A Hard Lightroom Skill that Pays Off Forever!
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In this weekâs episode, we discuss a hard Lightroom skill that pays off forever! There's a ton of photo editing tips, techniques, and best practices out there, but none of them have had as great of an impact on my editing workflow as this Lightroom skill has. Now this isn't the easiest skill to learn as it typically just takes experience, editing hundreds of photos throughout the years to develop this, but in this video I hope to greatly reduce that learning curve for you. I really hope you enjoy this week's video and feel comfortable trying this technique out the next time you begin editing some of your favorite photos. As always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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Hope ya'll are doing well & thanks so much for checking out this week's episode! I hope it's a helpful oneđ
One thing I noticed right away when you toggled between the Raw image and the completed image were the berries. In the Raw photo, you really can't see them but when you warmed up the middle, that red shows up much easier and helps to add to the scene.
always enjoy spending time with you Mark.
@@charlesdavis6371 I appreciate the Charles!
First of all, I really love your videos! I don't know do you move info bellow histogram, but I think a lot of people could lear much more if they can see numbers and these tehnical info. :)
Thanks Mark..
Been doing photography for 10+ years and have to say this is the greatest skill I've acquired post shoot to date. I'll be looking at your other videos and content...thank you for sharing your knowledge, much appreciated!
Would love to see what you did in photoshop also as this further enhances the final look quite significantly. Thank you for sharing the lightroom edits. Very much appreciated and I learned lots.
even a little late I second that :)
I always look forward to your weekly videos, but I must say this is on my top 10 list of my favorites from your channel. Between the techniques and theory behind your use of them - along with your a-ha moment (wow! - definitely a light bulb went off for me as well). You made a stunning image turn into a work of art. Simply awesome!
Mark, you definitely have a (great teacher's) talent to explain difficult things in a way when everything turns out to be really easy. Great tutorial, thanks a lot! Really like your videos because they are so inspirational
I greatly appreciate the time and effort that is given to the videos.
I've been a 'student' of yours for a couple of years and always appreciate the clarity of the content. This video has been especially helpful - the 'optical journey' is the sum of a photographers intent, and the 'how to achieve it' is a bonus.
Another top notch lesson here on using light to enhance the view. Some people donât understand digital photography and raw files so let their nay says roll off your back. There are times when processing a scene I begin to question myself for using multiple brushes, radials and grads and todayâs video confirms that some times thatâs what is necessary to complete the look. Thanks đ
Another amazing tutorial, Mark. As always, thank you for taking time to invest in those of us just trying to get better. This episode was extremely helpful, very detailed, and very easy to follow; I look forward to trying these new skills out with my own images!
Wild seeing these techniques parallel almost identically to analog darkroom dodging and burning in the print process. Never used Lightroom (darktable bc free) but itâs always cool to see how the techniques from decades ago have been transferred digitally.
Mark, I just finished watching this video and it was AMAZING! I learned so much and you are a wonderful photographer, you are generous in wanting to share your techniques and it was a truly delightful experience that I will follow from now on in my photographic journey.
Thank you for this video. Iâm new to editing and found it very helpful!
I'm a Lightroom newbie. I picked it up to do color correction, but this idea of the 'optical journey' is a wonderful new way of thinking about the tool. I know it's a rich environment that no doubt takes years to master. Your presentation is very clear; doesn't talk down to the beginner, and MOST importantly, gives a photographic reason to use a given set of tools.
Thank you so much for this one!! Such a great tutorial!!
I have learned so more in the last couple of weeks watching your videos than I have in any of my photography and photoshop classes in school. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. It is appreciated more than you can even imagine.
Music to my ears - thanks so much for letting me know!
Beautiful. Really great thank you for walking us through this
Wow, all I can say is wow! You took a drab, nothing photo, one I probably would have discarded, and turned it into a real work of art. The use of the filters was really illuminating. Great video, one Iâll come back to over and over. Thanks
Hey Mark - You are a gifted, natural-born teacher! I cannot thank you enough for this video. I sincerely believe the lessons learned will greatly advance my landscape photography!
I like that you had a progression of adjustments in mind. Some youtubers seem not to know where they're going with adjustments, and make a excessive change with one tool only to undo with a later edit.
You fully deserve whatever you make for making these tutorials and explanatory videos and even more, the way you teach is absolutely unique.
great video, i saw another one you did like this too, helpful !
Beautifully done. Thanks for sharing the technique.
This is the most important video I've seen in years. After more than 20 years of teaching Photoshop, I am moving a some of my attention to Lightroom, and this video opens up a whole new way to address guiding the viewer through an image. I really, REALLY appreciate your videos Mark.
Great video Mark. Again. Always thankful for your insights and willingness to share.
Great tips. I will try it out. Thank you.
Agree! Perfect edit!
Love it!!! Thank you I truly appreciate the âhow toâsâ
Fabulous video. Thank you. I am definitely going to try to achieve this effect on my landscapes.
Excellent example and sharing of expertise. Thanks for sharing.
Strange. A few weeks ago I asked myself where I want the viewer to look in this shot (even myself after I edit a photo). Now this video was recommended. Very well and straightforward explained. Thank you for a golden video for photo editing
Excellent ! Thank you Mark...
Super insightful. Love this way of thinking.
I have a tough time contrasting between photography and digital editing. Your eye can sometimes love the edited product, but there is something satisfying about taking an amazing photo and printing it unedited.
That what I canât seem to wrap my head around? I always thought that the point of taking a photo especially in landscape photography is to capture nature how it looks unedited? Thatâs the beauty of the photo is excepting what nature has to offer at the time of the shot. If you start adding this and getting rid of that, well thatâs not what was really there when you took the shot?
Perfect video again. Thxđ
Thank you for so much information and inspiration!
Mark! Oh my goodness...you called it! Yes there are the occasional 'Ah-Ha' clarity moments in our lives when something all of a sudden makes sense and growth, understanding and perspective happens!! This video is just that for me! Thank you so much! What an amazing explanation of light focus and journey. I am encouraged, renewed and inspired! So glad to have found you!
Very useful, thank you very much indeed!
Incredible! Very helpful. Thank you!
Thanks for the great tips as always!
Thank you for this brilliant tutorial. Wow!
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I love watching other creatives at work. I love to predict what you're going to do next, with a few surprises or reassurance thrown in. It certainly helps grow my confidence with landscape photography.
Thank you so very much!
Thank you, great explanation of your workflow. Extremely useful!!!đđđ
Amazing video dude, thanks!
This is so helpful - Your teaching style is perfect, well paced and understandable. Thanks Mark!
Wonderful tutorial-thanks so much!
Brilliant tutorial! Thank you!
Great video! I really appreciate how you go about explaining a technique.
Itâs always a pleasure to watch your videos! Because you describe your intentions in editing itâs easy to understand the way to the finished picture. Thanks to let us be part of your journeyâŠ
Thanks so much for this video! The radial gradient adjustments on the edges, and other areas as needed, to bring the viewers eye to the main subject of the image is a game changer for me, the inexperienced--but learning--LR editor. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
I have been using Lightroom for a few years. Your videos are by far better and easier to understand than the tutorials I have watched from Adobe. Thank you for taking time to make them.
ItÂŽs very rare that youtubers go in so much depth about how to edit. More of this please!
This was very helpful! Thank you!
Thank you Mark.đđđ
As always Mark, some great tips. đ
Thanks, Mark, for another excellent video! Itâll definitely help me with my photo editing. đ
Great presentation, solid tips! Thank you for sharing.
Excellent, Mark.
Wonderful walk through of the Edit Mark your explanations are so easy to follow and the final image is fantastic thank you so much for your time putting this together!
This video along with the one explaining color calibration and how to utilize it for fall photos have been my favorite and some of the most informative by far. Great content as always.
This was awesome!! Really love seeing what you did to this photo, it gave me a lot of great ideas. It also makes me want to go back and look at photos I thought were blah and see what I can do, if there might be something there but I never saw it because I didn't know how to edit it. Thanks tons!!
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The whole concept behind this demo is that of Visual Weight. Understanding the push/pull effect of visual weight in our images allows photographers to direct the visual hierarchy and visual flow of an image. Visual Hierarchy is the order in which we arrange features in a scene, from front to back, in our minds eye. Features at the front of the VH being more important than those in the back (also figure/ground). This isnât literally whatâs closer or further from the front of the scene, itâs about what stands out and what fades back intellectually, what we give our attention to. Photographers use composition, saturation, hue, masks, dodging/burning etc to move diff parts of an image into different levels of the visual hierarchy. Once you can arrange a visual hierarchy you can begin to direct a Visual Flow, using the hierarchy and composition to direct the viewers eye in a more intentional way. This doesnât just apply to post precessing either, itâs part of how we compose in the first place. I wish more photographers, novice and pro alike, gave themselves more of a grounding in these basic visual communication concepts, I think it would make a world of difference for a lot of people new to processing and to pros who know how to do these things, but struggle with defining them, or describing how they work in the first place.
Love your videos Mark. You have made learning Lightroom very easy and improved a lot of my editing skills.
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Perfect....AGAIN!
Thank you for this video. You used the radial filter in a way that I never considered before. I am going to re-edit some photos using this technique. I'm excited to try it.
ohhhh, sick release
Thank you Mark. What really caught my attention was your creative use of radial filters and their feathering. Your technique seems more controlled than using a brush and look forward to bringing that into my flow. The developmental technique combined with a great conversational tone make for an excellent learning experience. Thank you
Great content as always Mark .
Wonderful video. It is a masterpiece of how using light in photography.
Outstanding presentation!! Great thoughts and technique....
Excellent tutorial Mark and reinforces the power of light!!
Great Lesson. Thank you.
Really interesting, thank you. Makes me want to revisit some photos and apply this technique. On a beginners note you are far more adept at getting the radial and linear masks into the right position than I am!
Super photo by the way.
Hahaahah - thanks Barry!
This was great, Mark. Thanks for taking us through the process for making this beautiful image.
Always glad to do it Nick!
Great video, thank you
Thoroughly enjoyed this video, very informative. I've been using some of the techniques you've shown previously and I'm happy with the results. Thank you for taking the time to show us. Debbie from Australia
A great lesson Mark! Thanks
Thanks, Mark, for crearing such an Informative video. I really enjoyed every moment of this tutorial.
Great video Mark!
Thank you so much for this video. I just learned something, that will improve my editing.. Subbed :-)
Beautifully composed photograph, and exquisitely edited! You've motivated me to experiment similarly, thanks a ton!
Well presented and super helpful, Thank You.
Just may be one of your best editing videos. Very easy to follow along. Glad you focused on one image. Which also was my favorite from that batch. Now I know why I enjoyed it the most.
Thanks once again.... great lessons and I love your enthusiasm
Great video!! I tried this out with some of my photos that I edited differently and what a difference... thanks for the great tips, as always!
Using some lovely lighting to take you from a snap shot to a masterpiece. Great tutorial - I understood everything you demonstrated. Thank you - now have to check out your tutorial portfolio!
Such an informative video. I look forward to practicing and seeing a difference in my images. Thank you!
Excellent editing ideas Mark, I understand that altering lighting just enough has a large effect on an exact item in the scene and makes a very large and noticeable difference in the scene. I thank you for your attention to detail.
Thanks you for this interesting course đ
Mark, I have about a dozen photographer channels I subscribe to on CZcams. Iâm mostly interested in wildlife photography and landscape is a close second.
This video is one of your best! You are well spoken, the agenda flows nicely, and I can see real progress as you move from one step to the next.
Your videos are head and shoulders above the next closest photographerâs videos! IMHO, your videos are every bit as intriguing and masterful as your landscape photographs. Keep up the great work.
I find it interesting how different advice is helpful to different people. Clearly, reflections of what you want the viewerâs eye to do has been helpful for you, and your end result is beautiful. For me it was almost the opposite: stopping to worry about the viewerâs eye was very helpful.
The thing is that âthe viewerâs eyeâ, as a concept, is way to abstract for me.
When I stopped worrying about how âthe viewerâs eyeâ might travel around an image, it allowed me to focus on my own experience of the image, and how that changed while editing. To me developing the ability to sense how the image works inside me was much more helpful than trying to mentally guess how a hypothetical viewerâs eye would move around the image, and it made my editing much more effective.
Ironically, it seems that when one of my images work well for me, it tends to work also for others. But my point is that it is more effective for me to focus on my own experience than trying to second guess what a hypothetical viewerâs eye might do.
This is one of your best teaching videos....great information!! Thanks!!
This is one of my favourite vidoes yet. It is so helpful for to see just how much editing others do to an image to help me judge how much is too muuch. Good up the excellent work and thank you.
Great informative video. Thank you đ
Great instructional video Mark. What a difference using light to enhance your image makes! Thank you.
Thanks, Mark! This is something I know, but have trouble remembering -- or envisioning -- how to apply to my photographs. Thanks for the reminder and the illustration. Being able to see the difference these techniques make is extremely helpful.
Wow, thank you for showing how you edited this photo! I also enjoy the theory you provide as to why you did what you did. I am going to have to look at some of my photos now and try this out.
Wow, this is amazing. A mildly interesting image transformed into a real beauty. Excellent teaching skills. You've given me a whole new way of looking at light and directing the eye. Thankyou!