Control the exposure using the histogram Crop to correct Rule of Thirds issues Do you keep the color or go black & white? Adjust color to taste, including balance in

Raw Adjust highlights and shadows for more

detail Clean up unwanted artifacts Use vignette to increase focus on the

subject

Image Adjustments – Levels and/or Curves for exposure control

Crop tool for cropping Image – Adjustments for b&w and

shadows/highlights Clean up with Clone Stamp Tool Vignette is more complicated

Not on a menu and no tool Do it using layer adjustment and marquee or

with distorted lens correction

• Select the Marquee Tool – add feathering (250 pixels)

• Draw a selection near the corners

• Reverse the selection: Select > Inverse

• Add a Levels Adjustment Layer: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels

• Darken the image by adjusting the histogram

• In the Layers Panel, reduce the opacity of the vignette Adjustment Layer to taste

Thanks Darrel Priebe – www.dazzlingphotography.com

www.123di.com - Mac or PC course in digital imaging. Phenomenal as a resource.

www.nickcarverphotography.com - Excellent basic and advanced photography courses.

www.ppsop.com - Picture Perfect School of Photography. Excellent online courses. Run by Bryan Peterson – author of Understanding Exposure.

www.kenrockwell.com - No-nonsense photography website, especially for Nikon.