The Do-Over Project: Brookings, Oregon

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Written By Scott Davenport
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As I prepare for my next landscape photography workshops in Oregon, I have been revisiting photos from my first trip to the southern Oregon Coast, the stretch of coastline from Bandon, Oregon to Brookings, Oregon. The photos bring up fond memories. They are also building my excitement for the workshop, and getting to share these great locations with my fellow photographers.

As I perused these images, there are several that I thought deserved another look, or a fresh look. A do-over. I’ve changed as a photographer, and the processing tools have certainly changed as well.

In this video, I show you a sunrise I captured in Brookings, Oregon back in 2016. Then, I share the original RAW image and how I re-processed it in 2023 using Lightroom and ON1 Effects.

Sunrise In Brookings (2016)
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Sunrise In Brookings (2023 Redux)
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Scott Davenport

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.

https://scottdavenportphoto.com
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