If you're at the beginning of your photography journey, or you think it's a good idea to review the essential building blocks, these tutorials cover the fundamental skills and techniques required for successful post-production - and apply whether you're using Lightroom, Photoshop, Capture One or any other editing program.
Blacks We're told we need a good distribution of tones to make a beautiful photograph - and this is true in most cases. However, even… B&W Conversions Unless we're using an achromatic sensor, our files are always colour, so how do we convert them into black and white? There are… Curves Although you mightn't realise it, most of the editing we do is based on curves, but using an easier interface with sliders! However, using… Filing How do you file your photographs? On a hard drive or in the cloud, of course, but what type of folder structure do you… Levels If you're struggling with curves a little, start with levels. In the levels dialog there are just three sliders to play with and you'll… Understanding The Histogram Are you a little unsure about your exposures? With digital photography, there's no need to wonder! Once you get an understanding of… Monitors Instead of buying a new camera or lens, should you be buying a better monitor? In digital photography, no device is more important than… Raw Processing If you're working in Lightroom or Capture One, the fact you're processing a raw file is no longer obvious. Even if you open… Selections and Masking There's a good chance much of this tutorial will be thankfully out of date as AI masking and selecting improves - and… Colour Spaces and Profiles In some ways, you don't need to worry about colour spaces until you start editing your photos - unless you're capturing… White Balance White balance. Colour balance. Colour cast. Sometimes an intentional colour cast is exactly what we want, while on other occasions a natural colour…
