Today I’d like to offer a very quick way to recreate that warm sunset that just didn’t look the same once you pulled the photo off the camera.

This happens to me all the time. I see this incredible sunset. I whip out my camera. I set the exposure, doing my best not to clip the highlights. Then when I get back home and look it’s just sort of drab. I’ve tried different techniques to bring the warmth back, but this is my favorite.

Split toning has been around for quite a while, but has traditionally been used on black and white images. If you’re interested in the history, you can read a more comprehensive and quite interesting article by Jonathan Bailey.