7 SIMPLE LIGHTROOM TIPS every beginner photographer should know
Editing you RAW photos is a key stage of photography. It is your chance to create something special from that moment you captured. These are some key tips I wish I knew when I started using Lightroom.
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0:00 Introduction
1:08 Understand your RAW file
3:48 Contrast does more
7:05 Global s Local
9:08 Nothing is Lost
10:40 HDR is your Friend
15:43 Negative Clarity
19:10 Fine control of Saturation
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I'm going to watch this seven more times. Great techniques.
Just remember, when a photographer pushes their preset packs at you - they are all global adjustments. Always better to take the time and learn things like Nigel is showing. Every picture is individual.
Lol I got an ad for a preset pack before the video started.
Agree. Nigel teaches you concepts that work even with your entry level camera. Presets can be a disaster when you have your entry oevel cam and the preset was built on that $4k camera...
Can't be stayed enough, it's easy to think one of your presets is a go to for every picture. They're good foundations for learning to edit, but once you get how color grading and things work, it opens up a whole new door to some sick edits 🔥
Presets can be very useful starting points to create a general mood which you then make your own local and global adjustments from.
@@flippy66 Yes, this is true. I use presets all the time - my own presets. It's very easy to make your own presets and if you name them well you'll know what type of picture they suit.
Remember in LR you never touch the RAW files. All the adjustments are just on top of that RAW file. Thanks for watching. Please give it a LIKE if you enjoy it. And consider subscribing. See you next Sunday.
What was the location of the mountain? looks really amazing
Finally a good tutorial.... tired of seeing tutorials in lightroom just pumping the vibrance up and getting overly saturated photos, it doesn't even look good or real. Really nice vids and explanation, keep it up
There are tons of videos out there with the same title. This is the only one that actually is gold in it's simplicity. No fancy curves, just simple things to keep in mind. Nice work!
Nigel, your channel is the best. You're knowledgeable, humble, and your content is exactly what I need to step up my game. Thanks!
Wow finally a youtuber that actually taught me some new things
Of course I love your photos, you work is amazing. However, today I'm commenting here to tell you that from a digital marketing perspective you're doing an awesome job. I don't know if someone is helping you or you're proceeding by yourself, but social media and digital marketing is my specialization and I think it's rare to find someone capable of maintain authenticity and focus on its "brand" without allowing the hunger of follower distracting him. Great, great job!
That photo with the snow-covered tree is phenomenal.
You know what I liked the most? That you explained/revealed how you edit your pic whilst showing the screen and the process. Sure it was not perfect as you said in the video, but it gives you the idea on wot to do next. Well done Nigel!
I learned more here than I did in school fir an entire year
The negative clarity stunned me
The best Lightroom editing tutorial ever.
Great video. Great photos. I loved the one with the white tree and the green tree. Amazing how you gave them a life.
Just swing that exposure back-and-forth to the two extremes! Great tip! Been using Lightroom for a couple years, and in a fraction of a second this helps you get your bearings before editing. Thanks for the great idea.
Thank you. Really appreciate your putting all of these techniques together in a way that makes sense.
I am an illustrator and I am getting into photography and I just now realized something interesting. In painting/illustration you are literally creating the composition from a blank cavas and every detail that exists in the final image has to be handmade. So in painting we are encouraged to draw only where it is necessary. Areas in shadow should be less detailed because that looks more natural and it helps the viewer's eyes to focus on the lighter areas. We should seldomly draw detail away from the focus of the image, and are discouraged to use progressive smaller brushes as we zoom in more and more since we want the entire image to feel unified and we want to use the visible brushtrokes to express ourselves. But in fotography, while the fundamentals are the same, the stranghs and drawbacks are quite the opposite... You don't have godlike control over the subject, you can't just move mountains to fit better on your frame but if you did everything right all the detail should be inprinted in a photo in a fraction of a second after the you presse the button. And it seems like you are encouraged to rescue every detail that was captures by the camera.
Brilliant. Thank you 👌👍
great work to do
Really good vid Nigel. Thank you so much. I have been using some of these techniques editing thousands of images from my 650 miles on the PCT. Local adjustments take more time but so often result in the best image we can extract from our files. Great tip to start by “exercising” the image with the exposure slider. Please bring us more vids walking through the steps you take as you work your favorite Iceland images. Also, will you be showing us a map of the territory you covered? That would be super-interesting. Thanks again for a very useful and fun vid - and I hope your cold gets better soon.
Absolutely marvelous, Nigel! I've learned so much! Thank you!!
I’ve only been dabbling with post processing (DXO PhotoLab) for a few months and found your tips helpful and affirming. Thank you! Please, more similar videos. This was excellent, Nigel!
Thank You Nigel! You explain things so clearly. Excited to apply your tips to my images. Thanks again!!
Wow this short tutorial was packed with incredible tips, thank you
I recently started using Adobe Lightroom, and this was easily the best video in helping me understand the basics of Lightroom. It also helps the pictures used as examples are similar to the pictures I enjoy taking as well. Great job!
Nigel, you are so knowledgeable! We appreciate the great tips and will put them to use in the future.
this HDR-blending tip will save me from alot of headache i head for some years now while taking nature shots This shot of the tree in the snow might be one of my favorite photos you've shown us
Now, this was a great video full of sensible advice. I really liked the pictures you chose to demonstrate the points you made, great examples!
Fantastic Nigel, always inspiring me to improve my editing skills!
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Great stuff, thanks Nigel. Massive fan of your LR tips videos, always very helpful
Dude, I saw these pics and thought you had already edited them. the available information in your raw photos and dynamic range is incredible! These are super helpful tips man. Thanks a million!
Nigel, I watch a lot of videos on photography and your the first to connect all the dots. Oftentimes struggle deciding what a photo needs, your explanation makes so much since. Thanks for inspiring me to try these things.
I have been using LR for a while now and you still give me loads more hints and tips that I can try. Another great video - thank you very much Nigel.
I've spent the last three years learning as many techniques as I could, Nigel. It's been a bit of an eye opener to be reminded of a few basics (such as HSL). I've got quite tricksy, and possibly over complicated some things. This has reminded me of Split Toning, too. I had been getting some good results with that, but it seems to have got lost by the wayside, somewhere. Thanks for the reminders. p.s. I've never used Lightroom, but all of these techniques have analogues in PS, in one way or another.
Thanks so much, so amazing to get to learn from you !
Exposure up/down is a great tip, helps identify where to focus. Thks.
Nigel, I'm a huge fan of your photography. I'm not even a year into my photography journey but your advice has helped me on a profound level. Thank you so much for everything you do.
Just what I needed and what I was missing from my edits! I am a beginner so this was reallllyyyyy helpful! Thank You!
Thank you for your adjustment ideas.
Amazing work! Thanks for sharing!
you are a good teacher Nigel thank you for this video.
Really interesting and helpful video Nigel. I use LR and PS for most of my image editing so this was a breath of fresh air. I enjoy seeing how other people edit as there is always a new way of simplifying an edit. You covered some really interesting topics in this video. Thank you for sharing! :)
Love the videos Nigel very helpful with landscape photography
I have to congratulate you on an absolutely outstanding video Nigel! I have watched many of your videos but this took what I thought I understood onto another level! Thank you and well done!
Thanks Nigel. Helpful, interesting and informative as always.
Thanks Nigel, you did not make it too complicated for beginners like me , will watch many more of your videos till i get there
Installed, everything works, thanks!
Thank you Nigel, a really helpful video. I can't wait to join one of your workshops. This was really helpful, again thank you.
Thank you so much. This was Gold!
What a video bro! Can't thank you enough! Thank you so much you made life so much easier!
Thank you so much for this Nigel - It's what I like most about your site. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing Nigel! I was always curious as to what all these filters were for and you have made it easy to understand and feel what you felt then!
Wonderful tips and refresher. Thank you!
Really great video and I really appreciate how you are teaching, not only what to click but what to think about - very well done!
I didn’t expect to learn so many new things! thank you 🙏🏽
I took so much from this video...thanks Nigel, now subscribed and will be perving at all your other videos. Thanks mate
This video was really well done! Super helpful. Thanks!
I've been following the channel for about a year now and my editing has evolved so much in that time due to all the lightroom tips here. The local adjustments and fine saturation and luminosity controls are a game changer once you get used to using them.
Awesome
@@NigelDanson I appreciate the channel and love all the tips and tricks. You really got me going with my wide angle lens as well. Keep it up!
Wow - I have learnt so much from this and it has really changed the way I review my photos: thank you! I would love it if you could talk a picture through from start to finish - what settings did you use, what focal points, metering...all that stuff we have to think about in the field... and then post-processing to get the end result. There are loads of enthuisiasts like me that just take joy out of sharing a good photograph...but are inspired by generous professionals like you!
Great video, this has really helped me understand what I’m doing in Lightroom a bit better. Thanks Nigel!
Once again, so informative! Thank you
Oh my. Thank you so much. New to editing. Very useful.
I appreciate your clarity tip 🙏🏻
it's perfect man
Awesome video. Thanks Nigel!
loved it thanks! learnt some good points today
I learned a lot from this video, in particular the power of local adjustments and the HDR images.
Thank you Nigel, well presented and very helpful. Just flicked through your website, hope all is well and you're in good health
bro you know your deal, this is awesome. thanks.
This is amazing, thanks for helping me to get my photos to what i really want them to be.
By the way, I enjoy your KZhead page everything you put out is really good excellent and also I like the way you do your filming videos and also your photography is amazing. You expired me to do so much more thank you I appreciate that and thank you for your tips on editingand certain ideas for what cameras and what lenses? Thank you.
Really good video Nigel, thanks. Lightroom gradients (both radial and graduated) have really become a lot more versatile since they got range masking.
Thank you Nigel for a very helpful and practical video. Very well put together :)
Such a great and easy to follow video. Thank you so much! I am a beginner in Lightroom and this just changed my understanding of how to use this tool.
As a beginner photographer who feels overwhelmed with Lightroom and the amount of things to change thanks Nigel. I’ll be sure to use these tips to help find my Lightroom groove. Spending time locally instead of globally is going to be big for me.
Another great video Nigel, full of information and wonderful photos.
Excellent as always , great tutorial..x
Excellent work, mate. The image capability assessment in particular is a great starting point.
Beautiful!!!😍😍😍
Okay tip 5 actually blew my mind! I never actually thought about using that for landscape photography. Brilliant! Great video and thank you for all the helpful tips!
Great tips, especially liked the way you deal with contrast.
Just found this channel, absolutely amazing! As a relative beginner to photography and editing, this video was amazing. Very concise, loved the explanations for each part and was easy to follow. Wish more people did this instead of trying to push nonsense preset packs on you or filling you with completely false knowledge. Earned a like and follow 100%!
Thanks for this great content. It helps me a lot.
At last an easy to follow and very informative video
Ok, this is incredibly helpful. Thank you for making this.
Very helpful tutorial and look forward to more of your wise words...
appreciate you :) such beautiful adventures!
Thanks a lot for this great video !
My favorite way to handle saturation is export to Photoshop, switch to lab mode, and play with levels adjustment layers on the a and b channels, then blend into original image. Can get incredibly rich colors that way with no color clipping. Wish I didn't have to go to Photoshop to do it
I found your video interesting which made me think about my post processing workflow. I tend to use the global adjustment far too much instead of using local adjustment more. One thing I took form your video is to spend a bit more time looking at the image and determining where to make adjustment and how much global adjustments are actually require and where to focus local adjustments. My camera does not have a great dynamic range so perhaps I should use HDR more! You made a lot sense, thanks Nigel.
Excellent video again. I learned a lot from your videos. Thanks!
I learned soooo much! Thank you❤🔥👏🏽Can’t to start editing!
Very helpful so thank you.
Best tip for me was multiple exposure. So simple on camera and in Lightroom too! I'll definitely use it
Thank you, really great tips. Especially local vs global.
your videos are super helpful, thankyou for making content :)
Thanks Nigel, These are great tips, defiantly I'm gonna make my drone shots look better. thanks a lot..
thanks Nigel!
Dude, the thing you told about facebook is so true !