The secret weapon in Photography is channels. and here are all the Drop Color secrets!

The Drop color method starts with orange and green. But it does not stop there. Color is so misunderstood because colors are overused. This does not mean your images need to be low saturation.

In these videos you’ll see me using presets like Filmist, Silver, Natural HDR and more. This lets me apply years of testing instantly. But everything I show you here can also be done manually.

Ove the past weeks I’ve made a series of videos on specific color channels and what they do for and against our photos. Most are being used wrong and with just a slight easy HDR color adjustment the change is amazing.

You may have seen one or more of these but this post brings the entire series into one place so you can really understand the power of Drop color and HSL channels in both color and black-and-white photography.

So last but not least. Here’s how drop color affects black and white and how you can instantly make more impactful black-and-white edits.

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I'm from WA State USA and started studying photography in 97. I started work as a pro (using that word loosely because I sucked) using film at age 16. I learned fast but was not as easy to find training then. Sometimes I beat my head against the wall until I figured stuff out.

As digital dawned I went all in and got to study with masters like Ken Whitmire. In 09 I founded the Pro Photo Show podcast. I started promoting tone-focused editing. When Lightroom arrived, I started developing tools to make editing and workflow better.

20 years of study and photography around the country earned me a Master of Photography (M.Photog) from PPA. I got to see my workshops and tools featured in publications across the industry. Once I even won the prestigious HotOne award for my "EXposed" light and tone workshop.

Wanting something calmer, I moved to Mexico in 2017. It's a land of magical light. I'm here now exploring light and trying to master my weak areas. I make videos of that for my Youtube channel, sharing what I learn. I hope you'll stick around and be part of Light Hunters Tribe... Gavin

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