Sculpting Light in Post: How to Add Professional Highlights in Photoshop Using a Gray Layer

Sculpting Light in Post: How to Add Professional Highlights in Photoshop Using a Gray Layer

Most of my work happens under controlled light. I design the setup, I know where the highlights are going to land before I ever fire a strobe, and I keep a lighting journal with sketches from every shoot so I can rebuild a look six months later. But even with all of that, there are moments where a shot comes back from a session and the light is technically correct but visually flat.