5 Biggest Mistakes Photographers Make When Editing Light And Airy Photos!
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2024
- Let's talk about the 5 mistakes photographers often make when they want to edit light & airy. Avoid these mistakes while still staying true to this timeless, ethereal photography style.
The ‘Light & Airy’ photo editing style has been talked about a lot and sometimes gets a bad rep. But I think it’s mostly because photographers are doing it wrong. They are just bumping up exposure with low contrast and calling it light and airy! We can do better!
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00:00 Introduction
00:13 What is Light & Airy editing?
01:02 An awesome L&A photographer
01:25 Mistake 1
01:56 Mistake 2
02:25 Mistake 3
02:57 Mistake 4
04:53 Mistake 5
07:15 Often faster results
Might you do a video with more detail about how to handle the tone curve for this style? Also I’m mystified by the color grading tools!
I can definitely do that :)
Thank you for this! I’m in the process of developing my brand and I need to make sure I capture the essence of my message in each shot ❤I’ll definitely use your tips moving forward. Thank you
Yay that’s very exciting 🎉 “Capturing the essence” - I love that! Such a great way of putting it!
As someone who shot film, medium format as well as 35mm and printed nearly every film known to man, I never saw a film that gave light and airy. The only film I saw that gave a softer contrast look was Fuji NPS. IF a film was looking bright and airy was because it was over exposed. And honestly, the light and airy moniker seems to be the new name for natural light photographers. JMHO
Definitely a legitimate perspective! I shot medium format and 35mm as well at most of my weddings for quite a few years. Have you seen Jose Villa and KT Merry’s work? They somewhat started a “modern movement” of a light and airy film wedding photographer back when I was shooting. They used Fuji 400h primarily and it gives a very soft, light look when combined with the right lighting situations. Jose had a fine art wedding photography book which taught the methods. Anyways that’s where I’m coming from. And translating that look to digital can be tricky so I’m always looking to help those who want that style :)
@@heirloom.presets I looked at Jose's site and he's doing exactly what I said; just over exposing the film.. Basically the digital version of ETTR. It's NOT a characteristic of the film.. In fact, looking up the film, it's basically a rebrand of Fuji NPH, the 400 counterpart to NPS.. The final Trinity piece to this series of film was Reala, the 100 ISO that had excellent color rendering... And it's interesting that he's apparently using Noritsu and Fuji Frontier scanners, systems I used in my lab printing days, for his presets.. But what I notice about his "light and airy", are the highlights seem to have FAR MORE control than most who shoot this "style"... I also noticed too, he's not adverse to using fill light... At least here in FL, those who profess to shoot this style, seem to underexpose (less information) and hard pull the highlights/whites... And lack knowledge of OCF.. There are ways of doing this in camera and not having to be heavily reliant on post of presets... Again, JMHO...
@@30dcanon Hmmm not sure I totally agree with some of this but I totally get what you are meaning. I actually think some overexposure on that film is often needed for it not to look muddy. But for the digital shooters I always recommend to shoot slightly underexposed to save highlights. I don't want to add the OCF because of a style preference. So efficient post processing with presets is what my channel is about. And not that I'm here to defend Jose or something haha, but yes he did create presets to try and mimic when he does shoot digital. So he doesn't have to edit his film with presets, it's just an option to try and achieve the look. Photography style is soooo subjective and I can still appreciate your opinion!
Great video
Thanks so much! Working on more!
Have you heard about shooting for light and airy before editing for it? I’m just now learning how to edit the light and airy look in Lightroom, but only today did I hear about shooting for the look before editing for it. I can see where doing that would certainly help with editing light and airy. (You hit on this toward the end of your video.)
Yes that’s a big part of the equation! I’ll make sure to chat more about that in some future videos!
Thank you for these tips. I am used to studio headshots and am shooting an engagement for the first time, so I’m trying to figure out how I want to approach it!
Oh very exciting! But it can feel like a whole new world 😂
Simple and very detailed. Thanks for sharing. Pls create more videos. love from Sri Lanka
Glad you liked it! More is in the works!
If there is anything specific you want to learn more about let me know