It’s important to know what shadows, mid tones and highlights are in photographic terms when it comes to using Photoshop. These three elements are present in every photograph, color or black and white, so it’s important to understand how to improve and adjust these settings. Even if it sounds daunting, read on to find out more about these factors.
Highlights are the lightest areas of an image, therefore the parts that have the most light hitting it. If something has too many highlights, we may say that it is overexposed and the area is lacking in detail. Midtones show the middle tones of an image – the colours that are in-between. For example, if we had a black and white image, the midtone would be grey – somewhere between the two. You want a good amount of midtone in a balanced image but at the same time, you don’t want everything to be ‘grey’ or flat. Shadows are the darkest areas of a photograph. A shadow is also devoid of color; it could be the black in a photograph or just the areas that carry little light. An image with too many shadows may be underexposed, and will not show much detail, although this can normally be adjusted.
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