Someone asked me if there is a possibility to edit a photo in Lightroom then open it in Photoshop and then return to Lightroom without losing quality. In fact there is a way although with the new features from Photoshop CC you don’t need to. To answer the question here is the method: edit the… Continue Reading
In this video I concentrate on rural winter landscapes and I also offer you some settings I used in the photos. The camera gear that I’m using here is a full frame body Canon 5D Mark ii and mostly my Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L lens. The photos I make use old architectural elements of… Continue Reading
This winter of 2015-2016 was a strange one with few snow and warm temperatures. But one day it snowed heavily so I decided to take my photo gear and head into the forest. I packed my Canon 5D Mark ii and Canon 60D, my GoPro 4 Black edition, tripod (Manfrotto 055cx pro3), directional microphone for… Continue Reading
The goal for this kind of edits is to show that you can achieve a good effect in post process even though you’re spending something like 1 minute on the photo. The basic condition is to have a good photo to start with! Enjoy the video and if you have questions or something to say… Continue Reading
It’s time for another 60 seconds editing using Lightroom CC. In this video I edit a landscape photo of a sunset. I start my editing by straighten the photo using the Crop tool from Lightroom. Sometimes you can get confused about your horizontal especially when you have no helping elements to refer to. Also I’m… Continue Reading
In this video I’m doing a speed retouching in Lightroom CC on a portrait of a girl dressed in traditional Romanian costume from Bucovina historical region. First I add more details to the highlights. Then add some local details to the face by increasing the Exposure to this area. Then I increase the saturation of… Continue Reading
In this speed editing tutorial using Lightroom CC I’m retouching a landscape photo made in Dolomites Mountains at Cinque Torri (The Five Towers). In the photo I have some flowers as foreground elements and the stone tower formations in the background. First I’m checking Enable profile correction, Remove chromatic aberration, adjust the Masking for better… Continue Reading
In this speed editing tutorial I’ll use Lightroom CC to enhance light rays in the forest. First of all I should mention that you need to capture rays of light in your photo. This tutorial will not show you how to create rays of light that are already in the photo. The main goal is… Continue Reading
Here is a simple way to edit sunrises using Lightroom and I’m doing this in 60 seconds (real time tutorial). First of all I’m checking Enable Profile Correction to correct the perspective of the wide lens, Remove Chromatic Aberration, adjust Masking for better Sharpening and add a Luminance value to reduce the noise. Then I… Continue Reading
This speed editing tutorial in Lightroom is for a quick black and white conversion. After the initial conversion to black and white I’m decreasing the overall Exposure of the photo. Add some details in the Shadows and dropping down the Highlights. This will decrease the contrast in the photo so I’m decreasing the Blacks of… Continue Reading