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Explore light in landscapes

Light is photography’s raw ingredient, so James Abbott explains four ways to adjust the luminance using Photoshop

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There’s no getting away from the fact that light is the most important element in photography. Forget your camera, lenses and accessories; light is the one thing you simply can’t be without. Capturing the best light at the shooting stage is important because it will naturally give you the best possible image file to work with. And although your raw file may look amazing once it has been processed, there are many more effects that can adjust the way light appears in the shot.

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