This exercise is about optimising tone and colour as part of the processing the image.
My practice prior to this exercise: I have been using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop for routine processing of my digital images. After a period of experimental working when I tried and tested different software packages, I have now settled on a system that is based on my personal workflow designed around Adobe Lightroom (initial stages) and Adobe Photoshop (final stages / adjustments). My workflow has been developed using the guidance from M. Evening software manuals and video training modules downloaded from the Adobe website. This year my workflow has been further improved through completing the workflow exercises for the OCA course and making sure that my display is properly calibrated. I have a great trust in my Eye-One software and I’ve seen a huge improvement in my practice since I started calibrating my monitor.
For this exercise I selected some images that I shot earlier this summer. The image I decided to use was taken inside Truro Cathedral. I’ve chosen it because I wanted to experiment with optimising tone and colour of an image that was taken at less than perfect / challenging light conditions. The Cathedral presented a perfect opportunity for that: a combination of light sources, including daylight and artificial, plus an abundance of highlight and shadow areas indicating a much wider dynamic range of values that my camera is able to capture properly. I shot Raw and Jpeg image for comparison.
