instead bump up the clarity a little.  Now you’re picture is ready to be edited for your blog post.

How to Fix a Dark Photo in PicMonkey

No more dark image!  I fizzled around more to give the picture a little more of a red tone.  This was done using curves and is in the paid portion of picmonkey.  We hope you enjoyed our How to Fix a Dark Photo in PicMonkey tutorial 🙂

Lactation Boosting Cookie Recipe This Lactation Boosting Cookie Recipe is filled with brewers yeast, oatmeal, quinoa flakes, flaxseed, pumpkin seeds and a few chocolate chips. ;-) I originally wanted to make a Lactation Cookie Recipe using coconut oil but the butter in this recipe really gives the cookie a better texture.

 

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About Courtney

Family, Food, and Photography are Courtney's passions and you'll see all of that on this blog. She married Chris in summer of 2008 and they had Sweet Baby summer of 2012. Now sweet baby has grown into quite the Mini Chef and has her own series called Mini Chef Mondays! Find recipes, product finds, and more on our blog!

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  1. Cat Davis says

    March 5, 2015 at 4:29 pm

    Great tips! I usually start with the advanced section and use the Curves tool to brighten a photo before adjusting the exposure and temperature.

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    • Courtney says

      March 5, 2015 at 6:54 pm

      Yes, it’s great to start in curves! I just wanted to share how to do it for free since most don’t pay. 🙂

  2. Ashley - Embracing Homemaking says

    March 7, 2015 at 9:12 pm

    I just PicMonkey all the time but I have no idea what curves are. I need to go play around.

    Reply
  3. Jennifer @ Mom Spotted says

    March 11, 2015 at 3:08 pm

    Interesting! I do it completely different in PicMonkey but this is a great way too!

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  4. JulieK says

    March 17, 2015 at 8:41 am

    That’s great – overall it’s what I was doing, but I haven’t tried using curves yet – I will have to fiddle with that. DO you think you could write a tutorial about how you use props and set up shots? I am really bad at that!!! 🙂 Your pics are amazing!

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