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this video is good, buut it's like - hey that's how i edit a photo, and here is the final result which looks nothing like the picture i just edited. I'd rather look through the "boring" stuff and see how you got to the final result than see what you do with the result which not even you liked
I feel your allergy pain. I sniffle my way through every shoot. In spring and summer, it's allergies. In autumn and winter, it's cold air. I can't win. 😭
Love these types of videos! Would be interesting to see how you edit some of the street photography pictures for instance from the manchester video which are a bit more out of your comfort zone
How did you know where to go? It is obviously a famous spot. How did you research the area you were going to be? How do I not miss these opportunities when going on holiday myself?
I love the relaxed feel of your videos while still giving helpful and honest information! I would really like to see a video using the a7IV for stills around dawn/dusk and seeing how it stacks up against the a7RIV with low light and dynamic range for your style. Keep up the excellent work!
Like you said about portrait photo editing, as a sports and event photographer, I have no clue how to do landscape photo editing. Bravo for introducing me to some editing concepts and procedures I hadn't thought about before.
I don’t understand how you use presets on such a photo. It’s quite unique with the colors and haze. And you still have to do all the masks - which is the biggest part. Does this make sense in such a case?
Hi, Just getting into photography on a budget in 2023. What is the oldest/cheapest laptop/MacBook that will run a decent editing program. With de-noise included. Currently using om-d em1 and om-1 camera. Thanks for any help.
I actually like you did visible edits. This way its more clear to viewer what was done. Not everyone has professionally color calibrated 80 inch mobile phone at hand to see what was done 😁
I really love this video! It makes me want to revisit my photos and try to retouch them all over again! Thank you James for your content. I'm looking forward to your video every week (:
Your experience at this location is why I like to find photo ops that aren't well known places on the beaten path. (Though I do have some of the stereotypical images.) Traveling a lot for work, I have gone to a few places you wouldn't normally think of, where I have been surprised by the great shots I have found. One of my favorite places was a civil war fort in Pensacola, Florida. Fantastic light coming in from slit windows to a fortress that was partially underground and very few other people about to have to wait on.
hey James, have you thought about buying some MIDI controller for Lightroom? Loupedeck, Behringer X-Touch Mini (with MIDI2LR) or something similar. I found that they can really help with raw development as you don't need to click on tiny sliders to adjust the image and they provide some cool tactile feel.
How do you find places where everyone else is photographing 😂 Just the best entertaining videos One day when I can afford it, I will join one of your workshops
I enjoyed this video as browsing your portfolio did make me wonder how you achieved your style. I know you no longer use Panasonic M43 but I was still wondering if you used to do anything special to achieve good detail with M43? I like the system but I find distant foliage and other details tend to become watercolor-mush even without pixel peeping. Not sure what sharpening techniques are required to get decent detail - my Fujis never have this problem (in Capture One).
A Home Depot butcher block countertop + some Home Depot table legs was my best desk so far. I'll go with wooden legs next time so I can adjust the height better.
It's not a good idea to leave the Masking slider at 0 if you're leaving the Sharpening slider at the default, 40, because then Lightroom will sharpen all the noise in the image, making it easier to see.
Thanks for this! Love all your regular story-telling and composition related videos, so something more technical like this is valuable and kind of refreshing on occasion! So sad that the basic Lightroom doesn't have masking options like this :( looks like an indispensable tool... used to have it on an older version of classic before Adobe migrated users to the subscriptions. Relying on radial and linear filters + the eraser beyond their means. So much extra editing time around the edges of different layers/features.
I admire your dedication to the shot. I would have turned around when I saw the parking lot! I have been dragging my feet about buying Lightroom, but I'll bookmark this video for when I inevitably take the plunge.
Literally one of the best Photogs on RU-vid Love the way you explain the shot, composition and then justifying what/how you've done the edit and why. With a dash of British sarcasm occasionally Entertaining stuff
Cheers James, the Tone Curve part was very useful, I've never properly understood it till now. I'll be having a play with it later. I use something called Lufa Complex for my hay-fever, get it from a health food shop, and it's really helped me so worth a try.
Love to learn and get inspired from your videos. Stupid qurstions: I see in some of your fotos you have them boxed with a white border around them. What is the process of doing that, and how do you choose to do it or not?
Interesting edit, but this made me wonder if edits like these are more like painting since you are creating a scene instead of capturing it. IDK if that makes any sense, but it's something that just popped into my head.
Why do you work on your masks first ? Doing it after the global editing seemed the logical way to do, but maybe I was totally wrong ? Or does it depend on the picture ?
@@genewaddlerandomstuff2122 To be fair there are rights and wrongs in editing - that is if you care about not unnecessarily degrading the (technical) quality of the image. For instance, if I remember correctly, sharpening should be done last and "retrieving" dynamic range first. But whatever floats your boat of course. And rules are, of course, meant to be broken - but first you need to know what they are in order to do so in a meaningful and/or tasteful manner.
Dust spots are not a "fact of life". As we know they are due to a dirty sensor. Clean your sensor and the spots go away. In addition to visible spots a dirty sensor reduces resolution and sharpness overall. Again, clean your sensor. I often shoot at f/20 and never have to deal with dust spots.