Fixing exposure

- Let's move on to fixing exposure.…I like to fix exposure first, because it has a…great impact on color.…You see, as you brighten an image,…it tends to wash out a bit.…Darken an image, and the colors…become richer.…Getting the exposure right is the first step…to enhancing a photo.…All the other adjustments are gonna be…dependent upon it.…This is why it becomes the first thing…in the stack as you look at the Adjustments.…To get started, let's work with a simple…exposure adjustment.…I'm gonna switch to the photos from UAE.…

And in this case I've got some nighttime photos…shot around and from the Burj Khalifa…as well as some images shot in the desert,…and this is gonna give us some tough…lighting conditions to work with.…Let's start with this first image here.…I'll double-click to open it, and go…into editing mode.…Now, with this image, we have a…very high view looking down.…And this is a wide-angle shot from…the highest man-made point in the world.…And it's a bit dark.…Let's go here under the Adjustments.…

I shot a little bit under-exposed because…