Lightroom is an amazing app. Capable of cataloguing and editing tens of thousands of RAW images all from the click of a mouse. Despite it’s slick interface and beautifully presented images, Lightroom is, at heart, just a big database. The problem with databases is that as they get bigger, so they can slow down and […]
Photography Post Production Articles
Improving your photos in the darkroom and on the desktop.
HDR stands for “High Dynamic Range,” meaning that the method is supposed to increase the dynamic range that one image can have as if the sensor had the same amount of dynamic range. I’d been looking for HDR processors that did a realistic job, and for a while the search didn’t yield a processor that […]
While not an exciting post processing action, using the spot removal tool is a necessary step in cleaning your photograph. From dust on the sensor to a distracting imperfection, an image can go from ‘great’ to ‘ok’ as a result of not paying attention to details. We’ll explore when and how to use Lightroom’s spot […]
Adobe Lightroom offers two excellent tools for increasing the apparent contrast and saturation of an image without resorting to taking everything to the max. These are the Clarity and Vibrance sliders found at the bottom of the Basic tab in the Develop module under Presence. Let’s take a look at what they can do for […]
Previously I’ve talked about preparing and shooting your images for the composite. If you missed it, click here. Once the images are uploaded in Photoshop, the retouching should be done first. I will use the frequency separation technique to retouch the portrait before masking it to fit the other background. Before you start, convert everything […]
Composite images, if they are realistic enough, require some trickery to be created properly. It requires both photographing and post-processing skills in order to do it right. However, the skill you’ll need in post-processing is, in this case, of far greater importance than the skill required for taking the photos themselves. For this tutorial, I’ve […]