From Flat to Striking: How to Replace Skies and Fix Lighting in Photoshop

From Flat to Striking: How to Replace Skies and Fix Lighting in Photoshop

There’s a specific kind of frustration that comes from shooting in beautiful conditions and still ending up with a flat image. You were there. The mountains were massive. The light felt cinematic. And then you open the file and the sky is a washed-out grey blob that flattens the whole frame. I’ve been there more times than I’d like to admit, usually on a Sunday morning walk when the foreground is perfect and the sky just isn’t cooperating.