A Hard Lightroom Skill that Pays Off Forever!

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Hope ya'll are doing well & thanks so much for checking out this week's episode! I hope it's a helpful one👍

[@ddki9094]

One thing I noticed right away when you toggled between the Raw image and the completed image were the berries. In the Raw photo, you really can't see them but when you warmed up the middle, that red shows up much easier and helps to add to the scene.

[@charlesdavis6371]

always enjoy spending time with you Mark.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

@@charlesdavis6371 I appreciate the Charles!

[@ivanposlon4528]

First of all, I really love your videos! I don't know do you move info bellow histogram, but I think a lot of people could lear much more if they can see numbers and these tehnical info. :)

[@joshmcdzz6925]

Thanks Mark..

[@eddya5490]

Best lightroom editing channel out there. Love the way you narrate and educate along the way

[@jcam783]

Great content as always Mark .

[@ralphsydney7426]

Thanks!

[@jimmyw9171]

I have been using Lightroom for a few years. Your videos are by far better and easier to understand than the tutorials I have watched from Adobe. Thank you for taking time to make them.

[@douggilham8562]

Been doing photography for 10+ years and have to say this is the greatest skill I've acquired post shoot to date. I'll be looking at your other videos and content...thank you for sharing your knowledge, much appreciated!

[@kimkrikaujensen3084]

It´s very rare that youtubers go in so much depth about how to edit. More of this please!

[@victory-loriebarnett1877]

1st came across your photography on PhotoPills. Came right over to your Tube channel. I’m going to learn some good stuff from you. Thank you for your kindness. It’s quite evident in teaching. Blessings all around

[@shrubrocketeer]

Thank you very much for taking the time to show us those tips. 👍🏻

[@reijuernestkurian3146]

Magnifient discourse!! Deepest respect.

[@inklefritz19]

I have learned so more in the last couple of weeks watching your videos than I have in any of my photography and photoshop classes in school. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. It is appreciated more than you can even imagine.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Music to my ears - thanks so much for letting me know!

[@karennicol5140]

💡 moment happened for me watching this!! THANKYOU!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@tonfijten1386]

Would love to see what you did in photoshop also as this further enhances the final look quite significantly. Thank you for sharing the lightroom edits. Very much appreciated and I learned lots.

[@ArminSteiner]

even a little late I second that :)

[@bobrutan4735]

Excellent example and sharing of expertise. Thanks for sharing.

[@jimlapiana5293]

Outstanding presentation!! Great thoughts and technique....

[@HiteshShah4Internationaltrade]

Thanks, Mark, for crearing such an Informative video. I really enjoyed every moment of this tutorial.

[@jbinkly]

Great video. Very helpful to see how to enhance a photo simply but effectively using gradients.

[@lucacanever]

Thank you, great explanation of your workflow. Extremely useful!!!👏👏👏

[@pc1189]

Another top notch lesson here on using light to enhance the view. Some people don’t understand digital photography and raw files so let their nay says roll off your back. There are times when processing a scene I begin to question myself for using multiple brushes, radials and grads and today’s video confirms that some times that’s what is necessary to complete the look. Thanks 😊

[@richardburguillos3118]

Beautifully done. Thanks for sharing the technique.

[@gabriel.shen8]

Definitely brought some clarity and direction instead of just being placed in a overgrown path

[@JesseRedmanBand]

I started my first job as a professional photographer in 1969. This is a great example of enhancing a photograph. In the days of film, we use to do similar effects with the light projected onto photo paper. It was to dodge and burn the image in specific areas using a circular disk between the projector and the paper. These are the same principals that the great masters of the Renaissance applied to their paintings. Great lesson in Lightroom.

[@SkiMadRiverGlen]

Very good Mark! This itemized and broke down the confusion in my mind of “ what to do and when to do” to a picture.

[@chrisstadler7111]

Beautiful. Really great thank you for walking us through this

[@colinjones8656]

Really enjoyed your demonstration of localized editing, nice work👌.

[@ДенисЮжаков-ф7ы]

Mark, you definitely have a (great teacher's) talent to explain difficult things in a way when everything turns out to be really easy. Great tutorial, thanks a lot! Really like your videos because they are so inspirational

[@sergeantcrow]

Excellent ! Thank you Mark...

[@Invalidus-v5z]

You fully deserve whatever you make for making these tutorials and explanatory videos and even more, the way you teach is absolutely unique.

[@cksellars5]

Great video! I really appreciate how you go about explaining a technique.

[@renatomechica]

Wonderful video. It is a masterpiece of how using light in photography.

[@jerrynorman8978]

Mark, hi from up Raleigh way. I think this may be your best tutorial yet for me. I have a favorite several-years-old-photo just waiting for me to try this technique on. Thanks for sharing your impressive skills!

[@jamesgolando8862]

Excellent tutorial Mark and reinforces the power of light!!

[@EmmaKAlexandra]

Super insightful. Love this way of thinking.

[@tigersunruss]

So good Mark! To have the mind set to see a season on how it will look in post is a good skill to have. I need to do that more myself. I've seen a few of your videos that do this very thing every time, keep them coming!

[@tamiboelter5491]

I always find your videos beneficial. Thank you Mark for sharing.

[@michaelguilford2472]

Wow, all I can say is wow! You took a drab, nothing photo, one I probably would have discarded, and turned it into a real work of art. The use of the filters was really illuminating. Great video, one I’ll come back to over and over. Thanks

[@gregboyce360]

Oly moly you knocked it out of the park here Mark, Thanks.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thank ya Greg!

[@Dartheomus]

I need to experiment more with localized temperature gradients. This was a good call out!

[@curiousabout1]

Brilliant tutorial! Thank you!

[@hoodoo_taco]

This is one of your best teaching videos....great information!! Thanks!!

[@RoyORear]

Thanks, Mark! This is something I know, but have trouble remembering -- or envisioning -- how to apply to my photographs. Thanks for the reminder and the illustration. Being able to see the difference these techniques make is extremely helpful.

[@TheCabinman]

Excellent tutorial Mark!

[@victormacneil]

Excellent video once again. I always learn a lot of helpful informations thanks to your videos.

[@sekaf4125]

Love it!!! Thank you I truly appreciate the “how to’s”

[@stephaniejohnson7915]

Thank you so much for this one!! Such a great tutorial!!

[@jimwhite1050]

Great video Mark. Again. Always thankful for your insights and willingness to share.

[@Pikadon_PL]

That was the best LR tutorial ever. Thank you

[@dennisfrederick9304]

Good insight on how to enhance a photo to create depth and viewer's focus. I really learned alot.

[@gretapansini1258]

Thank you Mark for an informative and beautiful video. I am interested in what you did in PS to finish it, maybe you have another video of it.

[@GirdHerd]

Excellent, Mark.

[@suegilbert5437]

Mark, I just finished watching this video and it was AMAZING! I learned so much and you are a wonderful photographer, you are generous in wanting to share your techniques and it was a truly delightful experience that I will follow from now on in my photographic journey.

[@kqschwarz]

Great tips. I will try it out. Thank you.

[@szabolcsvincze4162]

Perfect video again. Thx👍

[@alanashenfarb9543]

Outstanding video mark… just outstanding. I learnt quite a. It from this particular video

[@johnsharples6641]

One of your best videos.. A very helpful tutorial on how one sees a photo, I've learned a lot. Thank you. John.

[@mauriceprokaziuk337]

As always Mark, some great tips. 🙏

[@MarcusVorwaller]

Great presentation, solid tips! Thank you for sharing.

[@JimD750]

I just learnd a lot from this video. I am an AMETUER landscape photographer. I've been using lightroom classic for a few months now. As I watched you edit this image, my thoughts raced a an image of mine that I am pretty proud of. I thought it looked pretty good. And I guess it does. But I plan to use the techniques you are teaching in the video on that image and see if I can't punch it up even more. Thank you Mark for the lesson. But first I'm going to get ready for the day. Then I'm going outside to take some photographs of the snow that is falling. That is, I'm heading to the same location where I took the picture I talked about to shoot another photo. The scene I'm referring to reaaaaaalllly needs to be photographed in the snow. As always Mark, thank you for the lesson. Don't stop making these videos. Every time I watch one of your lesson videos I feel like my photography IQ goes up a few points.

[@sajjarc]

Thanks for the great tips as always!

[@mkting2]

Great Lesson. Thank you.

[@sydneymitchell3084]

This is so helpful - Your teaching style is perfect, well paced and understandable. Thanks Mark!

[@1WillyK]

I almost didn't watch this video as it said it was for Lightroom while I'm learning Capture One. However, I thought maybe I could adapt it as they are essentially the same in the end. Glad I did. I've used this technique somewhat before but not nearly so comprehensively. I think you've totally upped my game again. Thanks Mark.

[@davidmedeiros7572]

One of my biggest pet peeves with edit videos is when they specify the tools rather than the concepts. See my post above. All of this is concept based, and I think mostly that's how Mark explains it, but I wish more photographers doing instruction like this would lead with the concepts, viewers will get more out it (and they may get more views since it's not labeled with a specific tool!).

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Amazing to hear Bill! Thanks for letting me know!

[@tompotter7856]

Hey Mark - You are a gifted, natural-born teacher! I cannot thank you enough for this video. I sincerely believe the lessons learned will greatly advance my landscape photography!

[@heidifogle479]

Thank you for this video. I’m new to editing and found it very helpful!

[@oldtvnut]

I like that you had a progression of adjustments in mind. Some youtubers seem not to know where they're going with adjustments, and make a excessive change with one tool only to undo with a later edit.

[@michaelpressey4715]

Well presented and super helpful, Thank You.

[@markh2719]

Great video again this week Mark. Lightroom tips and techniques are always welcome.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Thanks Mark!

[@dangonzalez1785]

Thank you for sharing this perspective, of thinking how the viewer sees the contents. I just need to add though this final edit on this photograph looks just like a painting in, so that’s another way. I never thought of photo editing as digital painting for photos. So we’re painting on lie. We’re painting on color for atmosphere. We’re adding some haze to an image. definitely going to be on my repeat list.

[@blujeans9462]

I always look forward to your weekly videos, but I must say this is on my top 10 list of my favorites from your channel. Between the techniques and theory behind your use of them - along with your a-ha moment (wow! - definitely a light bulb went off for me as well). You made a stunning image turn into a work of art. Simply awesome!

[@StuWright]

great video, i saw another one you did like this too, helpful !

[@diba4645]

Agree! Perfect edit!

[@stephenpollock6738]

Absolute game changer.

[@angelathomas2117]

Hi this video has been the easiest one for me to understand I hope to be able to do this myself Thank you

[@shlomoeshet8525]

I really enjoyed the Optical Journey. Many thanks Mark.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Glad to hear this!

[@anotherguycalledsmith]

Very useful, thank you very much indeed!

[@rogerdunn5988]

Another cracking tutorial. Thank you Mark.

[@hassanscottodierno9284]

Thanks so much, definitely one of your most useful videos for me. for me I thought the light on the path was just a touch too bright, looks great though.

[@SenorGancho]

Thank you Mark. What really caught my attention was your creative use of radial filters and their feathering. Your technique seems more controlled than using a brush and look forward to bringing that into my flow. The developmental technique combined with a great conversational tone make for an excellent learning experience. Thank you

[@craigc239]

1st watch....great way to teaching and explaining!! Thanks

[@kenstickrod840]

Thanks once again.... great lessons and I love your enthusiasm

[@ManyDoors777]

This was very helpful! Thank you!

[@markwayne8502]

Great instructional video Mark. What a difference using light to enhance your image makes! Thank you.

[@alexperrine3497]

Wow, thank you for showing how you edited this photo! I also enjoy the theory you provide as to why you did what you did. I am going to have to look at some of my photos now and try this out.

[@markusbolliger1527]

Very helpful lesson Mark - thank's a lot! This is one of the most benefical advice I ever got from any source: Looking with the eyes of the viewer to every image!

[@amyboyce2649]

Wonderful walk through of the Edit Mark your explanations are so easy to follow and the final image is fantastic thank you so much for your time putting this together!

[@wimscheenen3535]

Great walkthrough of your processing workflow.

[@BastianSander]

Looks like good old dodging and burning. I have always used the brush for that. Will try to use the gradient mask a bit more for that. Works great on this image at least.

[@nickbristol3457]

This was great, Mark. Thanks for taking us through the process for making this beautiful image.

[@MarkDenneyPhoto]

Always glad to do it Nick!

[@FranHoganPanama]

Thank you for so much information and inspiration!

[@tomforbes3284]

Wow, what a difference those radial gradients made. Something I'm going to start using. Thanks so much for this lesson.

[@reynaldolazo532]

Thank you Mark.👏👏👏

[@error60091]

Excellent video of a luminous, wonderful shot. Thanks for pointing out 15:50 ... I know it's more likely a personal choice for most people, but I still find that people treat an image with everything in it, from foreground to the horizon, super sharp and in focus, to be annoying (like where's the realism of the human eye, we're not hawks!)... "optical journey" is also a very useful phrase in approaching editing, will be taking this with me

[@bedji]

Thanks you for this interesting course 😊

[@rgarlinyc]

Beautifully composed photograph, and exquisitely edited! You've motivated me to experiment similarly, thanks a ton!

[@eerofi]

Great video Mark!

[@scotthosler7242]

Mark, I have about a dozen photographer channels I subscribe to on KZbin. I’m mostly interested in wildlife photography and landscape is a close second. This video is one of your best! You are well spoken, the agenda flows nicely, and I can see real progress as you move from one step to the next. Your videos are head and shoulders above the next closest photographer’s videos! IMHO, your videos are every bit as intriguing and masterful as your landscape photographs. Keep up the great work.

[@MaxpeditionMan]

Awesome tutorial! Easy to understand explanations with actionable advice, definitely appreciate it!

[@ilesmic]

Nicely presented and good info

[@DManLewis1]

This video reignites my creativity!!!!

[@victahh281]

This video along with the one explaining color calibration and how to utilize it for fall photos have been my favorite and some of the most informative by far. Great content as always.