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Stop Making Lens Flares Look Fake: A Photoshop Technique That Actually Works
Lens flares are one of those effects that photographers either overuse into oblivion or avoid entirely because they’ve seen too many bad examples. I’ve been guilty of both. The overuse phase hit me hard around year two of shooting, and the avoidance phase lasted a lot longer than it should have. What changed my mind was stumbling across a technique that treats the lens flare not as a gimmick slapped on top of a photo, but as a lighting tool that earns its place in the image.