White Seamless Recovery – When the front lights dont flash {video tut}

I make mistakes. A lot. And I have no problem sharing them with you! So here’s a photo which fell victim to my laziness in changing batteries. The main front light didn’t fire, so I was left with a shot where only the softbox fired. And this is how I used LR to recover it.

I’ll mention the fact that this photo didn’t end up being the most ideal example due to a few technical no-nos. But for you to see it’s effect on a better shot, here’s one of my faves:

And here’s the video:

Untitled from ehphotograph on Vimeo.

What do you think? Would love to see how you use my videos to edit your own photos!

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  • http://grace-photography-galexander.blogspot.com/ Gina Alexander

    I think it looks great !

    I love the vids, there are times when I go back through the posts after wanting to fix some images and they’re so helpful.

  • http://maddiepiecreations.blogspot.com Brooke

    Great tut! Thank you so much for sharing!

  • Jannine

    Thanks for the tutorial, Elizabeth! I enjoy watching your video tuts.

  • http://twoscoopz.com Jan

    I am HORRID at remembering shortcuts, so I rarely use them. What did you hit to get the before and after?

    Loved this tutorial. I had no idea what that mask button did!!!

  • elizabethhalford

    @jab: it’s the backslash key :)

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