A Simple Way to Edit Your Photos

Lightroom
Written By Keaton W

Adobe Lightroom is a very complicated app, but you don’t have to do too much to make your photos look great. Here is a simple way I edit my photos whenever I’m short on time or on the fly. All you have to do is follow along and you can start creating really awesome looking photos

Light Tab

  • Select Auto

  • Exposure: Leave as is or adjust based on sight

  • Contrast: +15-20

  • Highlights: -80-100

  • Shadows: -20-25

  • Whites/blacks: Hold down alt or hold down on screen while adjusting the slider. Go back and forth until red or black is gone or barely visible

Color

  • Leave all as is or toggle between all HSL tabs to find the colors that look best.

  • Switch between Auto or As Shot white balance and choose whichever looks best

Effects

  • Clarity: +15-20

  • Dehaze: +10-15. More if the picture is really hazy

  • Optional

    • Vignette: down 18-25

    • Midpoint, roundness, feather: increase each until the vignette is barely visible (not necessary)

Detail

  • Sharpening: +32-45

  • Masking: 80-90

  • Noise reduction: 30-40

  • Color noise reduction: 70-90

Optics

  • Turn on Remove Chromatic Aberration

  • Turn on Enable Lens Corrections

Keaton W
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