I know this is kind of a broad question but I have no clue on where to start so any help would be appreciated!

One of my favorite simblrs is berry-pixels. Her screenshots are always so bright, colorful and cutesy:











I've seen so many simblrs with this aesthetic or similar too!! It's so crisp, clear and vivid, and I adore it. I'm pretty sure photo editing plays a huge part, but if there's cute CC, mods (for the saturated lighting, and crisp/clean look especially), or any other secrets I'm not sure of that would help, I would really appreciate any guidance on this!

Some of that is photoshop. That isn't exactly how her game looks. She also appears to have a lot of Anna recolours, so look for those. That pond mod is from here although there is a newer one you might want to check out.

Thanks so much for your reply! I figured a good deal of it was photoshop as she does say in her FAQ she edits her photos. Is Anna a creator? I tried googling and searching but couldn't find anything. And thank you for the pond mod suggestion. I'm not sure why I didn't download one sooner!

Yes, Anna is a creator (although retired now): http://an-nas.livejournal.com/
There are quite a few creators who use her color actions to recolor stuff too. Unfortunately I don't know exactly who they are so I can't give you any links.

Berry Pixels actually has her own CC finds blog called Berry-Finds, I'm sure that has a lot of what you're after. You can also go on her Tumblr's "resources" page to see all the CAS CC, and I bet you could ask her directly for anything specific. Hope this helps!

FTFY

I've bookmarked a couple of pages with instructions on how to manipulate TS2 pictures to get that sort of thing.

Looks like increased brightness + increased contrast

Boosts saturation too and fiddles with things like highlights.

Ooh yes, forgot the saturation aspect. Get them hot pinks.

I can't find the bonbon bird? or the candy mountain!!!! This is so pink.