Post Production 10 - Behind the Shutter

How To Push the Limits of Light With High-Dynamic-Range Editing

Post author:Dustin Lucas
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine
Reading time:16 mins read

A commercial or editorial client will likely require editing images for a greater dynamic range. In that case, you will want to know what your editing options are after the shoot. Ideally, you want to work with a tripod to give yourself the most flexibility in stopping down your aperture, staying at a low ISO and taking long exposures. Long exposure sometimes removes your option to shoot handheld. Let’s look at some options for multiple exposures and how we can merge these files.

Using Selective Color to Create Black & White Images in Photoshop

Post author:Unmesh Dinda
Post category:Black & White Photography Post Production Shutter Magazine Workflow
Reading time:17 mins read

Black-and-white conversion is an art, and the art is in determining how each color is rendered in black and white. Say you have an image of a beautiful landscape with a deep blue sky full of fluffy clouds. When we convert that to black and white, the blue sky loses its color. Now, I have a question for you: How will the blue areas look in black and white? Will they look light gray? Dark gray? White? Or maybe light gray with a slight gradient of dark gray? Making these decisions for how each color will be rendered is what makes black-and-white conversion fun.

Using Capture One Pro 10 Presets and Styles for Easy Black & White Images

Post author:Dustin Lucas
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine Workflow
Reading time:10 mins read

Whether you are shooting for grayscale or converting images due to horrible mixed lighting, you need a good workflow for black-and-white editing. Capture One Pro 10 has made it simple to do a large majority of your black-and-white editing without the need to edit in another software or plugin. This article show you how to use the presets, styles and tools of Capture One to make your black-and-white editing not only easier, but prettier.

Migrating From Lightroom to Capture One

Post author:Dustin Lucas
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine Workflow
Reading time:12 mins read

The change from Lightroom to Capture One is a challenge at first. They look completely different, and I am sure you had the same feeling before you used Lightroom for the first time. Learning the interface, customizing your Workspace and designating keyboard shortcuts will save you the most time. With this article, I intend to show the possibilities of migrating from Lightroom to Capture One.

Tighten Up the Loose Ends: Liquify Tool in Photoshop CC 2017

Post author:Dustin Lucas
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine
Reading time:13 mins read

When you retouch clients, your changes can’t be noticeable. When it’s obvious that an image has been altered from reality, it’s just tacky. This article takes you through the do’s and don’ts of Liquify and how to navigate through the Liquify panel in Photoshop CC.

ON1 Photo RAW: A New Kind of RAW Processor

Post author:Michael Anthony
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine
Reading time:11 mins read

For professional photographers, a RAW processor is an absolute necessity. But because there’s so little competition, our current options are inefficient at best and completely unacceptable at worst.

Make Your Photography More Accessible with Lightroom CC Mobile and LR Photo

Post author:Dustin Lucas
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine
Reading time:8 mins read

Moving to a mobile workflow can seem more daunting than just taking pictures and storing them on your computer. I am constantly changing how I ingest, back up, edit and output files on a weekly basis, as well as the programs I am using.

Free Your Creativity in Five Minutes with Lightroom & Photoshop

Post author:Sal Cincotta
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine
Reading time:12 mins read

April is here, and we know what that means: weddings, weddings and more weddings. Hopefully you spent your time off focusing on last season’s successes and failures. In our studio, the motto is “Hit a new wall.”

From Edit to Export: On1 RAW or Lightroom?

Post author:Sal Cincotta
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine
Reading time:11 mins read

As we get further into 2017, more and more updates are getting pushed out. Based on the feedback from users, ON1 is stepping up its game. In last month’s article, I focused on where ON1 excels over Lightroom CC. For Round 2, let’s get down to business. From edit to export, what program produces the best results?

Organize Your Photographic Chaos in Lightroom CC

Post author:Sal Cincotta
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine
Reading time:14 mins read

Working in photography can be chaotic without a certain level of organization. Once the shoots are all over for the week and you are ready to start feeding your images into your computer system, you have to make the decision to be organized.