I have to admit that until recently I was not a big fan of presets and plugins for Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Having used Lightroom for many years, I had developed a workflow that let me very quickly apply some general corrections and determine whether a photo merits further fine tuning. I will also only resort to Photoshop on rare …
The Making Of “On The Edge Of Darkness”
On The Edge Of Darkness is the title of this image that I took on the last evening of my recent family vacation. It was shot just before sunset in Rovinj, Croatia, one of the most charming towns of the Adriatic coast. Even though it rivals in beauty with the more popular Dubrovnik and Trogir, Rovinj (or Rovigno, if you prefer …
Adobe Introduces ‘Dehaze’ Feature in Lightroom and Photoshop CC
I just downloaded and installed the latest version of Adobe Lightroom CC, which includes a feature that might be very useful in a number of situation. What Adobe has done is adding a Dehaze slider to the Effects panel that is supposed to remove the atmospheric haze from pictures. I have just done a few tests with it and I am …
I ❤︎ Lightroom 6!
This panorama was obtained by stitching together six photos in Lightroom 6, using the new “Photo Merge” feature. The best thing about this feature is that it very quickly gives you a preview, built using its internal preview images, so you can check whether the stitching will be successful. Then, when you click “Merge”, it processes the images in the …
My Workflow For Natural-Looking HDR Photos
High Dynamic Range imaging (HDR) has a bit of a bad rap, as it’s been widely abused to create surreal, overprocessed, highly saturated images that do not resemble reality at all. This bad rap is undeserved, though, as HDR can be used to effectively capture a larger dynamic range that would be possible without using it. I don’t refrain from …
How To Visualize Sensor Dust Using Lightroom 5
I know it sounds stupid, but I didn’t know about this Ligthroom feature until a couple days ago… so I decided to do a short video explaining it, just in case somebody else wasn’t paying attention when they announced it 😉
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