Post Production

Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop and Capture One are the most common softwares to be mentioned when talking about photography and post processing. However, in recent years, more softwares have been introduced and many of them are equally as powerful as those mentioned above. Picktorial is one of these editors and I've had the pleasure of testing their 3.0 Beta version (and...

I have been a photographer since the 1970s and I have been a printer of my work from the beginning. In that era, a physical print was almost the only way to share your work with anybody else and ever since, I have never stopped learning how to most effectively make a print that would best convey my intent,...

Lightroom is by far one of the most popular tools amongst photographers. Since it has both a powerful RAW editor and an efficient library module, it's become a go-to software for both complete beginners and seasoned experts. However, there are many who aren't fully exploiting the powers of this software due to a few minor mistakes. These mistakes aren't necessarily...

One benefit of digital photography is that you don't need to worry about capturing one too many images in the field. In fact, it's better to shoot an extra frame or two in order to ensure that you got a sharp and in-focus shot. However, as your archives start to grow and the hard drives fill up, it becomes challenging...

Use Multiple Exposures to Capture the Full Dynamic Range One of the biggest frustrations with landscape photography is capturing the entire dynamic range. Often, the sky turns out white while the landscape is correctly exposed and other times the landscape is black and the sky looks good. Unfortunately, capturing an over-all well-exposed image is at times not possible, therefore we have...

We've previously looked at post-processing mistakes made by beginners but it's not only new photographers who struggle with post-processing. Experienced photographers also have a tough time, though the struggles are a little different. Let's look at the 5 most common advanced post-processing mistakes: 1. Adding too Many Effects I understand that you want to show off your skills after learning new post-processing techniques...

There are two different aspects to developing a black and white landscape photo in Lightroom. One is craft, where you use Lightroom’s sliders and tools to convert a color landscape to black and white, push sliders around and apply local adjustments. Craft skills are easy to learn. The other is visualization. To understand what visualization is let me ask you what...

In the two previous Lightroom 101 articles, we learned how to organize your computer files  and import images into Lightroom. Those basic steps are important for the further use of Lightroom so, if you haven't read them yet, I recommend you do so before reading this article. To begin exploring the interface and possibilities within Adobe Lightroom, let's start by taking...

Luminosity Mask Tutorial Do you feel like you’ve learned how to use your camera and have become curious about post processing techniques? Have you already learned the basics of Adobe Photoshop and are ready to explore some more advanced and powerful techniques? If so, Luminosity Masks is where you should begin. Luminosity Masks have become one of the most popular techniques/tools...

5 Reasons Your Photography Sucks A common question I am frequently asked is “how did you learn how to process your photos?” I’ve been lucky enough to receive help from several skilled photographers in the past, I have watched many tutorial videos, but most of all, I have just spent countless hours trying stuff out and experimenting with different techniques...