This has the effect of lightening skin tones and darkening blue skies. Channel Mixer is the digital equivalent of black and white photographers using colour filters. Setting the brightness of the red channel to 100% gives the same effect as using a red filter on the lens with bla...
Still, if you do want to go the RAW route, a plugin for Lightroom Classic calledNegative Lab Prois worth checking out. This makes the conversion relatively simple and consistent, and you can apply it to a batch of photos. However, editing the subsequent photos can require exporting them ag...
The easiest entry point for black and white photography is with your digital camera or smartphone. It is probably best to shoot with black and white in mind, but you can just as easily convert color images later. Let's start our discussion by looking at
The Skin Tone tool allows us to select a range of colors in an image, choose a target value to shift colors to when selected within that range and then “smooth out” all the other shades to match. As such, if we have variations in the green grass of a field, or a ...
popular business headshot poses. Stand crossing your arms in front of your chest, focus your eyes on the camera lens, and smile. Doing it right, you can get an elegant, professional-looking image, but if you cross your arms too tightly, you will look introverted and unwilling to cooperate...
Find a simple location with good natural light, like a shaded area outdoors or a well-lit room with a white wall. Stand sideways at eye level and turn your head towards the camera for a flattering angle. Ask someone to make you laugh for an authentic smile, or think happy thoughts to ...
With neutral density or ND filters, you can reduce the amount of light hitting your sensor, especially during long exposures. Long exposures can deliver fantastic results in landscape photography. You may want to slow your shutter speed down so that a waterfall appears to be smooth, for example...
I was really excited to try the big dome, as I thought it was going to be far and away the best looking lighting. Although I wasn't disappointed, I still feel the resulting light didn't look like I expected. The light was very clean in that there was a very smooth transition from ...
200 to 800 for direct natural light. The higher the ISO, the faster the shutter speed. However, a higher ISO also tends to produce grainy images so always try to keep it as low as possible. An ISO of 200 is standard with 400 indoors, and 800 often used at night or in the evening...