Videos And Articles
The Split Field Filter - ON1 Photo RAW 2026
ON1 Photo RAW 2026 adds a Split Field filter that mimics the classic split-diopter look without relying on layers. In this tutorial, I walk through the controls and show how it performs on different types of landscape scenes so you know when — and how — to use it effectively.
Understand Your Histogram For Better Photo Edits
The histogram isn’t just a technical chart—it’s a storyteller’s map. When you understand how each slider connects to specific tonal regions, you gain precise control over light and mood in your photos.
Make Roads Stand Out in Desert Landscapes
Want to make a desert road stand out in your photo? Learn how to use Lightroom’s masking tools to enhance leading lines and guide the viewer’s eye deeper into the scene.
Enhancing Coastal Mist with Lightroom Masking Tools
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use Lightroom’s masking tools to selectively target the mist in your photo, giving it more presence and definition against the rugged coastline.
Balancing Light In A Backlit Sunset
In this tutorial, I walk you through a series of masking techniques in Lightroom to tame the exposure challenges of a mountain sunset scene.
New Video Course! Mastering Light & Shadow In Lightroom
Light shapes your story, and Lightroom gives you the tools to mold it. Mastering Light & Shadow will teach you into how to read the light in your photos, control it with intention, and shape it to match the story you want to tell.
From Flat to Powerful: Editing A Backlit Tree Photo
Learn how to transform a flat, backlit photo into a striking, powerful image by shaping light and shadow. In this live edit, I’ll show you how to use Lightroom’s masking tools—and why selective brightening and darkening makes all the difference.
The Journey of a Photo: Shaping Light & Shadow
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.
Shaping the Story: Controlling Light & Shadow with Lightroom
When you use a series of masks to shape light and shadow, you control the visual narrative of your photo. In this quick tutorial, I’ll show a the series of small changes that guides the viewer to a village at the valley floor of Sacred Valley, Peru.
Control The Light, Own The Narrative
When you take command of light in your edits, you take command of the story your image tells.
Revisiting a 10-Year Old Photo: How My Editing Evolved
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.
Live Edit: High Key Black & White
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.