Light on the Landscape

INTERPRETATION AND REFINEMENT

RELEASING THE SHUTTER IS ONLY THE BEGINNING

I can’t verbalize the internal meaning of pictures whatsoever. Some of my friends can at very mystical levels, but I prefer to say that, if I feel something strongly, I would make a photograph, that would be the equivalent of what I saw and felt . . .

– ANSEL ADAMS

An integral part of making good images in these days of digital capture is the post-processing of your images after the exposure is made. In the “old” days of film, recording enough detail in highlights and shadows was a challenge. Now, digital processing software provides a vast array of tools we can use to interpret our experience and turn it into a work of art. DSLR cameras generally create images that hold ...