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Video Tutorial: Advantages of Transparent Layer Dodging and Burning

Video Tutorial: Advantages of Transparent Layer Dodging and Burning

by Sean Bagshaw | Jun 11, 2015 | Education, Image Processing, Video Tutorial | 17 comments

  Lightening and darkening (often referred to as dodging and burning) in selective areas of an image to enhance existing light and shadow, to guide the eye or to increase depth and contour is a technique I commonly use. Both in Lightroom and Photoshop there are...
New HDR and Panorama Photo Merge in Lightroom CC (2015)

New HDR and Panorama Photo Merge in Lightroom CC (2015)

by Sean Bagshaw | Apr 22, 2015 | Camera Raw, Education, High Dynamic Range, Image Processing, Lightroom, Photography Software | 7 comments

  In the video tutorial below I demonstrate two exciting advances in the April 21 release of Lightroom CC (2015), Photo Merge to HDR and Photo Merge to Panorama. Lightroom has gone through substantial improvements over the years to give photographers more control...
Why I Don’t Bracket Images Anymore -Kevin McNeal

Why I Don’t Bracket Images Anymore -Kevin McNeal

by Photo Cascadia | Mar 10, 2015 | Camera Raw, High Dynamic Range, Image Processing, Noise Removal, Photography Software, Photography Techniques | 21 comments

While starting out in photography I owned nothing but Canon cameras. I owned the Canon 5d Mk1 and moved way through the series. It all started with the Canon 5D Mark 2, where I would religiously bracket at least three images for every scene. The results I got with my...
Tonal Balancing A Single Exposure Using Luminosity Masks

Tonal Balancing A Single Exposure Using Luminosity Masks

by Sean Bagshaw | Feb 22, 2015 | High Dynamic Range, Image Processing, Luminosity Masks, Photography Techniques, Video Tutorial | 3 comments

This week on the blog I am sharing a complete chapter from the new edition of my Developing for Extended Dynamic Range tutorial series. In this chapter I demonstrate how luminosity masks and a technique called masking-the-mask are useful in creating better tonal...
Processing:  Before and After Photos

Processing: Before and After Photos

by Zack Schnepf | Jan 5, 2015 | Education, High Dynamic Range, Image Processing, Luminosity Masks, Philosophy | 12 comments

by Zack Schnepf I get one request more than any other, to see what my photos look like before and after I process them.  I found this incredibly helpful myself when I was starting out in photography.  I’ve done this before and I think I will make it a regular...
How To Get Your Images Looking Good On The Web

How To Get Your Images Looking Good On The Web

by Sean Bagshaw | Nov 11, 2014 | Education, Image Processing, Photography Software, Photography Techniques | 5 comments

  It would be ideal if every image we took could be displayed as a fine art print on somebody’s wall. These days, however, most photographs will be viewed on a screen via a website, so it is important to prepare our images for optimal viewing on the web....
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