Night Sky Editing Tricks From a Pro: Dehaze, Luminosity Masks, and Reusable Selections

Night Sky Editing Tricks From a Pro: Dehaze, Luminosity Masks, and Reusable Selections

Night photography editing has a way of humbling you fast. You nail the exposure, you get home, you open Lightroom, and suddenly that brilliant Milky Way you saw with your own eyes looks like a faint smudge above some rocks. I’ve been there more times than I want to admit. The gap between what the camera captures and what the eye actually sees is widest at night, which means your editing has to work harder to close it.

Why Night Lights Photography is the Ultimate Lightroom Color Grading Challenge

Why Night Lights Photography is the Ultimate Lightroom Color Grading Challenge

When Artificial Light Becomes Your Canvas I’ve been watching the photography community light up—pun absolutely intended—over night lights photography, and I’m here to tell you why this genre is basically a masterclass in Lightroom color grading. There’s something magical about artificial light sources that forces you to abandon your typical editing playbook and get creative. Unlike natural light photography, where you’re working with predictable color temperatures and falloff, night lights throw you into the deep end.