Shaping Light with Dodge and Burn (A Photoshop Tutorial)

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In this video I share a little bit of the history of dodging and burning in photography, as well as 3 techniques in Adobe Photoshop (using curves, grey layers and blending modes) to shape the light and shadows in your images. I use both portraits and street photography images as examples so you can see the potential for these techniques in different genres.
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[@sephiroth127]

Sean: "When makeup artists do contouring on a face, they're basically doing dodge and burn" Me: Mindblow!

[@thelegendrubyrodd]

I know right

[@colin-4794]

A perfect demonstration covering dodge and burn in a remarkably comprehensive way. Well done Sean, and thanks'.

[@jeanettescales3840]

You are a natural teacher. I loved the way you linked history with today’s technology. Clear and easy to understand. Many thanks.

[@sahilgambhir582]

The best dodge an burn tutorial I've ever watched.

[@flarepilot3054]

This is amazing, I learned more in 34 minutes than years during film school. Thanks

[@ianrobertson5016]

This is an excellent tutorial. With Sean, I always get the feeling that he treats his audience with respect and as intelligent adults. He is a natural teacher - you only realise what a rare skill this is when you watch other photography tutorials on KZbin (which in my opinion cannot compare). The timing is close to perfect, neither too fast nor too slow. What he has to say is always interesting even when it is not entirely unfamiliar. In particular. I love the way he brings in so many other perspectives from the world of visual arts (not just photography).

[@seantuck]

Thanks Ian. Very kind.

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Ian, i agree 100%.

[@ArturoJReal]

Every time you say "tuck" when referring to the way you're working on shadows, I can't help but think "just a little tuck, a Sean Tuck"

[@scbret]

Petition to rename the process of Dodging and Burning to "Doing the Tucker Tuck"

[@seanyessmanncoaching4056]

I've thoroughly enjoyed and learned from every one of your videos that I've watched. Thank you and please keep it up!

[@pronoia162]

Actually been wishing you made a video about exactly this! Thanks for granting it, Sean!

[@romiemiller2485]

Another great video. I certainly relate to dodging and burning with a negative in an enlarger. Great explanation here.

[@StillwatersFarm]

Awesome lesson and learning tool for those of us in the beginning of the learning curve! Thanks so much, Sean. It is appreciated!

[@potatoesofdefiance]

Sean, you are such a wealth of information. BRILLIANT tutorial!

[@cwjonesII]

As usual ... another great and useful video. Thanks a lot. I can’t wait to adopt these techniques.

[@sanhunter1874]

Feel absolutely blessed to turn to your channel and walk away always learning something. Thanks Sean!

[@RominaJones]

Just excellent tutorial so clearly explained with several options given, I found it very helpful.

[@gisele6961]

This was really helpful. Right level of detail and good examples to work with.

[@jackwheeler7069]

Top drawer content and presentation. Thank you Sean for a "game lifter".

[@SharkPig_Media]

this was without a doubt the best d/b tutorial i've come across. Thank you for your detail, time and manner.

[@Nexfrontier]

This was awesome and very helpful. Literally one of the easiest to understand and apply to my images. Thank you

[@thomasploner9424]

Enjoying a day of and kept up your video for this. No regrets ☺ awesome and fast techniques

[@anazivick303]

Thank you, Sean for this video. I always use method 1 and was absolutely fascinated by method 2 & 3 watching this tutorial.

[@UzairJSherwani]

Great Video! Really appreciate that you shared the technique. Lot of things now made sense to me. Thank you personally.

[@kreygscott]

OUTSTANDING VIDEO Sean. Thank you so much for sharing this. I seldom do portraits but I can see myself applying these techniques to my next set of images.

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Merry Christmas, thanks for your perspective, tutorials and generosity.

[@chetansp912]

Perfect video Sean!! This is so knowledgeable..!! Thank you for producing such high quality videos.!

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A well presented tutorial with good examples and great explanations and recommendations. Really helpful.

[@bruno_tinoco]

You are amazing sir! Thank you for working this hard on your tutorials! I habe learned so muh in the past few days watching your videos, and this one just knocked it out of the park 👌

[@deanpettitt121]

I really do enjoy it when you do a tutorial Sean, I think you said you’re not a fan of doing them, but they are super helpful valuable content. Thanks!

[@RonK]

Excellent! Again! As always! Thanks a lot.

[@Patricia-qd6fb]

WAOW, thank you for the explanation and images demonstrations of how it all was done in the dark room!

[@TheNortherner88]

Great Video Thank You! It's amazing how all encompassing your channel is; covering everything from philosophy to editing. Even more incredible is that is is all useful and applicable. Thank you Sean! Thank you

[@68spires]

Awesome tutorial on Doge and Burn. Comprehensive, straight to the point, practical to apply and very well delivered.Sean, thank you for shearing and for the time you put in preparing these videos.

[@szubal]

Clear and informative as always. Thank you for the continued education and inspiration.

[@markedwards3729]

Thank you for your time and effort explaining these various methods. You are helping many of us.

[@Another0neTime]

Always the best. Thanks, Sean.

[@TrueLight.Ministries]

Great video! Love the history of dodge and burn. Thanks for sharing.

[@andreasfriedl9858]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks for explaining different approaches to dodging and burning.

[@thekarakal]

A great tutorial Sean. Many thanks, I’ll be trying these techniques out.

[@Britton0932]

Best dodge and burn video on the KZbin University!!! Thank You

[@vjosullivan]

This was easily the most practical and useful video I watched, this month.

[@gigiemysfotos189]

Thank you for this video. The best and well explained video on this topic. Very simple and straightforward. Thanks again.

[@dchillman]

Great video as always, Sean. Looking back at the old D&B techniques brought back a slew of memories from my darkroom days 50 years ago. Thanks!

[@davidadams421]

Absolutely perfect. Glued to the screen.

[@bialyy23]

One of the best tutorials that I watched. Cheers!

[@thatmancalledhobbs]

Excellent tutorial Sean, I spent years in the darkroom perfecting these techniques but they translate very well to Photoshop.

[@johnpouw3352]

Hi Sean, I just wanted to take the time to say I have watched about 3 of your vlogs so far and they are outstanding. Your instructions are clear and your thought processes are incredibly helpful, not to mention inspirational. I look forward to watching the rest. Happy holidays to you and your family! John Pouw NZ

[@miloradstrbacki4248]

This is literally THE BEST dodge and burn tutorial, Sean you killed it! Thank you very much my man!

[@hugovangool]

Sean, thank you for sharing this tutorial, this is so helpful!

[@pshulzi7717]

"Just a tuck" Tucker said 😁 Thank you so much. I appreciate your work or should I say the art of photography and storytelling and teaching. Every video I learned about photography about me and about mentality. It's like mediation. Everytime before I watch a new video I don't have a question. But after that I come back in my Life and ask myself something what about I never think about. Thank you very much

[@jasonjeandron9380]

Fantastic! I'm just starting to experiment with dodge/burn and this tutorial has helped.

[@bretthaddock8954]

Sean, This was one of the most useful tutorials I have watched. Your explanations were precise,but not too quick that I couldn’t follow what you were doing. Thank you.

[@Snowcatnz2]

Great video Sean. By far the most comprehensive tutorial on Dodge and Burn that I've seen. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@patrickmunyata1379]

Pure knowledge, that old school dodge and burn in the film era is just awesome

[@stevebennettphotography]

All these years, I never knew that’s what those little icons were, your work here is done👍. The rest was pretty good too 😁. Really liking the lighting of the room.

[@bartb6811]

this is the most amazing photography channel I've encountered! thanks for sharing your knowledge, skills and thoughts!

[@KoenEeckhoudt]

Thanks a bunch Sean. Love it!

[@njs12706]

Superb. Just how much difference the smallest edits make to the images is amazing. Less is most certainly more. Thank you so much for sharing, Sean.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jimgibson6142]

Great tutorial, thank you so much! I sort of understood dodge and burn but seeing it in action as a subtle change to both portraits and street photos makes it hit home! Thank you for explaining those three ways of doing it as well as it helps me understand the Photoshop methods!

[@d.c.sheets2592]

Great video! Thank you so much for taking the time to produce it!

[@jackoneil3933]

Thanks Sean, I much enjoyed that, very helpful. Wishing you a fine Christmas.

[@EmAstonish]

Thanks Sean. Another great episode. All the best for the festive season and a brilliant 2020.

[@bronsonmanbodh3782]

Extremely helpful, and great history of dodging and burning. Even understanding the origin of the photoshop icons! It’s the subtle details that sets off a photograph, and it’s no different for these videos. Also listening to you speak reminds me of “art attack”. Can’t wait to try out these new techniques. Please continue to inspire!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@jefferdenbeffer]

what a great video. Thanks man! Prob gonna watch this video alot.

[@Sudha0112]

Sean is definitely the one photographer who speaks to my soul and each video/tutorials he puts out, are probably the most helpful, insightful and comprehensive out here on KZbin when it comes to photography and the philosophy that shines through it. Thank you so much Sean for yet another beautiful and helpful video.

[@odnin]

Tutorial is brilliant! Thank you for sharing this technique.

[@AleBresca]

I love your vision. Really personal and concrete. My style is different but still you've got some really interesting things to say and teach and I'm learning a lot from the videos you share. Not imposing your style but teaching how to blend light to meet ours is top notch. Congrats, a channel with a heart and love for the art of photography. Thank you

[@paulstevens5995]

Masterclass. Thank you so much Sean!

[@amirraad9299]

This tutorial is amazing and very helpful to me, Tnx for that Sean

[@HanhNguyen-mh4jm]

The best tutorial of dodge and burn !! Thank you so much Sean 🙏🙏

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Love your honesty Sean, very well made and useful video. Thanks. 😊

[@rsingh4668]

Brilliant way of explaining. Good pace. Very useful. Thanks Sean.

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Masterclass that's all I can say. Many thanks for a top video.

[@DarrenRussinger]

Truly, a fantastic tutorial. Thank you Sean!

[@wdoodoo1]

Thank you Sean! Have a nice day!

[@dilucidador3474]

Great advice and editing, videos always appreciated Sean.

[@PiTdeLyX]

That is SOOO helpful, thanks alot Sean!

[@SkipperGeffen]

Interesting, educating and to the point. Great video, I absolutely love your style of explaining things

[@TheUberSchattenjager]

This is a fantastic introduction to not just dodge and burn, but photoshop's endless tools - adding the makeup 'map' as a guide was genius! SUBSCRIBED

[@marklambert7734]

very helpful historical reference and well explained good paced practical steps for enhancing portraits, I particularly like the rough and ready vignette

[@neelsredphoto]

Very helpful tutorial! Thank you, Sean

[@keithshenkin3674]

Learned so much in this video - many thanks, Sean.

[@RubenEASalas]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you so much!!

[@carolinapedrosa584]

Sean, thank you so much for this video!

[@jaguarprophett]

Sean, once again a totally useful and informative tutorial. For years, I have obsessed about light and shadow even to the extent of studying the old masters of light and shadow (Vermeer, Rembrandt, Renoir, etc). So, these types of tutorials are highly valuable to me. I especially like the way you recap everything at the end because many times small tidbits of info blow by so quickly. The recaps are something I have not seen in many tutorials - so thanks for that...Excellent...loved every minute.

[@bluemosquedesign]

Such a good demo. No fluff. Best demo of sculpting light.

[@stefanotricanico4178]

Sean, I just want to say that of all the photography channels and tutorials online you are by far the most inspiring and articulate of them all. Your deeply personal and philosophical approach cuts through the pretentious BS of the art world. From a fellow Saffa, introvert and photographer it always makes me happy to see one of us doing something special in the world. Your videos will stand the test of time as does all great advice.Thanks brother!!

[@TLDAcademy]

fantastic video! I especially appreciated you showing the contour guide! thank you for that bit!

[@matsfotografi]

Thank you for a really good tutorial! A few different techniques that works great is way better than an avalanche of different techniques that you instantly forget!

[@PeterArnold1969]

Checks subscriptions, sees Sean Tucker video, rushes to get everything done to make time to sit down, relax, and enjoy. Even though I don't use Photoshop anymore, and I'm mostly on mobile editing apps, I still found this very interesting. I'm always interested in your workflow, Sean.

[@michellekeyte4447]

Thank you so much for this excellent video. I primarily use Lightroom for my post processing but have been learning more Photoshop. I look forward to trying out these techniques on my landscapes.

[@alibo_]

Excellent. Thank you very much Sean.

[@ningsun2]

Great video again Sean !!

[@michis-art]

Thank you Sean, never got the information so convincing in all it's details and variations :))

[@ClaraPNAraujo]

I'm usually very bored when watching tutorials. Yours are great to watch though! I love how you explain everything in a very comprehensive and patient way!

[@siddibbs]

Thank you Sean. This is, without doubt, the best tutorial I have come across on Dodge & Burn. Your content in general is so very informative and inspirational.

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Hands down the best photography channel out there

[@milenabaeza]

Really nice tutorial!!! Very clear and informative

[@gregsg01]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you, Sean!