Shoot ‘to the right’

Maximising light capture yields higher image quality. Here Jason Row shows us how it’s done

1

GET THE SHOT

shooting in raW, you need to bunch your histogram towards the right end by increasing exposure. the very right of the histogram must not spill over the right edge. as you can see, the end result looks very washed out.

2

INITIAL EDITING

use the exposure slider to bring the overall brightness back to the middle of the histogram. We can then boost the contrast by pushing the Blacks to the left and Whites to the right of the histogram.

3

GIVE THE IMAGE PUNCH

Finally correct white balance and make any extra edits, such as the graduated nD filter used in this shot. since we have the optimal output from our sensor, we have greater leeway to process the image.