Hated PHOTO EDITING Until I Discovered This!

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In this week’s episode, we discuss how I used to hate editing photos until I discovered this approach which completely changed the way I look at photography. When I was a beginner, photo editing was a huge source of confusion for me, but I knew it was something I was going to have to overcome if I wanted to improve my photo skills. In this video, I'll review what made it all click for me from an editing perspective. Not only did this drastically improve my photography, but it made the entire process much more enjoyable for me. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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[@radspanner]

I came across your videos by accident, you have been a real influence on my photography skills set. I am a much better photographer now thanks to you. Keep up the good work.

[@jasmck3261]

Mark... you are a legend! I am so happy I discovered you here on youtube a couple of years ago when I first started out with photography. I thoroughly enjoy your videos, your very informative and clear about what your wanting to achieve with your task at hand. I understand the result you achieve is probably not everyone's cup of tea, but you have helped me grow in my photography. Thank you. Very much appreciated. 👍😊 Jason.

[@richardsweeney4305]

I started with LR 2, now I am using the latest! Every time I watch one of your videos, I learn something new! Thanks for the way you explain your editing skills! 📸

[@Centauri27]

Fantastic quick edit Mark! I completely agree: the ability to control and "shape" the light is what turns a ho-hum image into an eye-catching one. It's something that we should all practice.

[@marydean9900]

This all makes so much sense to me, thanks Mark for helping us create better images!

[@philbrown8181]

I love your frank honesty and openness, it's refreshing and inspiring - some great advice here. Thank you Mark!

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

I appreciate that!

[@stuartbell3666]

Thanks Mark. I’m always grateful for your vlogs. Full of relevant information and hope.

[@patford9943]

Thanks for diagnosing my flat photo problem and giving me an idea on how to fix them!

[@justinheilmanart]

Thank you! That really makes a ton a sense. I need to try to incorporate masks into portraits. Awesome videol

[@albert25hoo]

Hello Mark, thank you for demonstraing your reasoning process in 'leading the eye through the photo'. This will help me to experiment with my editing habits. Cheers, Bert.

[@Auroralover9797]

The before and after are just wow! Thank you so much Mark.

[@gilbertduran8708]

As usual got a lot out of the video. Really great work and what you can do with masks. Very interesting. I actually use some of that on my portraits just really didn’t know I could do more. Thanks. One question I have is after you make all the edits and maybe look at the image the next day do you make more edits, add more take some out? Seems every time I look at my work again I make changes and I thought I was happy w my edits to begin with.

[@tillycosta8572]

Mark, I am from Brazil, and I am also a landscape photographer. Thank you for your generosity in sharing your knowledge with us. I love your work, and of course, I am your follower too. God bless you.

[@jam43040]

Really great video showing how masking works in a few minutes. Huge subject, great work distilling it down to a quick showcase. Thanks!

[@lynnnorthrup8914]

Very helpful. It takes time to figure out what the impact of all these tools. I’m now rating all my images so I can go back and work on them. New possibilities from my images! Thanks for your tips!😀👍

[@oldguy1030]

I enjoyed the video. Really quite impressive. Not the kind of thing I enjoy but I can appreciate the heck out of the vision and the skill.

[@GusMcCrae01]

Nice work on this Mark. I must have missed you here by 2-3 days as I was here at this site below Silverton on Oct. 4. That wide horseshoe parking lot can't hold a lot of cars.

[@steveratzlaff7012]

Wow that finished product is really, really great! Just curious would it be of any added value to do a slight dodge and burn to enhance the mountains in the upper right, to give a little more 3d to the photo?

[@sixthcrow]

Can I suggest an alternative to the idea of "the eye is attracted to the brightest point of a photo"? I was taught it is the brightest point of contrast. Be it colour contrast or exposure, even if you have a brighter point in the photo, the contrast is what we really seek out. Think about the times you have the sun in a landscape, and how it isn't the main point of interest, even though it's still the brightest point. Anyways, just a thought. Great walk through of your thought process.

[@UpgradeLemonade]

Incredible tips Mark , and appreciate showing us what/why your thinking as you go through it

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Appreciate it!

[@BradLarson1963]

Loved your magic with light and enhancing your subject.. I will take these tips and apply them to my photos that are currently lackluster and blah.... Thanks again Mark!

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

@@BradLarson1963 Glad it’s helpful!

[@cutiephinphinJL]

Love the informative video. I've learnt so much abt editing from you. Wondering if you use Profiles (mainly camera matching ones) and is it ok to use?

[@93Logen]

I like your photo editing videos because they are not just for LR users. What you teach can be used in any raw editor. Thank you on behalf of all hobby photographers.

[@jimwilliams4170]

Another great presentation!

[@larrygardner8361]

Well done. A lot of useful information and something for me to consider when I am in post production.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thank you Larry

[@Chris_2023_]

Another great video, Mark! Thank you so much! Greetings from Australia!

[@sallieturner8771]

Brilliant. 3D is the ticket. Love this.

[@garyloosemore2690]

Could hardly wait for the video to finish to head back into Lightroom.

[@PhattiesNom]

What tripod do you use? or do you recommend for landscape?

[@ernestsmall6175]

Super helpful video. Keep em coming!

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@suemachie122]

Fascinating and so helpful. Many thanks

[@tonycox169]

Hi Mark, many thanks for another very educational video. Your edits certainly showed how the use of light can add the appearance of depth to an otherwise flat image. But I hope that you won't mind me making a personal observation. In my very humble opinion, I felt that the trees behind the cabin were a little too bright in the final edit and as a result they slightly overwhelmed the centre of the image. I understand how in this particular image, drawing the viewers eye to the main subject is very important, but to me personally, it seemed a bit too much. I hope that you do not mind me making this observation. Best Regards Tony

[@krimke881]

Completely agree on this. Also very common situation. I only got one thing for critics, is that the sky looks very artificial, all the way. There's probably some luminance adjustments to be done to rectify, but all in all, very good tips and tricks.

[@KahWaiLin]

Amazing video! 😍

[@Raykenn1]

Enjoyed your video thanks for posting 👍

[@mehran_g4933]

This technique was helpful. Thank you.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Happy to hear it

[@robryan4272]

Great lesson again. Funny, I got the same shot as you. I will give that technique a try. 😁

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@suzanneteegarden6821]

Insightful video and helpful. Thanks.

[@rexross1461]

Could you give a detailed explanation and example of dehazing and also saturation?

[@reclaimyoursecurities]

Thanx Mark. Your videos have been of great help. Be Well

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thank you glad to hear it

[@slymar66]

Thanks Mark!

[@Billwzw]

You got a lovely photo - how much does it resemble what you actually saw ?

[@richardkralicek3952]

Exactly. I always thought and still think that photography is about painting WITH light, not painting light into a scene where it wasn't.

[@susancallaghan]

Great info! Very helpful.. thank you!

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thanks Susan

[@laurentblond6760]

Amazing video Mark, and with AI translate we enjoy the video better. Greeting from Bordeaux, France 🍷📷

[@dmystify1381]

That was good Mark...couldn't help but feel that you would get A Lot of value out of luminar neo....just a thought.

[@TheBarry0714]

I started my photography journey many years ago when I'd go into a darkroom and fiddle with all sorts of tools to adjust the lighting of specific area of an image. Advancing the clock, with the advent of PS, LR, etc., we have gone to these global settings. In my personal workflow, I find the best results comes when I ignore the global settings and go directly to the masking tools to work on specific areas of an image. It sort of avoids the duplicative nature of overworking a specific area of an image. Any thoughts?

[@TheWarder500]

Great video 👍🏻

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lawneydigravio7388]

Interesting!! Thank you!!

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thanks for watching

[@incredibleParikrama]

One thing I find missing to make it more three dimensional is dodging and burning the mountain ridges and its shadow part. The hut also needed a little bit of temperature increase. The details of the foliage behind the hut is little low.

[@shryma]

Merci 😶

[@davidburlison9433]

Great information.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DavidGriffithsmusic]

Thank you!

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Welcome!

[@MatthewUseda]

I wish you did some photoshop stuff. I've also heard of clipping colors which makes colors less accurate. People don't necessarily talk about clipping colors which is odd to me. And with values in the 70s there is definitely chances of color clipping. I wonder what the individual RGB channels show. What are your thoughts on clipping colors? I'm sure if you used that GFX you wouldn't have to go to values in the 70s. Also it would show more of that beautiful sky with the 4:3 ratio. I am also slightly surprised you didn't make the jump to Phase One. 150mp sounds great for cropping or printing!

[@KaosK9]

Love your videos, but they are unwatchable as of late. Not sure if you have any control over this, but is it possible to disable auto translate on your end? This setting creates issues when using Apple air play. The option to select language is unavailable once AirPlay is selected and the audio track defaults to whatever foreign language is on top of the list. All of my settings are correct. This issue first appeared on Christian Möhrle - The Phlog Photography KZbin channel but he seems to have resolved the issue. Continued complaints to KZbin are not addressed. Maybe it’s something you can help with? Thanks!

[@bbud8242]

You made a youtube video regarding things to look for in landscape photography ie reflections, ‭symmetry, foreground interest and repeat patterns. I have searched and searched and cannot find this video anywhere. Would it be possible for you to point me in the right direction please?

[@sbakush]

great video mark

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

@@sbakush Thank you

[@ditruter]

i prefer a mix of the second photo with the back haze mountains of the first photo

[@agl5245]

I never new about the auto adjustments pressing the shift key. I have a mac and have shift clicked on Exposure, contrast etc and nothing happens?

[@agl5245]

Any thoughts on what the issue is?

[@stk191]

I didn't know either. I'm on windows and nothing happened, but then when i double clicked it did. In lightroom is shift+click (while holding shift, names also change to auto [name of slider]), in lightroom classic is shift + double click (while holding shift key, the names don't change).

[@agl5245]

@@stk191yes this worked! Thank you! It was shift and double click!

[@DaveKingMusic]

Yes, “complexify” is a word that means to make something complex or to become complex. It is a verb.

[@johncreighton434]

Good explanation on how you do your adjustments. You always teach good techniques. I omly have one correction in your statements. I believe that is a cabin not a hut. I do not believe Coloradoans has huts they have Cabins.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thanks John!

[@jamesbarnes3063]

Great tips

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thank you James

[@aaronthered4126]

I think it was 2 years ago when the owners of the land parked a white truck in front of the cabin during leaf peeper season. Hilarity ensued. It was quite the topic for discussion.

[@vanmeter-photography]

You have a very natural way of taking something that seems complex and explaining it in a very simple way. Well done.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

@@vanmeter-photography Thank you!

[@jonnyroids1482]

Amazing video mark, only now I've started using masks, really does make the photo pop and alive.

[@RonComstock]

why not bring the highlights only of the trees in the foreground just a slight amount, looks kind of muddy on screen.

[@st.charlesstreet9876]

Your professional expertise is very much welcomed in my enthusiast hobby. Thank You! 😮

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Appreciate it! Glad you found it helpful.

[@HugoPortilloMusic]

the fine line between the real and the unreal.

[@cgriggsiv]

Is that camera a 110 or is that a 260 that's on your desk

[@keensoundguy6637]

That was exactly my thought, that it might be a 110. It does resemble a Minolta 460T (the logo next to the flash is blurry but does look like Minolta). When I was a kid, the only 110 cameras I saw were the ones that used flashcubes (and generally with the extender which was supposedly to eliminate red eye).

[@cgriggsiv]

@keensoundguy6637 I actually had both a Kodak 110 and believe it or not and I really wish I still had a Pentax 110 both had built-in flash and my film of choice of course was always the Kodak and if I can find it maybe the Fuji it was all dependent on what was cheaper at the time

[@iankellam6440]

Do you know, before you start to edit , what you want the end image to look like? My problem is I don't!!

[@jimbruton9482]

I enjoyed the editing demonstration. Using masks have totally revolutionized and improved what one can do to to their images. That said, the edits can be overdone as well to the point its easier to see when someone went beyond what they should have and image starts to look a bit unnatural. Most AI generated landscapes suffer from this and are easy to spot.

[@PrinceJvstin]

In the end, how many gradients do you typically have in a photo?

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Every photo is different

[@FloydVDocDeVore]

I agree with @vanmeter-photography -your approach to editing makes so much sense and you explain it very well.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

I’m glad you liked it!

[@chieragggoel9999]

💖💖💖

[@brianode11]

I found editing much more difficult on human subjects vs landscapes.

[@jordanavis6657]

Same for me as well

[@bamsemh1]

Saturation is the worst editing option in all apps and in all cameras "ai". Sony and Canon loves it and puts +15 on raw colors. Yes, raw. +10 if you change s-rgb to Adobe colors.

[@oldclone7286]

The picture might be "eye popping" but it looks totally unnatural, phony. These type of editing procedures to make photos unreal looking is disgusting.

[@williamreis5826]

Theres no Need to be disrespectful. While i agree that in the end it can kind of look unnatural, doesn’t take the value off of the photo, it is still a great picture and everybody has their own style when it comes to editing, and that’s the beauty of it all!

[@budthecyborg4575]

This is the photo editing equivalent of a kid walking into a factory and pushing every button.

[@MarkJ1776]

Now that's a video I want to see.

[@brentolsenthanksformaking2528]

Thank you Romans 10:9-13❤

[@Suhailkhan53]

Awesome video ❤❤❤