Want stronger compositions in your photos? Start with the crop — here’s a winter landscape example that shows exactly how I think ahead while editing.
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Brightness isn’t always your friend—sometimes it flattens depth and makes part of your photo feel visually “heavy.” In this tutorial, I show how a simple burn adjustment restores dimension and balance in a black-and-white scene.
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A handful of local adjustments seemed enough to guide the eye toward a forgotten doorway—until curiosity pushed the edit further. Join me as I shape light and shadow, exploring “what if” moments that transformed the mood of this abandoned whaling station.
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When you take command of light in your edits, you take command of the story your image tells.
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Revisit a 10-year-old photo with me and see how much can change when you focus on visual storytelling over time. By reshaping light and refining tone, you’ll see how an image becomes more natural, stronger, and more compelling with a more mature vision.
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An unscripted black and white edit, shaping a foggy morning of boats into a high key, dreamlike scene. From raw frame to final image, it’s all about light, mood, and letting the photograph lead the way.
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Master the tone curve to shape light, enhance contrast, and bring intentional depth to your black and white photos.
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When you find yourself wresting with a crop and the composition isn’t falling into place, think about generative expand. It can correct field mistakes - and it’s easy to use.
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It’s not about which photo editor you use—it’s about how well you know its masking tools. Learn how to select exactly what you want, no matter the software.
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Whatever editing tool you use - Lightroom, ON1 Photo RAW, Luminar Neo - you have a dehaze slider. It’s immensely useful for architecture and cityscape images.
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Here’s another dodge and burn technique you can use with curves. In this video, I show the technique using ON1 Effects, although you can do this in any photo editing tool with a maskable curves tool.
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A tight crop in photography removes distractions and directs the viewer’s attention straight to the most important part of the image. By eliminating unnecessary elements, a close crop enhances emotion, detail, and storytelling.
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