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James Paterson

James is a skilled photo editor and photographer. His work has appeared in countless magazines and books, and in 2014 he was appointed editor of Practical Photoshop magazine. Visit www.patersonphotos.com

To maximise dynamic range and image quality, push the highlights as close to clipping as possible; then if necessary correct overexposure later

any given scene there will be two opposing points when it comes to light: the absolute brightest and the darkest. Let’s say we’ve hiked to the top of a mountain range at sunset. Pointing our camera westwards, the brightest point in the frame will almost certainly be the sun in the sky. Meanwhile the mountains in the