Using The Histogram RGB Values (In Lightroom) To Get Desired Exposure Every Time!

#Exposure #Histogram #Photography

IG: @1twentyfivephoto

A quick(ish) video providing a couple of tips on how to get your desired exposure while editing in Lightroom (and probably Capture One as well).

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[jblookonimages]

Fantastic presentation. Checked and your figures spot on

[rockj]

Thanks Anthony! Exactly what I was looking for. I tend to underexpose on my MacBook when shooting on location and this will give me measurable values independent of my screen brightness. Great explaination!

[JohnGress]

Thanks for sharing the video with info for all skin tones. Your numbers are similar to the IRE numbers used in video with a wave form monitor. I never thought about using the red numbers like this. Great tip!

[SJSquarePhotos]

Great video! Love the tips! Definitely didn't know this trick! Definitely something I going to keep in my head when I'm doing retail editing! 👍🏾👍🏾

[yanginalzola]

thank you, this is really educational

[Rachyatteau]

wow! I love how you explain the skin color! so straightforward and easy to understand. I would LOVE it if you could help with reducing green skin is a lot of green in the south and it often makes it hard to edit skin tones normally! thank you for the video.

[jasonbodden]

I know how to shoot all skin types and never had to use my histogram. In fact, I come from Trinidad, a small Caribbean island where white skin tones are the minority yet still a lot of dark-skinned photographers can't shoot their own skin tone (I've had to show photographers how to shoot their own dark skin tones and I'm what Trinidadians would call white). I keep my camera's LCD screen at 50% - 52% and my computer monitor as well. I always check the brightness levels of any monitor I might do work on (I never have to use other people's monitors, though). Love the Luminosity skin color tip with the Orange channel, though. Going to use that for sure.

[PDSeverus]

Thanks, that was very helpful. Do you keep your shadows in -0.7 or so while exposing.

[jimwlouavl]

Great tips. What a neat way to control for different monitors and to make skin tones richer. I hear what you’re saying about darker skin. When I learned the zone system in the 70s, the book said that skin should be Zone 6. It didn’t bother to say they meant white skin.

[serenitymattingly]

Your kidding! This is the best way. I cant believe i didn't even realize the there were percentages there.

[jjtaylor]

Anthony, this video was so helpful to me. Getting a proper exposure on skin tones in Lightroom is much easier now. Thank you!

[mroblige]

The problem with this is that white photographers think anyone who doesn't look like them is dark skin. To them there is no medium 😭😂😂😂😂😂 that's why they claim they can't find clients with dark skin. I stay away from fjh photography he pretty much never uses black or brown models.