Tips for Editing Photos Shot in Midday Light
- ON1 Photo RAW
- 28:58
- Beginner
Tip #1 – get an alarm clock so you don’t have to shoot in midday light. 🙂 In all seriousness, when capturing photos in midday light, the harsh and intense sunlight can often create challenges in achieving the desired look and feel in your photos. However, with the powerful photo editing software capabilities of ON1 Photo RAW 2023, you can effectively enhance and adjust your images to bring out their full potential. This lesson discusses tips for getting the most out of your bright day photography.
11 Comments
Martial FournierMay 26, 2023
Thank you so much
Michelle PujolsMay 27, 2023
Love your tips. I always either learn something new or reminded of something. Thanks
Kent VaughnMay 27, 2023
Very helpful for brightly-lit images! Thanks for the ideas!
Myron GochnauerMay 27, 2023
Another technique that I have recently found helpful with high contrast, direct sunlit scenes is to start with Develop / Camera Profile / ON1 Neutral or Camera Neutral.
That makes it easier to build up the look of the image with less backtracking. This is particularly helpful when an important area is easily lost in blocked shadows or burned-out highlights.
I probably end up in essentially the same place when starting with the ON1 Standard camera profile, but it just seems easier to start from a base that isn’t designed for any specific type of scene.
I assume that this is what “neutral” is supposed to do: present the image without any particular scene or style in mind. If nothing else, it is informative to first look at the “neutral” presentation before deciding what to do with the image.
Alvaro FerreiraMay 27, 2023
Thank you, very helpful
Antonio StracqualursiMay 28, 2023
Grazie ! Utili consigli pratici.
Cris DavisMay 29, 2023
Hi Good examples Dylan. One question–is there a reason that you don’t use Curves for dealing with blownout highlights? I use it sometimes and am often amazed at how small an adjustment is needed to deal with a blown out sky.
James StripeMay 29, 2023
Thank you Dylan for these tips. I especially appreciate that you offered 2 or 3 different ways to approach a modification. I appreciate the time and preparation you put into these sessions. Many thanks! Jim
Melvin HALICKMANJune 1, 2023
One of the best courses ever.
Merle BeckerJune 4, 2023
Dylan, thanks very much. Great video. ON 1 has advanced so much that a video like this is excellent help. Sort of a combo of the old as a refresher blended with the new. Definitely one to re – reference again and again. Tks Merle
Bruce BeickeJune 5, 2023
Hi Dylan, I’ve watched quite a few of your videos discussing dodging and burning and your explainations of dodging and burning. I was wondering if it would be helpful, especially for folks who have never been in an analog darkroom, to explain the history of those terms and how they came into came into being. Burning and dodging can seem to be rather incongruous terms without that history.
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