{"id":102357,"date":"2017-03-30T06:29:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T05:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=102357"},"modified":"2017-03-22T12:03:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T12:03:58","slug":"photo-editing-masterclass-how-to-lighten-an-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/photo_editing\/photo-editing-masterclass-how-to-lighten-an-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo editing masterclass: How to lighten an image"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_102362&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HowardMason-before.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-102362 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HowardMason-before-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Editing Masterclass - Howard Mason\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Before<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>Cuba has long been a favourite location for photographers and access has become easier for US citizens recently. For visitors, one of the most charming aspects of the country\u2019s life are the pre-1959 cars that have been skilfully maintained all these years. They\u2019ll probably begin to disappear over the coming years as Cuba relaxes its rules on new car imports, so if you want to photograph them, get over there while you can. This photograph by Howard Mason captures Cuban street life, with a close-up view of a glorious old Pontiac.<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_102363&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 620px\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HowardMason-final.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-102363\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HowardMason-final-630x356.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Editing Masterclass - Howard Mason\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">After<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2>1. Lighten the exposure<\/h2>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HowardMason-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-102359 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HowardMason-01-609x400.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Editing Masterclass - Howard Mason\" width=\"609\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>\n<p>For the first step I lightened the photograph by setting the Exposure slider to +1.10. I then applied a +100 Shadows adjustment to lighten the shadows, and set Clarity to +68 to add sparkle to the car\u2019s bright-blue bodywork and Vibrance to +63 to boost the colour saturation.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Crop and add contrast<\/h2>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HowardMason-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-102360 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HowardMason-02-630x378.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Editing Masterclass - Howard Mason\" width=\"630\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Here, I applied a Guided Upright correction to straighten the street buildings on the right only. In addition, I applied a cinematic crop, removing the empty space at the bottom of the picture. I then went to the Tone Curve panel to add a contrast kick to the shadows.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Add a colour Split Tone<\/h2>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HowardMason-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-102361 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HowardMason-03-630x378.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Editing Masterclass - Howard Mason\" width=\"630\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a>\n<p>The exposure lightening adjustment in Step 1 caused the sky highlight detail to become blown out. Here, I applied a Radial filter that darkened the top and top-right section, applying negative Exposure, Contrast and Highlights. Finally, I added a Split Toning effect to colourise the image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photoshop guru Martin Evening sorts out your photo-editing and post-processing problems. 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