5 Minute Edit - Adding Drama to Your Photos in Lightroom!

[@alexdumitrescu2116]

I have no idea how I came upon your videos, but I gotta say, awesome tutorials man! Learned so much from them :thumbsup:

[@AlexArmitage]

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed this one Alex

[@MaryDeanDotCom]

I am making Christmas cards with my landscape photos, but many are looking blah in print. So I googled “how to make landscape photos more dramatic” and presto, it took me right to your tutorial. Can’t wait to try it. Thanks.

[@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi]

That is going to help so much with so many sky segments I have that I feel I rob them of their diffused glow, especially if they're overblown in the original and I need to turn them down but they end up blue/gray.

[@tacituskilgore8379]

Broooo, your editing vids are among the very best on the Tube. And you're far easier to watch than McKinnon.

[@AlexArmitage]

Hey thanks, Peter does a great job as well if it isn't obvious by his sub count :P

[@MD-fq8xl]

Fab Thank you so much!! I'm aLR beginner and hadn't discovered yet that you can use the brush within the radial filter, amazing!! Can't wait to get messing with it

[@dracherb]

Just stumbled on this lesson Alex...gotta say I love your presentation style! As always I've learned something new. Keep 'em coming!

[@-kentonwilson]

Enjoying your videos. Pertinent tutorials that are like hidden gems “between” the sliders. Thanks!

[@AlexArmitage]

Thanks Kenton

[@melodyphillips2388]

Love your soothing style, and the background music added to that. I always know I can go to Pete's channel for high energy!

[@AlexArmitage]

SO MUCH ENERGY haha. I just don't have it in me. I tried to do that when I started and realized it's just not me. Thanks Melody!

[@kramdsm]

Very good. Thank you!

[@mkissin493]

Thanks for your measured enthusiasm!

[@AlexArmitage]

Thanks Mark

[@Tjphillips76]

So dope man, I’ve got a stack of Switzerland photos from last year with clouds hugging the mountains. Hyped to go edit them now

[@AlexArmitage]

Let me know how they turn out or feel free to share them with me on instagram!

[@EightTwoFourWeddingStudios]

Great video man. More of these types of videos would be great

[@alyahyai]

👍 well explained, thanks Alex

[@diegoruorui3960]

Aweosmw editing and photo too! The last photo of the city you showed definetly deserve an editing video too, the mood, the light and the fade in the blacks are awesome!!

[@AlexArmitage]

Thank you Diego! I have a video coming out this Sunday that you might enjoy as well.

[@LanNinja11]

Nicely done Alex. Good technique to accentuate the light. Thanks!

[@AlexArmitage]

Thanks Alfredo! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@luap1983]

Amazing tips here cheers

[@g.ndylan96]

Great Intro! I like this video, please make more videos like this one. Also is a good feature add the description into the youtube timeline. Great job man

[@AlexArmitage]

Thanks Dylan and I will continue to make more :)

[@SangheiliSpecOp]

I just wanted to comment on how relaxing your videos are. Its a whole different vibe from the other super hectic vids out there, like a certain youtuber mentioned in the comments below lol. I can tell this is a passion for you! edit: if only I knew that the backslash key was the before and after button hahaha. I also thought that radial filters were limited to being inside the image, I never thought to zoom out and create a filter. I am a newbie with lightroom, and have created some great looking photos, but it's nice to learn some new stuff.

[@AlexArmitage]

Hey thank you :) We all have our styles and I certainly didn't find mine until a bit down the road.

[@shutupavi]

Unsubbed from Peter a long long time ago. Do your thing bro

[@AlexArmitage]

As I mentioned in my latest thank you video, my goal is to always remain relatable. And after Peter moved from his house to a studio to his own studio, I just can't relate anymore. Not that there's anything wrong with his success or his style. Just didn't feel as connected anymore if that makes any sense. Thanks for the encouragement!

[@arnolexharde1966]

Love the content

[@greggv12345]

Hi Alex, coming back to your videos (I replayed it sometimes and discovered new stuffs), just a question about the image @10:48; I really love the rendering you did, how do you create this soft contrast (with a bit of pink in the shadow if I'm not wrong) Again thanks for your channel ! real inspiration for me

[@AlexArmitage]

If I remember correctly the pink is from using the color grading modules to add that color. The light is simply using the radial filters in a few spots. Theres a radial filter on the road in the foreground, one off frame to create that light from above. I think thats the only two. Maybe I'll do a video on this style some time?

[@KirilVarbanov]

Alex, great videos, thanks. One additional comment from me: photographers should strive to crop their photos in standard formats, such as 4x5 or 16:9, etc. Working with a magazine, newspaper, agency or a gallery and any custom crop would not be appreciated. Of course, sometimes this is not entirely possible, so what you did was OK.

[@AlexArmitage]

Kiril this is a great point and is something I think about when I go to print photos myself. I will say however the majority of people watching my videos I doubt are publishing all that often BUT that is no excuse not to mention something like this when I go to crop an image. I think it's something to think about anytime I go to crop a photo on video. Thanks for bringing that up.

[@nicolasnantais6715]

Great video man! Stumbled on your channel on my recommended channel and boy I do not regret clicking on it! Your videos are top quality man, keep it up! Small question for you: I've been using the similar technique for dodging and burning, but sometime I feel bringing up light in certain areas make it look fake. How would you go about deciding where/what angle to put your filter on to make it look natural?

[@AlexArmitage]

I think it really depends on the photo. Take the one in this video as an example. Because the area I'm targeting has such contrast, ie those white clouds next to the darker rock face I get a bit more control in how my light affects each one because I can change the highlights to only really target the clouds and I could change the shadows to really target the rock. When working with a less dynamic scene, something more flat, it can be difficult because you just have to bring the entire exposure up. Also I didn't use range masks in this video to keep things simple but they would also certainly help.

[@TKettle]

Great video with a nice presentation. I guarantee I'm gonna be watching more of your vids. I'm curious about the Adobe landscape profile. From googling, it seems like a lot of people use this. However, I don't seem to have it as an option. If I go into "Preferences>Presets" I can see it in a drop-down, but I don't have the option to apply it in the develop module. Any chance someone could be of some help? Would love to try it to see how it helps my editing process.

[@AlexArmitage]

Tyler, can you message me on instagram with a screenshot or picture? It should be right in the basic editing section.

[@TKettle]

@@AlexArmitage I think I actually just figured it out. It doesn't show up only when I'm developing photos from my Mavic 2 Pro. Probably because it shoots in .DNG files. Maybe I need to find different profiles just for .DNG images. Thanks for the fast reply though!!

[@AlexArmitage]

​@@TKettle Yup thats it! I can't enable the profile on my Mavic images either. I believe the profiles are connected to the camera model? Don't quote me on that though

[@patrickattuah6674]

nice editing techniques

[@AlexArmitage]

Thank you again Patrick :)

[@kristianarntsen7049]

I think It was better before the crop. Maybe crop some of the bottom. The before, showed more scale. Great video!

[@AlexArmitage]

Great comment! I love hearing how others would change the photos I make. Thank you :)

[@studio2513]

nice stuff, the problem is you don't share files (

[@yiitsa]

If i watch to more tutorial about this, how should I search on youtube.. Is there a specific keyword.. Thank you for your slow teaching.. Please no sound effects, no woosh..

[@AlexArmitage]

I'm not entirely sure who else has covered this to be honest. The other radial filter video I did uses a bit of it if you want to watch that?

[@larryrudnick1519]

I know you won't but PLEASE don't be like McKinnon. He's a good photographer but had to unsub because I got exhausted just watching his videos. I like the calm rational approach and found your technique very helpful.

[@AlexArmitage]

Eh that's definitely his thing. I think it certainly attributes to his meteoric rise and success, putting energy into his viewers but I understand the sentiment of his content being exhausting and certainly want to balance that better.