Adding Punch to Photos

Adding Punch to Photos in Lightroom

This is probably one of the easiest things we can do to impact our prized photos. I try to take photos with the end in mind, so when I upload them I don’t have to spend a lot of time editing, unless it’s for creative purposes.

So, after you’ve made all your initial adjustments in the Lightroom Develop Module, to add punch increase “vibrance” under basic adjustments and increase “blue primary” under camera calibration.

In this photo above, I made two adjustments (1) I increased the exposure and (2) checked the boxes under “Lens Correction” before increasing both vibrance and blue primary. My cameral settings were F6.3 to blur the background, ISO 400, 600mm, and 1/250 sec. Usually I shot in aperture priority.

I increased vibrance to 45%, somewhere between 25-45% should be good; then blue primary was increased to +40, this setting can be increased up to +100. When making adjustments, try not to overdo by over processing.

Finally, after you’ve made all your adjustments you can save them as a preset for future use!

Go forth and add punch to your photos!!!

It always seems impossible until it's done...Nelson Mandela

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