Add Midtone Contrast to your photos like a Pro!

[@hurleygreen927]

Teach and Preach...appreciating the information! :)

[@StevenGrant_Photographer]

Lovely episode.

[@ArtemMelanich]

I do the same with subjects - usually they need a bit different contrast than BG\FG. But I'll use your tip now instead of dehaze, thanks!

[@JohnPedersenPhoto]

Cool! Glad this tip was helpful. Thanks for watching and commenting

[@jiggyb21]

I’ve been editing my own photos for a long time at this point and this was just one of those videos that explained a deficiency in my editing I didn’t even really know I had. So well done. Thank you.

[@JohnPedersenPhoto]

Thank you for watching and I'm so glad it was useful to you. I'm convinced that a little pop of midtone contrast really helps the photo come alive! Have a great day!

[@rcharlton101]

I love the clear, methodical explanations in this video. Very helpful.

[@JohnPedersenPhoto]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting! I really appreciate it.

[@EwenPryde]

Thanks for sharing. I'd not heard of this approach. You explained it really well.

[@JohnPedersenPhoto]

Thank you for watching and commenting! I'm glad this method might help you

[@karinwest919]

a great lesson - about the midtone contrast and the luminance mask!

[@JohnPedersenPhoto]

Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad this was helpful for you!

[@robertberg3944]

very useful!

[@JohnPedersenPhoto]

Thanks for watching Robert! I appreciate it.

[@donna13445taylor]

Thank you

[@JohnPedersenPhoto]

Thanks for watching Donna!

[@StevenGrant_Photographer]

Theee Secret Sauce folks. Period. Can be done in photoshop to and do do a version of this is photoshop for print as well.

[@bernym4047]

I don't use Adobe Lightroom, I prefer darktable. However, it's easy to create parametric masks in dt that protect shadows and highlights. I like to do black & white landscapes and I found this very useful in improved mid-tone contrast and separation of the various elements of the composition. So thanks for a very useful tip.

[@JohnPedersenPhoto]

Outstanding! It really doesn't matter what tool we use...there are many fine processing programs out there. The key is the concept of adding midtone contrasts to help your image pop. Glad you found this video helpful.

[@lookforbeauty1964]

Super useful channel, John. I have just subscribed !!. If you allow me to give this information, Dave Kelly's channel is extraordinary to learn about Tony Kuyper's panel Regards

[@JohnPedersenPhoto]

Thank you for watching and subscribing! I really appreciate it. Yes, Dave does a great job in his videos, very thorough.

[@dannysands6108]

Can’t we accomplish the same thing by using the curves and creating an S in the midtones?

[@JohnPedersenPhoto]

You can do a point. It's hard to just isolate the midtones and not have the other areas on the curve move and using the luminance selection method you can better refine the selection which is hard to do using curves. That's why I prefer luminance selection to do this. Either method can achieve roughly the same thing yes.

[@StevenGrant_Photographer]

Yes and no. This is easier and definitely more precise.