
Learn to create moody low key images in Photoshop by balancing highlights and shadows, using raw files, and masks, curves, and burn and dodge techniques.
Create high key images in Photoshop by brightening highlights, preserving shadow detail, and using curves, color range, feathering, and lens flare for a celestial glow.
Create a cold look in Photoshop by using the curves tool to boost blues and subtly raise reds, then refine with adjustment layers and opacity while checking the histogram.
Learn to create a warmer light in Photoshop by adjusting blue and red curves on the image's midtones, using layers to fine-tune warmth and compare before and after.
Transform an overcast photo into a sunny scene in Photoshop by using curves for brightness, color range and gradient sky, lens flare sun, and precise masking and layer operations.
Even the world's greatest photographers sometimes need a helping hand to capture the image that they see in their mind's eye. The fact remains, that even with all the experience in the world, the best of equipment, location, timing and luck, the final image may be rendered as a poor reproduction of the original scene. this is where photoshop can be a plus to put that "wow" factor back into your image.
I put together five photoshop tutorials to help in creating various lighting effects:
Low key lighting.
High key lighting.
Warm lighting.
Cold lighting.
Converting overcast images to sunlight images.