Exposure Blending For Architecture Photography - Combine Multiple Exposures Perfectly in Photoshop

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Lumenzia panel: https://bit.ly/3dpGeub (and optional excellent exposure blending course)
ColorFX: https://tidd.ly/2UEMlEX
Want a simpler approach to combing multiple exposures just use Aurora: http://bit.ly/2TfoisF_HDR

This photo editing tutorial shares the techniques involved in combining photos with different exposures to create a final image for you clients that contains all the details in the highlights and the shadows while simultaneously reducing noise in the image.

CHAPTERS
0:20 Join my new Channel dedicated to architectural photography
1:00 Why use exposure blending?
2:22 Getting the files ready in Adobe Lightroom
7:04 Exporting the photos as layers to Photoshop\
7:34 Exposure blending technique using photoshop only
10:54 Double masking with a group
16:00 Best Method for exposure blending using Lumenzia
18:14 Bringing back contrast with ColorEfex
21:06 My favourite bit... Before and after!

I'll show how we prepare the files in Lightroom followed by a method for achieving seamless luminosity masking for perfect exposure blends. The technique is useful for many architecture photos and real estate photos too as they often require capturing scenes with a large range in contrast. Often too large for the camera to capture in one frame.

We finish off with my favourite method which uses the Lumenzia panel plugin for Photoshop. You can check it out here: https://bit.ly/3dpGeub There's an amazingly detailed course from Greg Benz available there too which goes much further into depth on how to blend exposures and is a solid investment if you want to learn more.

As this exposure blending technique will naturally reduce contrast I use Color Efex which is part of this collection https://tidd.ly/2UEMlEX to bring back the contrast, add detail and create a more visually interesting image.

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✅ THE BEST EDITING PLUGINS 👈
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