June 2018 – Lightroom, Infrared, Perspective Crop Tool, Light Painting, Real Estate, Contrast

One of the new sources for Lightroom tutorials I’ve discovered lately is something called Lightroom Coffee Break by a member of Adobe’s Lightroom team, Benjamin Warde.  He’s got a bunch of YouTube videos out there.  There all about 1 minute long and cover a single aspect of Lightroom.  The one I’m linking to today is “Using the Auto Settings in Lightroom Classic CC”.  Adobe has really improved the Auto button in it’s latest release.  It doesn’t do everything, but it gives you a great starting point for your image.  Here’s Benjamin. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPwah13f0Co&index=57&list=PLmXfFxjdp3CFWa1egQmUNo10XtJdNHoa2&t=0s

Have you ever thought about shooting infrared images?  It’s much easier in digital than it was with film.

Here’s your chance to get white or pink leaves or a green sky.  Tommy Coffler has this article on Picture Correct titled “How to do Infrared Photography”

https://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/how-to-do-infrared-photography/

Blake Rudis from f.64 Academy takes on one of the lesser known Crop tools in Photoshop, the Perspective Crop Tool.  This is a simple way to get the distortion out of an interior shot created by using a wide-angle lens.

https://f64academy.com/perspective-crop-tool-photoshop/

Have you ever tried Light Painting?  Typically, you’re shooting a long exposure at night and using an external light source to “paint” your subject with light to create the image.  There’s a ton of creative things you can do with light painting.  Here’s an article on Picture Correct by Graham Wadden titled “Light Painting Photography Tools”.

https://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/light-painting-photography-tools/

My favorite French photographer, Serge Ramelli, is back with a new video titled “My best tips to improve your Real Estate Photography”.  Not only is Serge a good instructor, he’s got more enthusiasm than a late night infomercial pitch man. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1pZvkpxp0

One of comments we hear frequently from our club contest judges is that a good percentage of our members images are lacking in contrast.  I found this article by Joaquin Duenas on Picture Correct that tries too address how to use contrast.  It’s titled of all things, “Contrast In Photography”.

https://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/contrast-in-photography/