Dog Photography Editing Toolbox: Creating a Golden Glow in Lightroom

Creating a golden glow in the background can add sparkle, interest and life to a photo - but it's not going to work with just any image. In this video, I explain what the effect is, why you'd want to add it, what types of images suit having this applied (and which don't) and also - exactly how to achieve it in Lightroom!
It's actually much quicker and easier than you'd expect.
A great little technique to add to your editing toolbox when your backlit images need just a bit more warmth and sparkle. ☀️
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[@user-ev3mp1qc2q]

Very nice, Charlotte, thank you!!!

[@robwasnj]

Key point "where it makes sense". I've seen wedding photos use this effect where it doesn't belong and it just looks fake. Once again nicely done edits here.

[@UnleashedEducation]

Thank you Rob!

[@katyeah1213]

Genius! Thank you so much 🥰

[@Teretsia]

Woooooow!!! He estado buscando hacer ésto desde hace mucho tiempo, y ya que había casi desertado en lograrlo, me has caído como del cielo. Dios te bendiga, por tan increíble aportación a mi vida. Muchísimas gracias!!! Abrazo fuerte.

[@UnleashedEducation]

¡Me alegro que te haya ayudado el vídeo y gracias por tu comentario!

[@pollypowell3907]

Once again…another game changer. Thank you so much!!!

[@UnleashedEducation]

Yay - glad you found this helpful Polly!

[@lamant77]

Wow, awesome work, thanks for sharing

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No worries!

[@fetchmasters]

Great Video

[@UnleashedEducation]

Thanks Thomas!

[@a.j.sunderland500]

Guess who’s not working at work today! Another great video!! The little details make such a difference! 🐶❤️📸. P.S did you say warmer 😂😉☀️

[@UnleashedEducation]

Definitely warmer 🤣

[@Rich171090]

Thanks for this. Can I ask a question about your settings? Why do you have such a high shutter speed for dogs that aren't running? Why not have much lower, such as 400 and have much lower iso? Not criticising I'm genuinely curious

[@UnleashedEducation]

Hi Rich! Good question. Even dogs that are standing or sitting "still" are never really completely still. They are living, breathing beings that often move quickly and unexpectedly. My absolute minimum shutter speed for pet portraits (not action) is 1/500 second, but with more random dogs, or puppies, I tend to bump that up a bit higher. ISO 1000 is not very high at all and I'd much rather deal with any resulting noise, than risk an image that has motion blur. 😊

[@Rich171090]

@@UnleashedEducation Awesome thanks for the reply. I've just discovered this myself shooting at 600ish and wondering why my photos looked blurry. I thought that was plenty but clearly not!