{"id":12804,"date":"2022-03-01T21:25:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12804"},"modified":"2024-01-12T12:10:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T12:10:32","slug":"what-difference-12-months-makes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/what-difference-12-months-makes","title":{"rendered":"What difference 12 months makes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The 12 Month Test<\/h1>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12804 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-gallery'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/what-difference-12-months-makes\/0681-nicola-on-greek-street-2021_02_05-by-mcfade-edit'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-650x385.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery size-gallery\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-650x385.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-1000x592.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12811'>\n\t\t\t\t2022 Edit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/what-difference-12-months-makes\/0681-nicola-on-greek-street-2021_02_05-by-mcfade-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-650x385.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery size-gallery\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-650x385.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-1000x592.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12807'>\n\t\t\t\t2021 Edit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have you ever looked back to things you did 10 years ago?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You should see some huge progress and changes, based on everything you&#8217;ve learnt, new tools or technologies and just growing as a person.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But have you ever looked back just one year and revisited something? Like a \u201cRemix\u201d in music terms\u2026&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Well, I did today and decided to apply a few new techniques and skills to a few shots I was already happy with. These were things I&#8217;ve learned through the lockdown and quiet moments when work ceased to exist.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This photo shoot was with a good friend, Nicola, on an abandoned, locked-down Green Street in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/trinity-leeds-the-new-shopping-centre-goes-live\/\" title=\"Trinity Leeds &#8211; The New Shopping Centre Goes LIVE!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds City Centre<\/a> in Feb 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-12804 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-gallery'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/what-difference-12-months-makes\/0685-nicola-on-greek-street-2021_02_05-by-mcfade-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0685-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-650x385.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery size-gallery\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-12808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0685-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-650x385.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0685-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-1000x592.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-12808'>\n\t\t\t\t2021 Edit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/what-difference-12-months-makes\/0685-nicola-on-greek-street-2021_02_05-by-mcfade-edit'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0685-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-650x385.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery size-gallery\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-12812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0685-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-650x385.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0685-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-1000x592.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-12812'>\n\t\t\t\t2022 Edit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As you can see, in 2021 , I went for quite a bold, contrasty, cool look on some of these photographs. A look, I still really like. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">12 months on, I took a second look. Since Feb 2021, like you, I bet there are a few changes, like:-&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New \u201ctips\u201d I&#8217;ve tried&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">YouTube videos I&#8217;ve watched (had a lot of time to absorb info this way in 2021!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Tools I&#8217;ve invested in&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Enhancements to existing tools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seen work which influenced me<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ideas have changed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-12804 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/what-difference-12-months-makes\/0855-nicola-on-greek-street-2021_02_05-by-mcfade-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-12809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-12809'>\n\t\t\t\t2021 Edit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/what-difference-12-months-makes\/0855-nicola-on-greek-street-2021_02_05-by-mcfade-edit-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-12817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-12817'>\n\t\t\t\t2022 Edit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So here are a few things which stand out&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Lightroom<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lightroom itself &#8211; Massively upgraded its masking capability. Plus Photoshop also got a \u201cselect subject\u201d option, where we can now automatically get it to select what it thinks is the subject (and it\u2019s usually right).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this case, it\u2019s Nicola of <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/yorkshirephotocourses.co.uk\/\" title=\"course\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">course<\/a>. Once selected, we can either change her or everything in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/creating-depth-understanding-the-importance-of-foreground-middleground-and-background\/\">background<\/a>. It\u2019s completely revolutionised how you can work in Lightroom and the speed at which you can do things is amazing.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The main use I\u2019ve found is to create <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/smartphone-photography-tips-for-beginners\/%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Smartphone Photography Tips For Beginners\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"157872\">contrast<\/a>:-&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the contrast slider&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">contrasting Colour&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contrasting temperature<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">contrasting texture&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">contrasting brightness<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Luminosity Masking&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another thing is using luminosity masks (mainly in Photoshop, but also in LIGHTROOM now) more frequently to help control specific brightnesses in a photograph.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In some of the older edits, you will see I have created very dark, almost black areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I have brightened in the newer edits using a luminosity mask to select just the darkest parts. The burnt-out highlights are easily rescued using the same technique.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Retouching Tools<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I invested in a series of tools for retouching to help with a couple of time-consuming techniques &#8211;&nbsp; like dodging burn and frequency separation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both of these are advanced techniques that even high-end retouchers take hours over to created magazine cover standard skin and face edits. After watching quite a few dozen videos and investing many hundreds of pounds on these new tools, I&#8217;m really happy with how they speed up the process&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>More advanced &#8220;Colour Management&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Calibration in Lightroom<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">these sliders have really changed how I use colour in Lightroom &#8211; put the \u201cBlue Saturation\u201d slider to the right, see what happens!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Selective Colour in Photoshop <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">can be great if you want to manipulate specific colours.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-12804 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/what-difference-12-months-makes\/0884-nicola-on-greek-street-2021_02_05-by-mcfade-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-12805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-33x50.jpg 33w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-650x975.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-1000x1500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-50x75.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-12805'>\n\t\t\t\t2021 Edit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/what-difference-12-months-makes\/0884-nicola-on-greek-street-2021_02_05-by-mcfade-edit'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-12806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-33x50.jpg 33w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-650x975.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-1000x1500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0884-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-50x75.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-12806'>\n\t\t\t\t2022 Edit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are just a few things I\u2019ve introduced into the workflow &#8211; what have you changed or learned in the last year?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Take the 12-Month Test yourself<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you get a spare moment:-&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">go back just 12 months and take a look at a photo you really like<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Open the original RAW file in Lightroom.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Create a virtual copy&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Press CTRL+SHIFT+R to reset all the settings&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Start a new edit from scratch<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use the tools that weren&#8217;t available last year or any new skills.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don&#8217;t look back to the old photo until you\u2019ve finished&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You&#8217;ve hopefully learnt a lot since then, so this should show you how you have grown in 12 months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>The Gallery<\/h1>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-12804 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/what-difference-12-months-makes\/0681-nicola-on-greek-street-2021_02_05-by-mcfade-edit'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-12811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-650x433.jpg 650w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0681-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-12807'>\n\t\t\t\t2021 Edit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/what-difference-12-months-makes\/0855-nicola-on-greek-street-2021_02_05-by-mcfade-edit-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-12817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-12817'>\n\t\t\t\t2022 Edit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/what-difference-12-months-makes\/0855-nicola-on-greek-street-2021_02_05-by-mcfade-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-12809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0855-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-2-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-12809'>\n\t\t\t\t2021 Edit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/what-difference-12-months-makes\/0685-nicola-on-greek-street-2021_02_05-by-mcfade-edit'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0685-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-12812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0685-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0685-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0685-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0685-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0685-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0685-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0685-Nicola-on-Greek-Street-2021_02_05-by-McFade-Edit-650x433.jpg 650w, 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You should see some huge progress and changes, based on everything you&#8217;ve learnt, new tools or technologies and just growing as a person.&nbsp;But have you ever looked back just one year and revisited something? Like a \u201cRemix\u201d in music 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