Post Production 8 - Behind the Shutter

How to Edit Color for the Season in Lightroom Classic

Post author:Dustin Lucas
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine
Reading time:7 mins read

When winter hits, being a photographer can bring a lot of challenges. Not just the obvious cold weather and clients who want to spend as little time outside as possible, but everything is dead except the pine trees. Especially in the Midwest where beautiful mountainous backdrops are rare. Not to worry. Sometimes we have to get creative when ideal lighting doesn’t show up—not only with our photography, but our editing too. In this article, I show you how to edit color for the season.

Beyond Presets: 5 Tips for Crafting Your Style

Post author:Scott Detweiler
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine Uncategorized
Reading time:8 mins read

One thing I often hear from new photographers is how challenging it is for them to find their style. Initially, most people tend to reach for actions or presets in their favorite editing applications and adopt one. Sure, these bundles can give you ideas and narrow your focus, but in the long run, they are not the ideal solution.

Managing Your Raw Files in Lightroom Classic

Post author:Dustin Lucas
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine
Reading time:9 mins read

There is nothing simple about digital asset management. It is easy to get hung up on equipment, shooting and editing, but managing Raw files is the most neglected part of my workflow. I feel like I always rush to import my Raw files, bypass backup and fail to organize my photos in Lightroom so I can start editing immediately. That has to stop.

Beautify Your Brides Using Brushes in Lightroom Classic

Post author:Dustin Lucas
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine
Reading time:11 mins read

There are lots of opinions on what’s beautiful and natural, and how to make brides look their best. In this article, we are going to dive into touching up skin in Lightroom Classic. No, we aren’t going into Photoshop and won’t have frequency separation or the ability to recreate pores after we soften. Let’s focus on Lightroom and what’s already at our disposal. Trust Lightroom—it makes editing simple.

Bringing Composites to Life From Story to Final Vision

Post author:David Byrd
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine
Reading time:15 mins read

To bring a story to life through composite art in Photoshop, I often begin with the existential question: What is speaking to me? This doesn’t always come in the form of a place or location, as it did for Sal that day. The spark of an image can begin with a single emotion, a piece of music, a line from a play.

How to Create Color Profiles With Adobe Camera Raw

Post author:Dustin Lucas
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine
Reading time:7 mins read

I continually try to push creative image editing to its limits. There are so many ways to tweak an image, to get that dialed-in look and feel that you envisioned when you photographed it. Since the change from Camera to Color Profiles in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom, the creative possibilities expanded and became so simple to use, adding them to the Basic panel and allowing users to adjust the amount it’s applied.

Top 10 Tricks to Edit in Lightroom Faster

Post author:Dustin Lucas
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine
Reading time:11 mins read

You know that feeling you get when you finish a shoot and realize how many hours you now have to work in post? Wouldn’t it be nice to just import in Lightroom, click a few presets and export files? That’s the point of Lightroom’s efficiency, but there is some additional finessing required to ensure your images are consistent while maintaining your look and feel. Here are 10 tricks to help you get through this grueling season and edit faster.

Building the Right Workflow from Lightroom to Photoshop

Post author:Dustin Lucas
Post category:Post Production Shutter Magazine
Reading time:9 mins read

To build the right post-production workflow, we have to look at what we want to accomplish as an end result and where we can save the most time. As a Lightroom user, I feel like I’ve milked as much efficiency out of this program as I can, but because of the back and forth with Photoshop, I have to create different workflows. Within these workflows, I have to rely on Photoshop Actions to streamline each edit, but what about large batches of images? We’re in wedding season and I’ve got over a thousand images ready to export out of Lightroom!

Simplify Your Editing & Sharing With Lightroom CC

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

Now that Adobe has launched four patch updates for its latest Lightroom apps, we are seeing the essential Lightroom features pour over from the desktop to the mobile app. Lightroom is supposed to make editing simple, and this is exactly what you get from the mobile Lightroom CC. From your shoot to your sofa, you can edit accurately on an iPad.

Post-Production That Packs a Punch

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

As creatives, it is in our blood to break out of the box and try something new. If you are not pushing yourself and developing your photography, where’s your growth as an artist? In this article, I give you the tools to try something new and pack a punch with your images. We will dive into corrective adjustments and how to direct your viewer. These are the basics you may already be doing today, but we are going to mix things up a bit.