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What Is the Tone Curve in Lightroom (And Camera Raw and Photoshop)?

The tone curve is not the most intuitive feature of Lightroom or Photoshop. In this tutorial I will explain how to read the curve, and then how to use the basic version of it in Lightroom and Camera Raw. Note that this is a rewrite of an old post. If you are a Photoshop user, [...]

Laura Shoe2017-07-09T12:24:56-07:00September 1st, 2011|Comments Off

What Lurks in the Shadows: The Case of the Black Cat, or Why You Should Expose to the Right

I wrote this post in early 2009, so I am sure that many of my readers haven’t seen it. I decided to repost it because it is an important concept for digital photographers to understand. As you may have heard, with digital, unlike film, your goal should be to expose your image as brightly as possible, [...]

Laura Shoe2017-07-09T12:31:01-07:00August 23rd, 2011|Comments Off