How to Remove Defects from your Photographs Using Lightroom and Photoshop
In this video, I show you three techniques to remove almost anything from your landscape photographs using Lightroom for the first technique and Photoshop for the second and third.
Technique #1. Spot Removal Tool starts at 2min 38s
Technique #2. Content-Aware Fill starts at 5min 27s
Technique #3. Clones Stamp Starts at 8 min 45s
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MY CAMERA GEAR
Camera: Nikon Z7 (this mirrorless full frame camera has transformed my photography) https://amzn.to/2I5TwM2
Main lens: Nikon 24-70 4S (an incredibly sharp mid-zoom lens) https://amzn.to/2Mf8owV
Long Lens: Nikon AF-P Nikkor 70-300 mm 4.5-5.6 (relatively cheap and sharp lens with that little bit extra reach) https://amzn.to/2Xje8XO
Prime Lens: Nikon Nikkor 50 mm 1.8S (Fast prime ideal for street photography) https://amzn.to/2IiAXof
Memory Cards: Sony QXD (I use Sony memory cards and they have so far been faultless) https://amzn.to/2VXT4oe
Spare Batteries: (I always take a spare and always buy official Nikon batteries) https://amzn.to/30RXtfV
Aluminium Tripod: Benro FG18A (Benro equipment seems very well made and cheaper than competitors) https://amzn.to/2EAwhJd
Ball Head for aluminium tripod: Benro IB0 (unfortunately the tripod doesn’t come with a ball head - this one works well) https://amzn.to/30TF4Q0
Carbon Tripod: Benro Mach 3 TMA48CXL (this is a bit of a monster but light and extremely stable) https://amzn.to/2HIwSdV
Ball Head for carbon tripod: Benro B3 (More suited to the larger tripod) https://amzn.to/2I1p064
Camera Strap: Peak Designs (this is so much better than the supplied strap with its quick release system and it comes with fittings for two cameras) https://amzn.to/2EJhmfU
L-bracket: Smallrig (Specially designed for the Z7 camera) https://amzn.to/2ECsFWT
Filters: Haida NanonPro (good quality glass filters that are pretty neutral) https://amzn.to/2J7LVOG
Bag: F-Stop Tilopa with large ICU (carries a whole lot of kit with room for clothing and food)
MY VLOGGING KIT
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DC-G90 (Small and light with a great sensor with picture quality good enough to be a second landscape camera) https://amzn.to/2Fj3cT2
Wide Angle lens: Panasonic 7-14mm f4 LUMIX G (Nice compact wide-angle) https://amzn.to/2LDFgNW
Standard Zoom: Panasonic 12-60mm Lumix
Tripod: Benro TSL08CN00 Slim carbon fibre with ball head (very lightweight and remarkably stable) https://amzn.to/2YxW8t1
Camera Microphone: Rode VideoMicro Compact (Great and small mic) https://amzn.to/31LWQ7Z
Lapel Microphone: Rode Smartlav+ (again great sound from this tiny mic) https://amzn.to/2XqcF60
Portable recorder: Zoom H1n (Decent sound quality, but it eats batteries) https://amzn.to/2FlZYy7
Drone: DJI Mavic Pro (huge fun looking for different compositions using this) https://amzn.to/2J9qJrR
MY POST PROCESSING SETUP
Laptop: Macbook Pro
Lightroom console: Loupedeck + (this input device enables you to adjust sliders without moving your eyes from the screen, giving genuine better results) Amazon
Monitor: Dell U2515H ADZG 25-Inch LCD Monitor (very clear monitor that I’ve had for a few years, but see no reason to change it) Amazon
Monitor calibration: X-Rite Color Munki (Essential equipment to ensure the colours on your screen are the ones you print) Amazon
Tablet: Wacom Intuos Pro (I have the medium, because the small wasn’t available when I bought mine) Amazon
Printer: Canon Pro-1000 (awesome A2 printer)
Paper: I only use Fotospeed