We’re all looking for ways to capture attention-grabbing outdoor photos that stand out from the crowd, while keeping things looking natural. The Lightroom workflow illustrated below is a lot of fun because it involves experimenting with stylizing your images until you discover a signature look that’s easy to replicate in the future.

This interesting approach reveals several straightforward methods for enhancing colors in Lightroom to create a unique look by building off the creative process favored by British educator and landscape pro Chris Harvey.

Harvey prefers a rather simple approach to post processing that he describes like this: “My style isn’t particularly drastic in terms of completely re-visualizing what I see in the field and I still want to retain the essence of a scene as it appears to the naked eye.”

His stylistic goal is to enhance colors in a way that creates a recognizable look with continuity and cohesion throughout his portfolio of spectacular images. You can easily accomplish this important task by following the recommendations he provides in the next 17-minutes, and then making a few modifications that bring your personal vision to reality.

Harvey starts with an overview of Lightroom’s color-enhancement features, followed by a demonstration of his preferred strategy for employing contrast and other familiar enhancements. As you’ll see, there are ways to employ these familiar tools in a way that differs from the manner in which you’ve made these adjustments in the past.

He delves into unique vibrance and saturation tricks and explains a different approach for applying tone curves and color curves that can make a big difference.  And stylized color grading is also part of the plan.

There’s a lot more to learn as the video proceeds, including how Lightroom’s HSL sliders can be a big help in creating a signature style— whether you’re editing landscapes, wildlife photos, environmental portraits, or just about any other image you capture in the great outdoors.

Be sure to visit Harvey’s popular YouTube channel and explore the many how-to videos available.

And if you prefer editing images in Photoshop, don’t miss the tutorial we feature with another Adobe expert who demonstrates how to take advantage of Adobe’s New Harmonize tool to create realistic high-quality composite photographs.

If you’re interested in giving boudoir photography a try, the first step is understanding how to pose inexperienced models like a spouse, significant other, or a friend who wants to give it a try. You can also keep things simple by shooting with natural illumination, like light streaming through a window in your home.

This quick tutorial from Patrick’s Boudoir Photography Secrets explains how to do all this and more. The video is episode #27 of Patrick’s Two-Minute Posing series for beginners. Unlike earlier installments this one involves color imagery rather than those created in black-and-white.

Patrick is a Vienna-based portrait pro specializing in basic boudoir photography techniques that anyone can accomplish with simple gear. And since most of us don’t have access to professional models, he places a big emphasis on helping instill confidence in subjects with flattering poses that emphasize her best physical attributes.

Today’s episode reveals an alluring couch pose in the living room of your home “studio” and provides a variety of tips for enhancing image structure and composing images for maximum impact. He also demonstrates how to quickly and effectively enhance your images by using his “Ultimate Pack Lightroom Presets.”

You’ll learn several methods for accentuate a reclining model’s body, and how to achieve perfect highlights and shadows when shooting with available light. Skillful composition also plays an important role, and Patrick demonstrates how even a slight adjustment in posture goes can greatly enhance the female form.The discussion also includes foolproof advice for harnessing the beautiful, soft effect provided by indirect window lighting to create an inviting mood. Then Patrick ties everything together by recommending the most appropriate camera setting to employ.

Be sure to visit the Patrick’s Boudoir Photography Secrets YouTube channel when this video concludes where you’ll find earlier episodes in the Two-Minute Posing series along with more advanced how-to videos.

And don’t miss our earlier tutorial on a related topic in which another boudoir photographer demonstrates a variety of effective backlighting techniques for capturing alluring portrait photographs on the beach—with composition tips, camera settings, and more.

Your expertise at creating compelling photographs and artwork can bring you richer rewards when you partner with the professionals at Lumaprints to handle the order processing, production and delivery.

The color experts at Lumaprints turn your art and photos into premium products, transforming your creations into a stunning assortment of prints on canvas, metal, fine art paper and foam-mounted fine art paper—all framed or unframed. At your option, orders that customers place on your website are automatically forwarded to Lumaprints for production and delivery. The fulfillment process is seamless, fast and efficient.

Lumaprints has been servicing customers for 15 years and has an enthusiastic, loyal following. All work is done in the US by a staff of more than 120 employees using 50 printers dedicated to on-demand printing. They currently ship out 4,000 products daily.

Lumaprints Delivers – Literally
There’s more to Lumaprints than some pretty pictures. Way more. You handle the creation of your art and Lumaprints takes care of the rest. Order processing, printing and coast to coast delivery, yeah, Lumaprints handles all of that.

Lumaprints has manufacturing facilities in Anaheim, CA and Louisville, KY, so your customers are never far away from a dispatch point. This keeps shipping costs lower, too. Rush and same-day service options are also available for a reasonable additional fee, so your clients who are “always on deadline” can be serviced with a smile.

Offer Highest Quality Without High Overhead
You can provide the highest quality prints—fast and efficiently—without the aggravating, profit-robbing overhead—because Lumaprints is the affordable choice for premium quality prints and fast, reliable service.

For that thoroughly professional, high class touch, you can add your logo to the back of every print and include up to three pages of 8.5×11 content to communicate with your customers with every order. Say thank you, offer specials, build your brand.

You have some great photos. Present them to your customers at their highest quality and put your talent on display with confidence and pride.

Focus On The Right Stuff
With Lumaprints, you have zero worries about inventory, order processing or shipping, and can focus on the more important aspects of your business, like artistic creation and customer relationships.

Lumaprints works with all major shopping carts, so you can integrate your e-commerce platforms and tools like Shopify, Etsy, Amazon, Woo Commerce, eBay, BigCommerce, Wix, bigcartel, Squarespace, Weebly, Ecwid and others. Or you can use their API for custom integration. You avoid the expense and time otherwise wasted on manual entry or data import.

After your account and store have been linked to Lumaprints, orders can be automatically fulfilled effortlessly as soon as they reach your store. It’s every successful business owner’s dream: make money even when you sleep.

Save Even More – Bulk Discounts
This is a huge boost to the bottom line for businesses that sell artwork in-store, at art fairs, street galleries, and so forth. Save time and even more money when you order in bulk. The more you buy, the more you save. Even without the volume discounts, Lumaprints products are competitively priced. When you purchase in bulk, you’re getting a great deal on top of an already affordable pricing structure.

Above & Beyond Ordinary Support
Lumaprints backs you up with webinars every other week that feature open Q&A sessions to help you get the most out of their products and services. They also host a highly informative blog, provide tutorials, offer Live Chat, publish FAQs and offer valuable marketing assets—like professionally produced display templates for your website.

To help you get up and running smoothly, you can schedule a complimentary 30-minute consultation with onboarding specialists to answer any questions and facilitate your store setup. Who helps you more than that?

Not Just For Photographers
Photographers can reap the benefits, for sure, but so can other artists, galleries, museums, designers and interior decorators—among others. Content creators/Influencers can offer prints in their merch gallery to reinforce their personal brand. AI artists can manifest their weird imagination onto a 2D print. One customer even submitted a .pdf of a paint-by-number artwork!

Whether you have a retail store, online presence or just work job-to-job, you can streamline your workflow and improve your bottom line when you partner with Lumaprints.

Need More Reasons?
Here’s a summary of how you’ll benefit from partnering with Lumaprints.

1. Offer your customers high-quality canvas, paper, metal, peel & stick and framed prints, all produced using archival inks and top-of-the-line printers that are regularly calibrated to ensure color accuracy.

2. Enjoy transparent, automated order processing for faster fulfillment. Once you order a product and save it into the Lumaprints library, they take over fulfillment from start to finish.

3. Lumaprints gives you the best deals for higher profit margins. They can keep your costs down without ever sacrificing quality or service. You’ll agree, pricing is amazing. For example, you can order a 16×20 printed on archival matte fine art paper and foam-mounted for just $20.89. This is just one example. Check Lumaprints’ website for complete production and shipping prices.

4. With West Coast and Midwestern manufacturing sites, you and your customes can enjoy faster shipping times at lower costs.

5. Lumaprints takes pride in providing world-class customer service. Their top priority is to go above and beyond to ensure that all customers have an exceptional experience—and keep coming back for more.

Hobbyists Welcome!
Shutterbug readers and other serious amateur photographers know the gratification that comes from displaying their cherished images in their home or at work, but often don’t know where to turn to for top quality, professional-grade prints at wholesale prices. Lumaprints is your personal production lab, whether you require one print or thousands.

Conclusion
Whether you’re just starting out or already an established business, Lumaprints can free you from the drudgery of order processing, production, packaging and delivery.

Your customers order directly on your website. They receive high-quality products that have your logo on the back, carefully packaged along with your marketing message. Lumaprints does all of the work, from order processing through safe delivery.

Do your bottom line a favor. Partner with Lumaprints.

∞ Shutterbug Staff