How to get these kind of tones?

[nerwin]

Well I got some info from her and she is pretty much using a filter she got, at least in the photos I shared. Other than that, she said that she adjusts the blacks/shadows and sometimes highlights and that's it.

 

[OGsPhotography]

# nofilter.

Good job reaching out, at least you know she is just copying someone else. Realizing that took me a long was in not worrying about emulating.

Your doing great Nerwin! Keep practicing in post, its not easy but you will develop a style and it will take time. learn techniques not actions ir filters or presets.

 

[nerwin]

# nofilter.

Good job reaching out, at least you know she is just copying someone else. Realizing that took me a long was in not worrying about emulating.

Your doing great Nerwin! Keep practicing in post, its not easy but you will develop a style and it will take time. learn techniques not actions ir filters or presets.

Thanks, but I won't ever develop my style if I'm always in a rut.

 

[Braineack]

Turn to HDR!!!

 

[nerwin]

Turn to HDR!!!

Okay, you asked for it.

 

[robbins.photo]

# nofilter.

Good job reaching out, at least you know she is just copying someone else. Realizing that took me a long was in not worrying about emulating.

Your doing great Nerwin! Keep practicing in post, its not easy but you will develop a style and it will take time. learn techniques not actions ir filters or presets.

Thanks, but I won't ever develop my style if I'm always in a rut.

You will. Just call your style "shooting from the rut". Bam. Problem solved.

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[astroNikon]

When I first started shooting I was underexposing all the time.
Then after Derrel, et all showed me the way I began to proper expose items.

Then I started learning more about the colors and how just a plain image is kinda drab for people. I initially learned by using the "AUTO" setting in lightroom. Then learned to do all the changes manually, then learned a little about curves, etc.

I actually pull down my blacks in many shots because I like it that way. But I understand what is going on in those photos for the most part.

but it's all about learning and experimenting. Have you played around with each and every slider in lightroom to see what it looks like before/after ?

Start learning the tools that you have better and that requires you to read and experiment with it.
I still will move a slider all the way to one side then the other just to see, then move it slightly from the middle to get an adjustment that I like.

 

[nerwin]

When I first started shooting I was underexposing all the time.
Then after Derrel, et all showed me the way I began to proper expose items.

Then I started learning more about the colors and how just a plain image is kinda drab for people. I initially learned by using the "AUTO" setting in lightroom. Then learned to do all the changes manually, then learned a little about curves, etc.

I actually pull down my blacks in many shots because I like it that way. But I understand what is going on in those photos for the most part.

but it's all about learning and experimenting. Have you played around with each and every slider in lightroom to see what it looks like before/after ?

Start learning the tools that you have better and that requires you to read and experiment with it.
I still will move a slider all the way to one side then the other just to see, then move it slightly from the middle to get an adjustment that I like.

Lightroom has a auto setting?

 

[astroNikon]

When I first started shooting I was underexposing all the time.
Then after Derrel, et all showed me the way I began to proper expose items.

Then I started learning more about the colors and how just a plain image is kinda drab for people. I initially learned by using the "AUTO" setting in lightroom. Then learned to do all the changes manually, then learned a little about curves, etc.

I actually pull down my blacks in many shots because I like it that way. But I understand what is going on in those photos for the most part.

but it's all about learning and experimenting. Have you played around with each and every slider in lightroom to see what it looks like before/after ?

Start learning the tools that you have better and that requires you to read and experiment with it.
I still will move a slider all the way to one side then the other just to see, then move it slightly from the middle to get an adjustment that I like.

Lightroom has a auto setting?

In Develop mode, if you look at the menu on the right, Just above Exposure, there is a "Tone" and to the right an "Auto" button where the Cursor is.

Click the Auto button and it adjusts based upon what it thinks
in this case changing Exposure, Contrast, Whites and Blacks

Press "Control Z" to UNDO everything and play with each slider individually yourself.

fyi, I would then adjust highlights and other items (or actually add more diffusion and redo)

Lightroom has many pulldowns, and many text are buttons. for instance, If you click on WB, to the right "Custom" it has a pulldown for various auto adjustments and custom settings.

 

[nerwin]

Wow, I can't say that I ever noticed that feature.

 

[Braineack]

Auto almost always washes out my images, but i like to press it, then drop exposure back to 0 and adjust to my likens. How it handles the highlights, shadows, whites, and blacks is pretty good.

 

[nerwin]

Auto almost always washes out my images, but i like to press it, then drop exposure back to 0 and adjust to my likens. How it handles the highlights, shadows, whites, and blacks is pretty good.

I've been messing around with it. Sometimes it overexposes too. But I suppose its a good "starting" point in an edit.

Maybe I should delete my filters because I keep messing around with them, especially VSCO. Sometimes they really do make the photos look interesting, but I guess If I want a film look...I'll just shoot film. Haha.

 

[astroNikon]

On some of my shots Auto takes my exposure to +10 .. total whiteout. Whereas manually you can't even go that high.
So .... it's good to see what it would do and then adjust from there.

you should really take/read/watch LightRoom tutorials and learn more about it.

 

[nerwin]

The auto button just adjusts the basic panel right?

 

[runnah]

Curves are your friend. Really the only tool you need for most photos editing. Read up on how to use them and you will be happy you did.