Shaping Light With Curves
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One of my favorite tools for black and white editing is Curves. I’ll use a curve to boost contrast for the overall photo… and then dive into localized curve treatments. It’s all about using the curve to guide the viewer’s eye through intentional edits to your photo. In this video, I’ll show you a few tone curves I used on a landscape image to increase drama and draw attention to specific characteristics of the scene. It's not about being flashy—it’s about being thoughtful with tone.
Scripps Pier
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Scott Davenport is a landscape photographer and photo educator and based in San Diego, California. He leads photo workshops, writes photo books, hosts podcasts, makes tutorial videos, and feels weird referring to himself in the 3rd person.
He also can't help getting his feet wet photographing at the beach.