Recent content by FireflyHeather

Not perfect, but here's my first attempt at using the adjustment brush in Lightroom...curves couldn't make much difference, so I just did auto tone before moving on to the adjustment brush. The sky and her arm couldn't be recovered, though the rest is now more visible. Just concerned about the...

Thanks for the info guys, I'm about to put it to work - just to clarify Phil, you mean 'look for where light is present and where it's coming from' by having the ability to 'see the light', right?

Back again after attending to other things... Advice would be very welcome and so would links to tutorials - I've never really gotten the hang of Photoshop or Lightroom and I'd like to diagnose what needs fixing here so I can do some post-processing and print it out and frame it. Do I need to...

Thanks for that - but when Graham said 'work from the top down', does he mean from the top of the image (usually sky) to the bottom, or from the top of the adjustments menu down?

Hi helpful people, I'd like to know how to do image adjustments in the right order - say if I've got a raw image and I need to adjust the saturation, contrast (they say Curves are best), lightness, and highlights/shadows. Input is appreciated.

Well that was an eye-opener - what I really want to know is, how do you take a landscape shot while correctly exposing for the highlights, midtones, shadows and the sky? I expect to take separate shots and photo merge them in photoshop. I've gathered from you guys that I should use manual ISO as...

Hi helpful people, This is my first post! I'd just like to know whether the checklist I've compiled for actually taking a photo is accurate and in the right order... 1 Set the camera to Aperture Value mode (unless it's a specific Time Value you need) and ISO higher or lower based on how...