Architecture Photography

How to Edit Stadium Architecture Shots Using HDR Merge and Targeted Brushwork in Lightroom
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How to Edit Stadium Architecture Shots Using HDR Merge and Targeted Brushwork in Lightroom

Shooting large interior spaces is one of those situations where a single exposure almost always fails you. The ceiling goes muddy, the sky through an open roof blows out, and the field sits somewhere in between looking like neither highlight nor shadow was handled correctly. It’s the kind of image that makes you feel like you did something wrong in camera, when really the problem is just dynamic range. Your sensor physically cannot capture it all in one shot.

How to Fix Converging Verticals in Lightroom Using Guided Upright (And Actually Control the Result)
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How to Fix Converging Verticals in Lightroom Using Guided Upright (And Actually Control the Result)

Shooting architecture while traveling is one of those things that looks easy until you get home and open Lightroom. You tilted the camera up to fit the building in the frame, and now every vertical line is falling inward like the walls are slowly closing in. The automatic Upright options in Lens Corrections do an okay job, but they’ve always felt like a negotiation you’re losing. Lightroom picks the reference points, and you just hope it chose wisely.