I use multiple programs -- mostly CaptureOne, from time to time DxO PhotoLabs. Sometimes Affinity Photo, for HDR merging or other edits when I want to combine multiple pixel layers into one. And for focus stacking I use Helicon Focus and sometimes I use Topaz tools for noise reduction.
I learned about controlled vignettes using radial gradients from you a while back. One thing I like when doing that is that I often don't want to apply the vignette to the sky and it's easy to simply subtract the sky from the mask ... saves a lot of time that might be spent with the brush tool. Wonderful set of photos; I look forward to seeing more!
Thank you, Mark. You make some really good points with some great information. Do you have an editing workflow worksheet? Like a step-by-step pdf? Thanks a bunch.
Very good tutorial Mark. Just curious - Are your edits different when you plan to have the image printed, particularly a somewhat large size (13x19 in, 16x20 in, etc.), what paper type, and where you may display it?
Incredibly useful tutorial thanks Mark! What i love about your videos is you always show the before and after on each edit unlike some other photographers on RUclips. These little things make such a difference. Like the new colour desaturation trick you've not done that before?
I really enjoyed this video. Your explanation of your workflow should really help my editing. I went to Iceland back in October of 2023. I may go back now and re-edit some of my favorite ones. Thanks!
Awesome video Mark. I always use photoshop mainly camera raw. I have adopted your workflow into my edits and the radial gradient trick for vignette is amazing. Been following you for a couple of years and learn something from every Wednesday’s videos. Thank you Mark!
Wonderful! We missed you by about 2 weeks in Iceland - and I have a similar photos of Mt Mænir. Definitely going to try this workflow when I edit them. Thank you!
I like the short pause and coming back a few hours or days to look again. I will change my edits but always to a new copy so I have the range of edits. Thanks
Great video! I am primarily a bird photographer, but just ordered a shorter lens, hopefully for some landscape shooting, so I am trying to learn a bit more about it as well as improve my editing, and you are a great teacher! Also your photography is absolutely outstanding!
I've been taking photos for 4-5 years (I know, not that long) and I learn so much in every one of your videos!! They always give me knew ways to do things or think about my compositions ands edits.
Always enjoy watching your workflow Mark. Using Calibration and fine tuning using the Color Mixer is something that I picked up from you awhile ago and have now adopted that as part of my workflow. Well done.
Beautiful shots. It would be informative to see your quick edits vs your final edits. Can’t wait to see your Farallon shots. I used to live near S.F. And have never been there - while photographing puffins is on my bucket list. .
Whaou thanks a lot for sharing your workflow. It's really super interesting. You blown me away with the way you use the color mixer, it seems so much easier this way. I'll try this technique on my picture ! Again thanks for all the work you are sharing with us :-)
Thanks once again for a very helpful and inspiring lesson, Mark ! Of all the suggestions you made I found the custom vignette to be a real godsend. I frequently finish my editing with a slight vignette but I've found the "standard" setting to be a problem more often than it is a help. So after completing your video I immediately pulled up a recent shot where the standard vignette didn't really work,and your coaching cured that problem for once and for all. So many, many thanks. Slainte !
Hi Mark, Iv'e always really liked your explanation/presentation of what makes a great photo and how to edit. The photo @ 1:45 is both stunning and totally original! Having been to Iceland myself, I'm blown away by that particular image! Keep up your great work! Greetings from sunny Tasmania. Regards, Phil
Would love to see an overview of LR catalog management best practices. I.E separating and keeping source files (in the HDR example) from your final edit, and organization of finals. Jut getting back into photography and I imagine the data will compound, but you may need to revisit a shoot from years back to recreate and new final image.
From initial HDR merge to final edits ... an amazing transformation. Beautiful final image Mark. I appreciate you giving us your rationale and not just the editing steps. Safe travels.
Absolutely great tips Mark, I'm always learning so much from your videos! Have you ever considered visiting the Azores? It's a beautiful archipelago, with plenty to photograph! I'd love to see your work in these islands!
in one of your earlier videos about bracketing you said three images for bracketing should be sufficient (-2 > 0 > +2), so I was wondering why in this case you did a 5 photo bracketing? Learned a lot about how you edited this photo!
Definitely got some great tips from this, as I often do from your videos! I did want to throw this out there though: as someone who has worked as a visual effects artist in the film industry, I've always been told that 99% of the time, the sky should be brighter than the land. The fact that your sky is SO dark in that photo, and the mountain so bright, just leaps out at me as being unnatural.
I made the mistake of shooting a 5 exposure HDR, 8 shot pano in New Mexico. It's gorgeous! I can't export it or do anything with it because it's too large. Lesson learned.
LRC & PS with TKActions. No longer use Luminar and other apps as PS is truly the most robust, IMO. However, may use Topaz Photo AI in the future as it gets incrementally better.
I like the photo, although I think the edit is a bit more heavy than I would do. I struggle all the time with whether I have pushed an edit too far or not. I often pull back the next day. :)
Ciao Mark. I like a lot your photos and how you explain not easy concepts. With reference to the mountain’s photo I think the land and mountain are to bright, especially considering how dark is the sky. This, in my opinion, renders the photo a bit unrealistic
I’m not sure if you have any videos on this topic or not and I’ve asked this question once before, but when you own an iMac and you connect with your camera or your phone automatically upload everything to iPhoto. How do you upload your photos to your computer if you have an iMac, do you go directly to iPhoto and then import everything to Lightroom, I’m trying to figure out a way to upload my photos and catalog. So it’s easy and everything’s in one place.
Very good edit on this photo....I am still using LR for initial global edits and the fine tuning in PS....I am not sure why I don't use LR for the entire edit....other than I can't get my signature (other than in the export) into the photo in LR....what am I missing? Keep up the great videos...
A short while into the edit, I found myself asking - What do each of these tools do and why is he selecting this tool at this time. I have little experience with editing and my programs have similar sliders but I don't have a sense of what each does or what order is best. Thanks for trying.
@@MarkDenneyPhoto But you already have the uncompresssed original files to re-edit at any time. If you are saving for the web, why use a larger file than a JPG in sRBG color space?
Hello, I watched your video and I think that processing in Lightroom is a very long process and requires the experience of an artist, I prefer shooting with filters and without post production
Just too much editing for every shot for my taste. Just because we now have such large software toolsets doesn’t mean we should use almost every tool in the box, let alone for almost every shot. If a photo turns out only so-so because conditions were less than optimal, I don’t think it should be edited in post to make it LOOK like someone actually waited for the conditions to improve to capture it. I think photographers should go back to the scene to get the sky, landscape and lighting, etc., to be what nature can bring about naturally and then strive to capture THAT REAL image. Some photographers WILL, and DO, go back to a location and try to actually capture a scene at the right time to photograph it rather than digitally create it in post. When the 'before' and 'after' differ by so much it’s more about post creation and manipulation rather than having CAPTURED the moment, the real moment, with maybe a few minor adjustments to bring the image closer to the reality the eye saw in the moment. I’m not picking on Mark. I see many other photographers that do this and I’ve seen many others that don’t. I just prefer that latter. For personal use I think it’s fine, people can do whatever makes them happy. Professionally though, unless it’s being disclosed up front that a particular image has been created and/or extensively modified in post, I don’t feel it’s right to say or imply it was an image that was "captured" with only minor edits. As someone trying to appreciate the natural beauty of a place, I want to know if the photo I’m looking at truly looks like what I would have experienced if I were there at that moment or was it achieved mostly via extensive modification or even AI in post. To me it matters.
🌟QUICK QUESTION: Do you use one program for photo editing or multiple?
LrC/PS/Topaz suite.
Topaz Suite, Luminar, Photoscape Pro, ( Paid the Adobe $20 cancelation fee.)
LRC and Topaz AI with PS for sky replacement
DxO PhotoLab for Raw conversion and coloring, Luminar Neo for face/skin and effects, Affinity Photo for compositing and quick fixes
I use multiple programs -- mostly CaptureOne, from time to time DxO PhotoLabs. Sometimes Affinity Photo, for HDR merging or other edits when I want to combine multiple pixel layers into one. And for focus stacking I use Helicon Focus and sometimes I use Topaz tools for noise reduction.
I never thought of desaturating all colors and then bringing them back individually, definitely going to give that a try. Sweet video Mark!
Love to see a video of your 2nd stage edit on this photo Mark.😊
Noted!
I have learned so much from this one video. You are changing my thought process. Great stuff. 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Wonderful video. Thank you for this
Nice and very educational. Thanks.
Great tutorial, Mark ... I picked up a few cool 'fine tuning' tips. Many thanks!! Only one program ... Luminar Neo.
Very useful flow, continue the education of your viewers!
I learned about controlled vignettes using radial gradients from you a while back. One thing I like when doing that is that I often don't want to apply the vignette to the sky and it's easy to simply subtract the sky from the mask ... saves a lot of time that might be spent with the brush tool. Wonderful set of photos; I look forward to seeing more!
Thank you, Mark. You make some really good points with some great information. Do you have an editing workflow worksheet? Like a step-by-step pdf? Thanks a bunch.
Very good tutorial Mark. Just curious - Are your edits different when you plan to have the image printed, particularly a somewhat large size (13x19 in, 16x20 in, etc.), what paper type, and where you may display it?
Incredibly useful tutorial thanks Mark! What i love about your videos is you always show the before and after on each edit unlike some other photographers on RUclips. These little things make such a difference. Like the new colour desaturation trick you've not done that before?
Amazing. Would love to see the "next step" video
Really good walk-through, Mark. I know you (like me) also used Capture One Pro and I would love to see a similar walk-through in Capture One Pro.
Thanks, I really enjoyed seeing your process! I learn a lot from your videos.
Awesome, thank you!
Beautiful image and thanks for sharing your editing workflow! Very helpful!!
Your pictures are always breathtaking! Thank you for your incredible suggestions! I will try it for sure !
Do you set your shot in matrix metering? Great video
Lots of good tips, thanks. I'm heading to Iceland in mid-Sept so hope I can get a few photos somewhat as good as yours.
A TREMENDOUS improvement FROM ORIGINAL TO FINAL!!!!!!!!!
Excellent teaching skills & photo editing & this videos editing Mark. 👏🏼
Bob Ross video all the way. I was just waiting to hear about the usage of Van Dyke Brown. Very well done for not being in your normal studio.
Thank you for all your efforts in making your knowledge and experience accessible and easy to follow.
I really enjoyed this video. Your explanation of your workflow should really help my editing. I went to Iceland back in October of 2023. I may go back now and re-edit some of my favorite ones. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your process Mark!
Love the process Mark. Great image too.
Thank you!
Awesome video Mark. I always use photoshop mainly camera raw. I have adopted your workflow into my edits and the radial gradient trick for vignette is amazing. Been following you for a couple of years and learn something from every Wednesday’s videos. Thank you Mark!
Glad to hear this!
Wonderful! We missed you by about 2 weeks in Iceland - and I have a similar photos of Mt Mænir. Definitely going to try this workflow when I edit them. Thank you!
Every days is a school day. Desaturate and start again is a whole new level of sorcery I’ll be experimenting with.
I like the short pause and coming back a few hours or days to look again. I will change my edits but always to a new copy so I have the range of edits. Thanks
Magic!
Great video! I am primarily a bird photographer, but just ordered a shorter lens, hopefully for some landscape shooting, so I am trying to learn a bit more about it as well as improve my editing, and you are a great teacher!
Also your photography is absolutely outstanding!
Really like your idea of using a big radial gradiant as a custom vignette, gonna try that!
Thanks Mark !!
Great images, as always. I also really like performing an initial edit on "possible selects" images.
I've been taking photos for 4-5 years (I know, not that long) and I learn so much in every one of your videos!! They always give me knew ways to do things or think about my compositions ands edits.
Great Tutorial. I've underestimated the value of the HDR merge function. Nicely done.
Always enjoy watching your workflow Mark. Using Calibration and fine tuning using the Color Mixer is something that I picked up from you awhile ago and have now adopted that as part of my workflow. Well done.
Beautiful shots. It would be informative to see your quick edits vs your final edits. Can’t wait to see your Farallon shots. I used to live near S.F. And have never been there - while photographing puffins is on my bucket list. .
This was awesome, I also just started to wait a couple days to see if i was happy with my edit
Whaou thanks a lot for sharing your workflow. It's really super interesting. You blown me away with the way you use the color mixer, it seems so much easier this way. I'll try this technique on my picture ! Again thanks for all the work you are sharing with us :-)
Thanks once again for a very helpful and inspiring lesson, Mark ! Of all the suggestions you made I found the custom vignette to be a real godsend. I frequently finish my editing with a slight vignette but I've found the "standard" setting to be a problem more often than it is a help. So after completing your video I immediately pulled up a recent shot where the standard vignette didn't really work,and your coaching cured that problem for once and for all. So many, many thanks. Slainte !
Hi Mark,
Iv'e always really liked your explanation/presentation of what makes a great photo and how to edit.
The photo @ 1:45 is both stunning and totally original!
Having been to Iceland myself, I'm blown away by that particular image!
Keep up your great work!
Greetings from sunny Tasmania.
Regards, Phil
Thank you so much Mark for showing up your editing process. I have incorporated it and I see a difference.
Would love to see an overview of LR catalog management best practices. I.E separating and keeping source files (in the HDR example) from your final edit, and organization of finals. Jut getting back into photography and I imagine the data will compound, but you may need to revisit a shoot from years back to recreate and new final image.
From initial HDR merge to final edits ... an amazing transformation. Beautiful final image Mark. I appreciate you giving us your rationale and not just the editing steps. Safe travels.
Always so helpful. Thanks Mark, great learning!
Once again Mark, thanks for a beautiful demonstration on your workflow. As I don't have Lightroom CC, I will try this workflow with Luminar Neo.
Gorgeous pictures 🥰
Thanks for sharing your thought process and use of LRc tools. I always learn something from your videos.
Absolutely great tips Mark, I'm always learning so much from your videos!
Have you ever considered visiting the Azores? It's a beautiful archipelago, with plenty to photograph! I'd love to see your work in these islands!
I tried you white balance and HSL to adjust color. A much better result
It'll be worth it to come back and watch this again. I wish I had the energy to review my photos while on a workshop...
in one of your earlier videos about bracketing you said three images for bracketing should be sufficient (-2 > 0 > +2), so I was wondering why in this case you did a 5 photo bracketing? Learned a lot about how you edited this photo!
Amazing, thanks!
Definitely got some great tips from this, as I often do from your videos! I did want to throw this out there though: as someone who has worked as a visual effects artist in the film industry, I've always been told that 99% of the time, the sky should be brighter than the land. The fact that your sky is SO dark in that photo, and the mountain so bright, just leaps out at me as being unnatural.
Thanks!
I primarily use Lightroom/Lightroom Classic, with a sprinkling of Photoshop. Been using these for years.
I made the mistake of shooting a 5 exposure HDR, 8 shot pano in New Mexico. It's gorgeous! I can't export it or do anything with it because it's too large. Lesson learned.
Save it at 80% quality
Work shop! Omg amazing :)
Thank you!
Great video and lovely shot, Mark! Ciao 😃
Thanks my friend!
LRC & PS with TKActions. No longer use Luminar and other apps as PS is truly the most robust, IMO. However, may use Topaz Photo AI in the future as it gets incrementally better.
I like the photo, although I think the edit is a bit more heavy than I would do. I struggle all the time with whether I have pushed an edit too far or not. I often pull back the next day. :)
Same. I also prefer a more natural look.
Hi Mark. Where does the PNG file format come into play? Was the thumbnail somewhat misleading?
I just how I export final files - PNG doesnt compress as much as JPEG
Ciao Mark. I like a lot your photos and how you explain not easy concepts. With reference to the mountain’s photo I think the land and mountain are to bright, especially considering how dark is the sky. This, in my opinion, renders the photo a bit unrealistic
If you drop the exposure slider to “0” then you have the clarity slider to play with midtones
I’m not sure if you have any videos on this topic or not and I’ve asked this question once before, but when you own an iMac and you connect with your camera or your phone automatically upload everything to iPhoto. How do you upload your photos to your computer if you have an iMac, do you go directly to iPhoto and then import everything to Lightroom, I’m trying to figure out a way to upload my photos and catalog. So it’s easy and everything’s in one place.
LR/PS/Topaz I wonder how long it takes average to edit one photo.
Very good edit on this photo....I am still using LR for initial global edits and the fine tuning in PS....I am not sure why I don't use LR for the entire edit....other than I can't get my signature (other than in the export) into the photo in LR....what am I missing? Keep up the great videos...
If noise reduction was needed, where in the process should it be run? Beginning, middle, end ? All suggestions welcome.
A short while into the edit, I found myself asking - What do each of these tools do and why is he selecting this tool at this time. I have little experience with editing and my programs have similar sliders but I don't have a sense of what each does or what order is best. Thanks for trying.
It would be nice to see more Capture One and less Lightroom. It lets people know they don’t have to use LR to do this.
The thumbnail for the video shows RAW to PNG. Do you really export your photos as PNGs and if so, why?
Just guessing, larger file and more information if more editing is needed ? But, my question also.
@timothykieper That’s correct. PNG isn’t compressed as much as JPG.
@@MarkDenneyPhoto But you already have the uncompresssed original files to re-edit at any time. If you are saving for the web, why use a larger file than a JPG in sRBG color space?
What's the step between frames? Darker, lighter... you missed info on purpose or accidentally?
Hello, I watched your video and I think that processing in Lightroom is a very long process and requires the experience of an artist, I prefer shooting with filters and without post production
Just too much editing for every shot for my taste. Just because we now have such large software toolsets doesn’t mean we should use almost every tool in the box, let alone for almost every shot. If a photo turns out only so-so because conditions were less than optimal, I don’t think it should be edited in post to make it LOOK like someone actually waited for the conditions to improve to capture it. I think photographers should go back to the scene to get the sky, landscape and lighting, etc., to be what nature can bring about naturally and then strive to capture THAT REAL image.
Some photographers WILL, and DO, go back to a location and try to actually capture a scene at the right time to photograph it rather than digitally create it in post. When the 'before' and 'after' differ by so much it’s more about post creation and manipulation rather than having CAPTURED the moment, the real moment, with maybe a few minor adjustments to bring the image closer to the reality the eye saw in the moment. I’m not picking on Mark. I see many other photographers that do this and I’ve seen many others that don’t. I just prefer that latter.
For personal use I think it’s fine, people can do whatever makes them happy. Professionally though, unless it’s being disclosed up front that a particular image has been created and/or extensively modified in post, I don’t feel it’s right to say or imply it was an image that was "captured" with only minor edits. As someone trying to appreciate the natural beauty of a place, I want to know if the photo I’m looking at truly looks like what I would have experienced if I were there at that moment or was it achieved mostly via extensive modification or even AI in post. To me it matters.
Excellent video easily explains brilliant easy to follow thanks mark 👍
Very helpful! Thank you.