At other times, though, (like with white balance), the computer can only do so much. Just make sure you are on the “Basic” tab, check all three boxes, and click Auto. You can always start by using their automatic corrections. Remember in my post on Staging and Composition when I said you should be “square” on your subject? Here is the compensation for human error. This entire editing section in Lightroom has changed my picture taking. The image we’ve been following had so much natural light that luminance wasn’t as important, but take a look at this much darker image of the light fixture and the difference that luminance makes. The sweet spot for luminance is the minimal amount you can use to remove any grain, especially from the dark corners of your image. You do, however, have to be careful not to use too much because it will actually make the image look like a cheap dream scene from a B movie. When you increase your luminance, you give your image a slight glow and blur, which removes the grain. When you increase your sharpening, you’ll notice the picture becomes grainy. It shows you up close what your image looks like. I love this little zoom box (see the sidebar). Vibrance and Saturation can have similar effects – adding punch, if you will. I almost always raise this 15 or higher (just using my slider until it looks right). Adjust your Clarity/Vibrance/SaturationĪfter leveling out your lights/darks and lightening your entire photo, it can look a little flat and washed out. And then I almost always lighten the exposure in Lightroom, as well. As I mentioned in my Lighting tips, I always over-expose. Once I’ve got my light/dark balance where I want it, I play with my overall exposure. If it starts to look too washed out, though, I will darken my “blacks” to compensate, as you can see I did in this image. I almost always lighten my shadows and drop my highlights.
(from now on, my screenshots are simply zoomed in so you can see the slider numbers better)Īgain, in your slider section, find your happy place with these. So be sure to use your own eyes and adjust the blue/red and green/purple sliders manually if necessary. Now, as we all know, computers may be brilliant, but they don’t think for themselves. Grab the dropper from the slider section on the right (by clicking on it) and click again on a gray area in your image. This particular image didn’t need any white balance adjustment, but I always start with this step. Lightroom has this nifty dropper tool that you can use.
#Lightroom photo editing tips how to#
Here is the SOOC (straight-out-of-camera) shot – complete with crazy distortion because the room is so tight – compared to the final, edited image.Īnd now I will walk you through the editing… So without further ado, how to edit interior photographs in Lightroom:
#Lightroom photo editing tips full#
I’m pleased to say that my photography has improved significantly, and I no long need to edit each image quite this much, but I wanted you to see the full range of possibilities. I hope it all makes sense! Before I begin, let me tell you that I’m using an old photograph (about 2 years old), so you can see the full effect of the editing options. I will be sharing the step, a screenshot of my Lightroom screen, and an explanation. What today’s tutorial IS, however, is how I edit almost all of my interior photographs in Lightroom, including my favorite tricks and tips. This tutorial is also NOT a comprehensive list of all the wonderful things you can do to photographs to improve them in Lightroom (that could take weeks!). If you’ve never used Lightroom before, you may be intimidated by the way you have to import and organize your photos… Start by searching some tutorials for that and then come back here. This tutorial is not an introduction to Lightroom or even how to edit photos in Lightroom. Let me begin by saying what this tutorial is not. Today, I will be talking about my editing process in Lightroom.
I use a combination of Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop *, and while they are not free, there is a wonderful Cloud option from Adobe* these days that provides you with both for around $10/month. While all I shared in my previous posts has improved my photography immensely, I think that far and away the greatest impact on my photography development has been learning to edit images well. You can catch all the previous installments below:
I really cannot tell you all how encouraged and honored I am by the amount of interest in my recent photography series.
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