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In this week’s episode, we discuss a Lightroom tip that will help 99% of photographers improve. Have you ever heard of something called the "10,000 Hour Rule"? It basically states that the way to achieve true expertise in any skill, you must put in at least 10,000 hours of practice. And my hope is that by the time you finish this video, I will have moved you much closer to that magic ten grand figure of true expertise. So, one of the biggest hurdles to overcome with photography is that it's a two dimensional medium meant to be a graphical representation of the three dimensional world we live in. There are a few different ways we can solve for this, and the method I cover in this video is by far the approach that I've found works best! I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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💥QUICK QUESTION: What's your most used filter? Radial Filter, Linear Gradient or Adjustment Brush?
I'd say for me the radial filter.
Gradiant
@@ddki9094 Same!
I would say mostly sky and gradient since I am in more of a open landscape area.
Singh-Ray tri filter. It's an adjustable neutral density filter, warming filter and circular polarizer. I mostly use it for portraits on a Nikon 85 1.4 but I do adapt it to other lenses for some landscape/waterfalls. I got some interesting results at drift events and RC track stuff.
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I’m 45 years old and your channel made me to take my 20 years old 5d classic mark 1 out after 15 years and start a new journey.
Your work really really means a lot to me and of course to the others.
Thanks again
Great camera still. It was my first digital camera coming from film and I'm really tempted to find one used to pick up. Mine is actually still going strong but I gave it to a good friend 15ish years ago when I got the 5dii. The original has some sort of magical sauce built in i swear. Dig it out and start shooting!
Thanks for running through this process. Every time I watch you I pick up a new tip! I live in Eastern Tennessee so this is great. I want to say your Calibration tip has taken my photos up a notch. Thanks!
Hi Mark, your photo adjusting process is oh so welcomed and very to the point. Always a great learning experience. Thanks love it!
Thanks Mark. Your use of radial filters and the manipulation of light has brought my LR editing to a whole new level. Now depth and Light along with radial gradients and yes some brushing are a major step in my landscape photos.
Thank you, Mark, for another excellent lesson in creating beautiful photographs using the tools in Lightroom. Your presentation style is always engaging.
I just found your channel recently this week and I have learned so much. This video defiantly has helped me understand how the radial filter can help you really take your image to a whole other level.
You actually do these samples so easy for me to understand. thank you so much. SUBSCRIBED!!!!!! keep doing these videos
Hi Mark, this video is very helpful to me. The reverse radial gradient especially. Your advice on lighting has added an artistic element to my photography! Thank you!
Mark, as always, your tutorials are truly educational, and your communication skills are excellent.
Another great video. What makes this great is the way it shows, not 'what to do' so much as how to approach the changes with your own image, with a clear aim and purpose in mind. 👍🏻
That was amazing, how you brought that scene to life! Great Job, Thanks!
Great explanation and you tell us WHY. Very important. Thank you
Excellent processing tips - so appreciate your style of teaching - very helpful👍
Thanks for going into lightroom and editing techniques you use. I need all the help I can get with editing.
thank you, Mark.. absolutely brilliant.
I am relatively a beginner, and can say honestly that this is the best photography channels on TH-cam. I learn more from ONE of your videos than I do browsing counties others. Thank you so much!
I started serious landscape and astro photography hobby a year ago. I used general hdr sliders first. I discovered linear filters 6 months later. Then I started using radial filters. Now, I am starting with brush, inverted masks, color curves. There is still more to discover but I am happy I understand how all these things work together. Thanks for your advices.
I use inverted radial gradients all the time, so I love that you covered that! I tend to use exposure adjustments only after using shadow adjustments, because I find using shadows to darken those areas looks more natural.
Thanks Mark - your videos have been very helpful to my post processing. I enjoy watching you touch up your photos in Lightroom. Now for another 10,000 hours.
Great video again! Love your tips and tricks, thanks a lot!
Hi! Mark I use adjustment brush most of the time as it has wider application. Thank you.❤
Hi Mark, I wanted to take a moment to express my sincere appreciation for the invaluable coaching you provide. The content you generously share with the world has immensely contributed to the improvement of my photography skills. I am truly grateful to have found you and your expertise. Thank you again for being an outstanding coach.
Great video. Very inspiring in showing what is possible to take a photo from nice to wow! I also play with ETTL which saturates the color while mellowing the highlights. I found using color grading, rather than the basic panel for highlights and mid-tones gets me to a balance to start faster. Then I return to basics to fine-tune. I am still trying to master the gradients tool. A work in process. Your videos are my guide. Hearing your thought process is a bonus. Thanks.
Thank you for sharing this amazing video 👍👏🏽
Again, great job Mark. The way I summarize this video for myself, is first balance the overall exposure, then sculpt the image to provide the “Eye Walk”, then bring up the tones and colors to optimize the scene. Thanks so much for the helpful insights!
Enjoyed the video and the helpful tips.
Great tips Mark! We know that place well! I'm going to revisit those images and give them a fresh look. Thank you!!!
Mark, Excellend tutorial. A well explained process that adds a ton of value to the image. Thank you for your talent and expertise. Awesome video.
Al
Thanks for the insight! I always get something to take back to the field to try out.
Glad to do it Jason!
Amazing video as always Mark, thank you for sharing!!
Thanks so much!
Thank you, Mark. Wonderful instructional video ! I'll be sure to give it a go.
Thanks Mark. Well done!
Thank you again Mark. Love your vids.
Excellent lesson. Will definitely try this with my on photos.
I always learn something new watching your videos. Thanks heaps!
Thanks Luke!
Thank for a great tutorial.
Really educational again, Marc
Hello Mark,
Outstanding video loaded with very useful information. Thank you for your clear details at each step of the process. I feel once again that I have learned something new that I can use going forward with my photography. I enjoyed this video & thank you for posting, Tom.
Great tutorial!! Now, I'm going to go back and look at editing some of my older photos using the techniques you just taught us.
Thank you Mark for this excellent tutorial. I am a retired senior and photography is my passion. Although I have taken photos over the past 50+ years, I never truly studied to develop the skills necessary to produce the quality photos that you and others have. I am going to have to watch this several times to learn the skills you have demonstrated. Once again, thank you for sharing your expertise.
As always I love your instructional videos.
Thanks so much!
thank you so much! 🥰
Great video and explanation Mark. Look forward to putting it into practice!
Thanks so much!
This has been one of the greatest lessons I’ve learned over time. As you also talked about years ago I would have been happy with light editing in the basic panel and in the sharpening panel, but now it’s about remembering how the scene made me feel, and what elements brought those feelings out. Whether it was of wonder of light rays through trees or being by enthralled by the significance of an element like a waterfall. I recently shot a small tree growing out of rock, next to an absolutely raging waterfall. It takes you in the moment looking at what you see and recognizing what is making that specific impression on you. Ultimately this also will lead you to shoot in a certain way, and as a photographer does this, they drastically improve.
As I found the correct settings to shoot that image, I played with shutter speed to find the perfect speed to render the tree the way I wanted it, but to allow the viewer to remember that this is easily a waterfall that is strong and deadly, and this tree, has been growing and surviving being pelted by its droplets. Then you wait for the light that helps draw your eye to your subject, and then you shoot. Afterwards in the darkroom/Lightroom, because the thoughtful time was spent envisioning what you wanted shot, and how it was going to be viewed, when you go find that photo later to build that wonder through filters such as these, you know exactly how you want to accentuate the image and it becomes so simple for you to accomplish.
This whole process and idea creates such a better personal photo experience and leads to less image spam to cull later and much higher image retention. It’s part of the reason many still shoot film and it’s a bit of a nirvana. Another final effect of this is that your imagery becomes incredibly powerful to others, but is so simple for you to envision, shoot, edit, and present what you felt or envisioned and it truly becomes fun and simple even though it was a long term learning process.
I took quite a few classes in college in photography and we were required to shoot film first. We shot 35mm and worked in the dark room in "Photo 1", and then 4x5 in "Photo 2". I may not have understood at the time that this was the idea behind those classes, but I do now. It wasn't so much to teach film, but to teach the process of envisioning an image. It has taken I would say a good 5-6 years from when I was last able to attend classes to learn that lesson and I'm so happy that you are able to teach others the same thing. Thanks Mark, teaching this is what allows a hobby for some, and a profession for others, to continue and thrive.
Amazing comment - thanks for taking the time!
I think I've learned the most from your editing videos. You've used radial gradient filters in the past and I've been incorporating them. It's made a big impact in my images. A big thanks to you.
Great to hear this Dennis!
Great stuff, Mark. Creating an "experience" for the viewer.
Excellent tips and great content! New subscriber to your channel. Thank you!
Well presented and great information. Thank you.
Thanks Jim!
Thanks Mark. Very well done.
Thanks Mike!
Thank you Mark, another excellent Post process edit. I have been following your channel for a few years and learnt a lot of excellent composition and editing techniques. This has enabled me to get 30+ images published in several 2024 calendars around the UK.
Amazing - thanks for letting me know!
Thanks for another great video. I enjoy watching your editing. One thing I've learned today is that I may be a little too cautious with my sliders.
Excellent, as usual.
Very nice video. Logical and well done. Thanks!
Thank you for the video!
Glad to do it!
Another top notch video! 👍😊
Yet another great tutorial! Thanks.
Thanks so much!
This was a suuper amazing video!!
Excellent video!
awesome video, thank you
As usual...........awesome!
Another great video. Thanks!
Great video as always. I love watching how you edit photos to the next level of interest. In this video I did not like the log at all but once you had finished editing it made such a difference. I like using the radial gradients as I cant get the brush to be as subtle or blend. Do you have a video on using the brush better? Thanks
Outstanding video, Mark - thank you! Who doesn't want to add visual interest to their photos? Your demonstration of how to do so through the use of radial gradients and exposure tweaks is impressive and inspiring - I will certainly start practicing this technique.
Great to hear you enjoyed it!
that is clever subtracting from the Radial Vignette, thanks
Excellent presentation!
Thanks so much!
Great video. Thank you for sharing this with us. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thank you so much. During 2019 I was on a trip around the U.S. going to National and state parks. On June 1st I was at this exact same location that that you took this image. Our images are about 90% identical. I did not post-process my image because it just didn't grab me the way that I saw it at the time. Since our images were so close I was able to start and stop your tutorial and apply what you did to your image to my image. WOW did it make a difference. I am going to upload this image to my website. It is really unusual for me to find an image that so closely matches one that I captured and be able to follow the instructions exactly. Thank you.
Click the Auto button in basic panel as a first step, Lightroom AI will quickly get the image very close to a properly exposed starting point for your personal editing adjustments.
hmmm that's debatable.
Great presentation there are some good points you’ve made in this video thank you
Muchas gracias
Great tips as always. Thanks to your videos I’ve been using radial filters more effectively. But dang it Mark, you were practically in my back yard, and I would have been happy to assist! I hope you enjoyed the peninsula, it’s a very special place.
Love it - thanks for letting me know!
Great video, Mark. Now that we can do curve adjustments on masks in LR, I have stopped using the exposure slider and adjust the curve. It gives you a lot more control over how the masked area is lit.
Thanks Richard! It depends on the scene, but in short yes.
I played around with curve adjustments on masks with a milky way shot the other day and it was incredible how well it turned out. Turned into one of my favorite shots of the year
Thank you.
Thank YOU!
Thanks for a very helpful video, Mark. I am trying this technique in my landscape editing now, but I have to admit, the skill I need to improve, is where to dodge. I normally look for areas that have more light and emphasize those areas but sometime it seems too random. Any suggestions?
Amazing! Mark, you are a real magician.
You're too kind!
Been a hobby for the last 11yrs. And been selling on Adobe Stock for the last 4yrs. Both Lightroom and ST really helped improve my camera work. Thanks for this video!
Happy to do it!
Thanks!
Thanks so much!
Wonderful video 😊
Thanks so much!
You TH-cam guys! You set up a camera to video yourself walking a path or whatever. Then you make the walk, then you walk back to get the camera you had set up to video the walk. Then you walk back to where you were before going back for the camera. 🤔 You walk forever. You should do a video on the whole process.
Lots and lots of steps!
I've been using my drone to avoid as much walking.
That's what happens when you're the director of photography, location scout, cameraman, stand-in for test shoot, and also being a one man crew 😂😂
I watch another channel where they drive a truck to places and as their exiting the off ramp of the highway. There's a camera in the air getting an overhead shot.
It's crazy the amount of back-and-forth. They got To Do just like walking the path but with a car.
Mark, THANKS for posting these little lessons. I always learn a little something.
I'm a long time user of Lightroom, but haven't really followed all the little changes. The simple act of showing your gradient masks and how they can be rotated taught me that .. they can be rotated! I'd never tried that, I always just add another mask in the right spot, horizontal rather than vertical.
Suggestion. The overall color saturation is flat in the final image. Physically, stronger light desaturates color while colors in shadows are relatively more saturated than they are in areas with direct light. Much of what you are doing with vignetting can be accomplished more subtly through increasing contrasts between levels of saturation of light and dark areas. This can also help with perceiving overall values in the image because the darkest light areas need to be lighter than the lightest dark areas for an image to read as true to life, true to life is a goal.
informative video
Thank you Mark for your easy to follow, powerful editing videos! They have made such a big difference in my image processing. I most often use the radial gradient but often use the brush filter or object select filter to fine tune the radial gradient coverage.
Love hearing this David - thank you.
Thank Mark for this in-depth information
Do you use radial gradient on all your photos,all the time?
Nice job. Defantely takes some hours off of the 10,000. I like the demo on the custom vignette. Looks much easier/cleaner than using a brush.
Hi Mark! Another great video! Quick question…Was this image a focus stack and/or multiple exposures, or was it captured in one shot?
Thanks for sharing such great content. I have noticed that you reduced the clarity on the picture. Why would you do that?
Great video Mark. Hey, did you consider cloning out the fallen tree in the background?
OU OF ALL THE PEOPLE IVE WATCHED, MARK IS BY FAR, THE BEST. NOT TO SAY I HAVE NEVER LEARNT ANYTHING FROM OTHER PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERTS, BUT MARK HAS THIS ABILITY IF YOU WILL TO SPEAK IN A MANNER THAT I FEEL HES STANDING RIGHT NEXXT TO ME, ACTUALLY GUIDING ME. OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, IVE MADE MANY NOTES OF HIS TUTORIALS WHICH HA HELPED ME TRMENDOUSLY.
Thanks so much for this!
@@MarkDenneyPhoto your welcome Mark… over the past two weeks with all our extreme heat out here in Ca. I’ve watched a dozen or so of your videos…. You’ve opened my eyes, and my mind .
Brilliant video and beautifully edited..unfortunately I can’t Unsee the witchy hand lol
Hey Mark!, Great content as usual. Just wondering if you wouldn't mind perhaps doing a video on contrast. It's always unclear to me when I'm adding too much or more importantly too little contrast to my photos
Thanks so much - that is actually in the works!
Hi Mark, You often use a radial gradient from the tool mask. I think the brush filter also works well especially for small parts.
Do you have another opinion on this?
Good stuff Mark. Would it be "wrong" to let go of the vertical log in the fall, you think? I know it is natural, but it gives me the "telegraph pole" feeling... 😀
Your camera must have a good dynamic range when it comes to under exposing. Would it be wise to use the de-noise tool prior to editing? I find if I bring up the exposure to a shot that's a couple stops under exposed that it brings in a fair bit of noise. I've been trying to slightly over expose (but not too much to preserve the data) and bring it down in post to avoid noise.
HI! Thanks for all Your great content! But in that instant, I think the radial filter to brighten the background, I still can see it as a light source, because theleft sides of the trees standing on the right get brighten too.... maybe a brush would have been better.... Anyway.. I love watching Your videos and the resulting editing of my pics is way better than before...Thanks
Great video! Question How is it to work with studio display since it’s “only” 86% Adobe RGB, not enough for printing?
Thanks for the video, you got a new subscriber🎉 one question, you kinda breezed over a spot at the beginning where you mentioned that you usually under expose your shots. I’m assuming you meant you do that on purpose to then fix it in post but I’m not sure. Do you purposely under expose almost always or only when lighting is really bright
Great video, Mark. I have two questions. First, based on your histogram, you had a lot of room on the right and little risk of blowing out any highlights. How was the noise in your shadows? Second, any chance of pulling some aqua/blue color out of that water for a little pop of unexpected color against the familiar greens and browns of the forest?
Very nice of you to share your process. Excellent results! Just curious: do you prefer working in Lightroom instead of Photoshop? If there's a reason that has to do with the capabilities of LR being greater than PS, please let me and your audience know. I prefer Photoshop/CameraRaw, but that's what I started with back in the day. Thanks!
Why not exposure bracket? Keeps details in highlights and shadows, prevents introducing possible noise into shadows