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Why We Dodge And Burn
https://creativeraw.com/why-we-dodge-and-burn/ I find many photographers will dodge and burn simply because they were told to, without knowing the purpose and intention behind it… So for this lesson, we’ll be discussing the “big picture” idea behind dodging and burning – what is the purpose, and what makes this time-tested workflow so extraordinary?
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My Best Tips For Creative Autumn Photography
https://creativeraw.com/tips-creative-autumn-foliage-photography/ Autumn is, by far, my favorite season to photograph. The first piece of foliage signals the beginning of an ethereal journey through nature as I watch it transform into vibrant hues of red, orange, and gold. Scenes that I have become familiar with morph into a mosaic of colors and tones, and the cooler air and unsettled weather contribute to the creation of a dreamscape playground.
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The Difference Between “Editing” And “Processing” In Photoshop
https://creativeraw.com/the-difference-between-editing-and-processing-in-photoshop/ When I first began exploring the wondrous world of Photoshop, my “workflow” was a convoluted mess. Although I was learning different tools and techniques, steadily expanding my creative processing tool belt through my own trial and errors…each processing session became longer and more frustrating.
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The Complete Guide To The Curves Tool For Landscape Photography
https://creativeraw.com/the-curves-tool-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work-in-photo-processing/ It’s one of the most powerful and dynamic tools for adjusting the color and lightness values of your pixels, but many are completely baffled by the controls..so it’s often passed over for more straightforward tools like the tonal sliders or HSL panel.
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Speed Up Your Lightroom Import
https://creativeraw.com/speed-up-import-lightroom/ Lightroom is known for its easy to use interface and seamless workflow capabilities, but it may not seem that way when you begin your import. The window is a bit intimidating, and those important shortcuts to a smoother import aren’t exactly highlighted with neon signs.
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Guide To Backing Up Landscape Photos Securely: Part Three
Here we are….the final part to my comprehensive series on how to properly (and securely) backup your photographs. In the final chapter here, I’ll be going over how I: https://creativeraw.com/secure-backup-photos-landscape-three/ While smart previews can’t offer 100% image quality for precise editing (such as pixel-by-pixel work with the adjustment brush or intricate sharpening), it gives me enough leeway so I can import, organize and perform some basic raw edits without having to be connected to my actual raw files. Since I do not perform precise editing in Lightroom and save that heavy lifting for Photoshop, this is very convenient.
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Complete Guide To Backing Up Your Landscape Photos Securely: Part One
https://creativeraw.com/secure-backup-photos-landscape-one/ If you’re anything like me, then you know how important it is to recover your images from any kind of destructive force…whether it be a computer meltdown, damaged/stolen external drives, or the most likely cause: corrupt files. I must get at least half a dozen emails every week asking about my photo backup workflow, so I figured it’s time I outline (in great detail, as usual) the exact steps I take to make sure that my raw files are protected to the max.
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The Practical Use Of The Exposure Triangle
https://creativeraw.com/practical-use-exposure-triangle-explained/ If you are just stepping into the realm of landscape photography, you’ve probably heard the term “exposure triangle” come up in conversation. In its simplest form, this refers to the co-dependent relationship between your three manual camera settings (aperture, shutter speed, and ISO), which control how your photograph is created…specifically, the amount of light needed to expose your photograph properly.
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How I Photograph A Golden Hour Landscape
https://creativeraw.com/photograph-golden-hour-landscape/ There’s a profound challenge that many landscape photographers face when photographing a sunrise or sunset: they often find that their golden hour images rarely represent the scene they observed. Not only is the sky blown out and the foreground deep in shadow, but compositions tend to weaken when distracted by the mesmerizing light and texture of this time.
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How Luminosity Masks Enhance Light And Atmosphere
https://creativeraw.com/luminosity-masks-enhance-light-atmosphere-landscape/ Luminosity masks are a powerful Photoshop technique used to make advanced selections based on the tonal value of an image. This makes it the perfect tool for enhancing the light and atmosphere of a landscape photograph…transforming a lackluster image into an extraordinary work of art that explodes with color, depth, and detail.
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Complete Guide To White Balance In Lightroom And Photoshop
https://creativeraw.com/guide-white-balance-lightroom-photoshop/ White balance sets the foundation for your color and tonal work (even if you choose black and white treatment)…so it’s much more than simply setting the “mood” of your image. It’s directly related to image quality and clarity, which is why you want to set your white balance at the very start of your processing workflow (whether in Lightroom or Photoshop).
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My Future With Lightroom Classic And Thoughts On CC
https://creativeraw.com/future-lightroom-classic-thoughts-cc/ There’s big news from Adobe this week and it has left a lot of Lightroom users either totally confused or disappointed (mostly both). I’ve had a few days to mull things over, and I’m here to offer up my recommendations that may help you better understand this monumental shift in the Adobe ecosystem.
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Four Ways To Better Balance A Landscape Photograph
https://creativeraw.com/four-ways-to-better-balance-a-landscape-photograph/ The path to a stronger composition is not always clear in landscape photography, and at times can be the most challenging aspect of the craft. Since you can not physically alter the landscape to create your own vision, you as a photographer rely on your camera skills and creative techniques to control how the landscape appears through the lens.
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Exposure Blending In Lightroom
https://creativeraw.com/exposure-blending-in-lightroom/ In this Lightroom Classic lesson, we’re going to take a comprehensive look at how to blend exposures in Lightroom and create the highest-quality image possible. The ability to expand the dynamic range of your camera without sacrificing quality will open up so many creative doors for you. “Without sacrificing quality” is the key, and is what sets Lightroom apart from the plethora of other programs out there today.
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Dodging And Burning With Luminosity Masks
https://creativeraw.com/dodging-burning-with-luminosity-masks/ Dodging and burning in Photoshop is a powerful way to control the light and shadow of your landscape…but it can also present some unique problems, particularly flat tones and muddy detail.
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Camera Sensor Size Explained + Sensor Chart
https://creativeraw.com/camera-sensor-size-explained-sensor-chart/ Let’s start by dispelling the megapixel myth that many still believe: a higher megapixel count does NOT equal a higher quality image. Even the latest iPhone camera can’t compete with a 12MP full-frame DSLR in terms of the clarity and purity of your tones and colors. It has long been determined that the sensor size plays a significant role in determining how much detail your image has, and smaller devices simply can not pack a full-frame sensor. This is a case when size DOES matter.
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My Best Tips For Photographing Snow
https://creativeraw.com/best-tips-photographing-snow/ As a landscape photographer, if there’s one thing I look forward to the most when the season turns cold, it’s the snow. As I’m writing this from Boston where last year we received a crippling amount of the white and fluffy (if you live in the city, then you know it’s never white and rarely fluffy), I still find myself just as excited about the first snowfall as I was when I was a kid: only for many different reasons.
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Enhanced Processing With The Range Mask In Lightroom
The enormous benefits of range masking are best shown visually, so make sure to watch the video above to see practical examples of how to best use the range mask.
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CreativeRAW Member Feedback
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Creating Depth And Dimension In Lightroom And Photoshop
The relationship between contrast, luminosity, and color is very delicate, and even a small change can completely alter the flow and balance of your composition
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Contrast, Luminosity, And Color - creativeraw.com
These three qualities are often thought of independently, but share a very special relationship as they directly influence one another to comprise the structure
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Barriers To Creativity In The Digital Darkroom
With more people at home lately, I’ve been receiving a lot of emails. Many of them ask about my processing workflow, specifically, the order of operations