Outdoor photography can be tricky. Lighting, equipment, blah. It's a lot. However, I have found that some photo editing software options have really helped. I live on a farm and I love to take pictures of it. Here are a few I've used in the past.
Lightroom
It seems like every photography expert and their mother uses Lightroom. This makes sense, as it's quite possibly the strongest tool to personalize your own pictures. You can custom create presets or purchase presets to create the planned effects you want. Photoshop is worth mentioning with Lightroom, as many photographers actually use them together. It's good to know the difference between lightroom vs photoshop though, so read up on that before committing to Lightroom as your editing software of choice.
GIMP
GIMP is one of the most popular open-source editing programs for photos out there. Flexible and strong, GIMP is one of the best Photoshop alternatives. With advanced filters, masks, layers, color adjustments, and transformations -- it's a software that's incredibly customizable. It also features a high quantity of scripts and plugins. A few of them replicate popular Photoshop tools (such as Liquify), and there's a bundle of animation tools as well.
Seashore
Seashore, specifically for Mac users, is a little light on features but easy to grasp. If you’re based on Mac and are feeling left out, don't worry, Seashore is a free picture editing tool based Mac’s Cocoa framework. This tool utilizes the exact same file formatting, which makes it comparable to GIMP. Though not as strong as Lightroom, Photoshop, or GIMP, this tool has the essential editing features such as gradients, multiple layers, and brush strokes.
This is just a snapshot of some photo editing software I've used. I hope you found it useful!
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