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Garden & Landscape Photography Masterclass
Editing low-key images
with JASON INGRAM — UK's leading garden and landscape photographer. Garden Media Guild 'Photographer of the Year'.
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Another editing case study, you’ll watch how Jason goes about editing an image show with low-key lighting.
From the Lesson Workbook
Editing Low-key Images
With the final image selected, I'm now going to show you how I enhance the image in Lightroom.
Editing a Low-key Image
- I want to enhance the shadows in the corners of the frame by using a vignette.
- Start by selecting the radial gradient tool, and position it on top of your image, with the inner circle as your main focal point.
- Invert it so that the darkness is on the outside.
- Experiment with the exposure until you are happy; for me, this is −1.50.
- If you want to lift the central focal point, you can go in with the brush; for my image, I increased the exposure on the dahlia to +3.0.
Your Assignment
Put your own image into Lightroom, and experiment with adding a vignette to deepen the shadows.
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Your Instructor
Jason Ingram
UK's leading garden and landscape photographer. Garden Media Guild 'Photographer of the Year'.
Jason Ingram is an award-winning garden photographer based in Bristol. He travels widely photographing gardens, plants and people for the UK’s leading magazines and provides photography for numerous best selling gardening books by top international garden designers. In 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2014 and 2013 he was awarded ‘Garden Photographer of the Year’ by The Garden Media Guild and ‘Features Photographer of the Year’ in 2019 and 2016. For his personal work, Jason has been photographing the landscape and coastline of Britain for over 25 years, and in 2008 was awarded ‘Landscape Photographer of the Year’ for "Living the View" category. Jason lectures on his work and teaches in-person garden photography courses. His work is held in numerous private collections and he receives regular commissions from HM King Charles III to photograph his private estate at Highgrove, as well as Piet Oudolf’s garden at Hauser & Wirth gallery in Somerset.
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