Enhance your photos

Develop shots in this digital darkroom to create pictures with more punch 15 minutes

IT WILL TAKE

YOU WILL LEARN How to selectively adjust tones, reveal detail and mimic a retro look

YOU’LL NEED Camera+ Studio, macOS 11.1 or later

Thanks to our iPhone camera app’s Smart HDR feature, we can capture great photos even in contrasting lighting conditions (such as shooting a backlit subject). However, some shots will still benefit from a few post-production tweaks in an app like Camera+ Studio to reveal more colour and detail.

Although Camera+ Studio is a free app, you do need to pay to use extra tools such as the powerful Clarity Pro and Curves panels. These high-end tools help give you more control over editing your photo’s colours and tones.

We’ll show you how to use Camera+ Studio’s tools to make selective tonal adjustments and reveal underexposed shadow detail (without blowing out correctly exposed highlights). We’ll also sharpen a shot to reveal more detail (and colour) before getting creative by giving a modern digital photo a retro print look, complete with analogue artefacts such as vignetted edges and faded, tinted colours. George Cairns

Camera+ Studio lets you make selective adjustments for more polished photographic results.