A couple of weeks ago, I wanted to film a tutorial on photographing the Milky Way – but as you may have seen, that didn’t quite work out. Our video series took a further hiatus when I lost my voice the following week, but we’re back again! Since I still sound like a potato, I went through the Photography Life archives for the following case study – from composition to post-processing – of two Grand Tetons photos from our Landscape Tutorial.
Lightroom has changed slightly in appearance since we filmed the video a few years ago, but all the settings I covered still matter today. The post-processing part starts at 8:15 and continues to the end, while the beginning of the video is dedicated to composition.
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excellent video. this place is called Blacktail Ponds and these are spring creeks that go into the Snake River to your left.
we used to fish down there in October some years back.
Helpful points Spencer. You invested some time producing this video! Recently I have been shooting similar land and seascapes with a bit out of focus capture then reducing LR clarity and dehaze and muting the colors – looks like a Monet, ha. Anyway just having some fun with something different.
Thank you, Ralph, I’m happy you liked it! There are plenty of clever ways to use Lightroom and other software beyond the “expected” uses – it’s all about imparting the right emotion.