Editing your photos is as important as capturing them. By mastering a few key tools in Lightroom and Photoshop, you can fix imperfections, enhance details, and transform an image into something extraordinary.
coming to you from matt shannon photoThis practical video explores tools in Lightroom that can save you a lot of time. Dust spots, often invisible at first glance, can ruin the clear sky in your photos. Using the “Visualize Spots” feature in Lightroom, you can easily identify and remove them with just a few clicks. Another useful feature is the Transform tool, which helps correct distortion in architectural shots. Buildings photographed with a wide-angle lens may appear tilted, which is less than ideal for professional work. The guided options within the Transform tool let you draw precise lines to straighten vertical and horizontal elements, making your images look great.
The video also demonstrates a new tool in Lightroom: Lens Blur. This feature allows you to artificially adjust the depth of field in your photos, making it a good option for situations where your aperture settings don’t achieve the effect you want. By analyzing focus areas, the tool enables you to blur distracting background elements or enhance subject isolation. You’ll see how to fine-tune the blur amount and focus range for seamless results. Another standout thing is the ability to selectively edit specific areas of the image, like brightening a corner of the background without affecting the subject. By using masks and gradients in combination, you can make targeted adjustments for a better composition.
Shannon also works on creative color adjustments, such as applying sunset tones to highlights or cool tones to shadows, as well as tools and techniques in Photoshop. Watch the video above for Shannon’s full story.
