In this Photoshop tutorial for photographers, I’m going to show you how to add subtle but powerful dodge and burn to black and white images to bring back depth, contrast, and drama after conversion. If you’ve ever turned a colour photo into black and white and felt disappointed by how
Elevate a simple nature photo with a few tweaks in Photoshop. Learn the benefits of using dodge and burn with curves layers in Photoshop. In the video below, I run through this image from start to finish, from Lightroom to finishing touches in Photoshop.
I’m a collector of quotes and share them when I speak to groups. Someone asked me if I had fashioned any quotes myself. Here’s one: “Don’t look at what a subject is, but what it might become.” By Bob Coates. Hence the article today on enhancing an image. Oleander The
After looking at what Dodge and Burn tools are and how to do it in Luminar and Lightroom, let’s take a look at Adobe Photoshop. It’s a little more complicated than Lightroom and Luminar if you’re not used to layers. But, if you have worked with Photoshop before you might
In Part One, we looked at what is dodge and burn and perhaps why you should use it in your photography post-processing. Part Two looked how to do it in Lightroom Classic. Meanwhile, Part Three takes it a step further and looks at various options for how to do it
In Part One, we looked at what is dodge and burn and why you should use it in your photography post-processing. From Part Two, we take it a step further and look at various options for HOW to do it in different editing software. First up, we will look at
It can be frustrating when you take great photos, but the exposure wasn’t quite how you wanted it in the final image. But, all is not lost. Using old darkroom techniques like Dodge and Burn can really make a huge impact on your digital photography. Let’s first look at what
Luminar Neo has added Dodge & Burn tools to their editing tools with one of their recent releases, which is perfect for both portraits and landscapes! First, if you need a refresher on what Dodge & Burn tools do: Dodging and burning allow for control over lightening or darkening areas
In this in-depth look at the Dodge & Burn in Luminar Neo, I am going to show you not only how to Dodge & Burn generally on an image, but also how to use specific adjustments to make the most of your portraits. Dodge & Burn was recently added to
In this article, I’ll show you how I use layer masks in Capture One Pro to dodge or lighten areas of a photograph and burn or darken areas of a photograph. Click here to see part one and part two. Knowing how to dodge and burn gives you more control
Like many of you, I started photography learning to shoot and process black and white in high school. It was amazing to see a photograph materialize in the chemicals, and it was incredible how much detail I could see in the scenes. Back then I only shot 35mm Tri-X film,
