Photography Editing

Sharpening works by pushing contrast into the edges between light and dark pixels, so a soft photo looks crisper. To sharpen photos the right way, finish your exposure, color, and tonal edits first, sharpen once with modest settings, then judge the result at 100 percent magnification. The whole pass takes about two minutes once you … Read more

Dodge and burn for black and white photos is the practice of selectively lightening and darkening parts of a monochrome image so it gains depth, shape and a clear focal point. It started in the darkroom, where you held back or added time under the enlarger, and it works far better in a black and … Read more