Histograms are one of the most useful tools available to any photographer, no matter what genre they shoot. However, you can do more with it than simply read the tonal content of the image. This great video tutorial will show you three lesser-known aspects of histograms and how to use them in Lightroom or Camera Raw to get more out of your image edits.
Coming to you from Blake Rudis from Academy f64, this great video tutorial will show you some of the more in-depth aspects of working with charts in Lightroom and Camera Raw. If you haven’t started using charts in your work, you should at least learn the basics of it. Crop indicators are especially helpful, and I use them on almost every image I edit. They make it incredibly easy to make sure you’re not clipping highlights or shadows anywhere in the image, and adjust them to bring them back only if you want maximum range, as it can be a bit tricky. to distinguish between values that are mostly clipped and those that are really only visible. Watch the video above for the full rundown from Rudis.
