Welcome to another step by step pictorial of how you can improve the photograph by using simple steps with Adobe Lightroom. We will do 2 photos this time since they are really simple and really didn’t need much editing.
It was also because of the large amount of photos that resulted from this shoot, I really had to get most of it right in-camera, otherwise I would have been speding hours behind a computer.
Enjoy!!
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Side by side comparison of Amy. You can really see how uninspiring the before pic is, but bare in mind this is because of the RAW file and all camera picture styles set to 0.
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Original straight out of the camera.
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The main difference you see here is the White Balance and Brightness, also added more Black and a slight Crop.
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Finsihed photo. Boosted the Saturation and Contrast, negative Clarity on the skin.
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Side by side comparison of Josh, similar to the photo of Amy where the original just needed that little bit extra of kick to it.
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Original photo straight out of camera.
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Its mainly just the White Balance for this one and a slight crop.
I know you must be saying why I don’t just use a Grey Card and save all the trouble of adjusting the White Balance in post production. Well, I’ve never been impressed by the Grey Card and the White Balance it gives me, adjusting the White Balance in Lightroom is super easy and quick though.
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For the final step, more Contrast, Saturation and Black was added for more definition, which I think suited a male model well.
That’s it for now, hope you all have enjoyed this and can apply some of it to your own photos!!
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Have you tried software or plugins that can up light curves without altering the skin tones?