The KEY to Successful Exposure Blending For Stunning Interior Photography

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The KEY to Successful Exposure Blending For Stunning Interior Photography

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The best technique for combining exposures with maximum control for a quality result. I utilise this luminosity masking panel (bit.ly/3dpGeub) for accurate masks and seamless blending.
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@skylarbailey5408 5 ай бұрын

The hardest part with following along to these videos is the houses are always beautiful! Show me the 1,000-1,500 Sq/Ft house with yellow lights throughout and not neutral walls.

@archiphoto 5 ай бұрын

Hi mate. Feel free to send me some example files through to anthonyeditsyourphotos@gmail.com and I can take a look at creating a video on tackling problematic spaces. I don't have a library of these images as frustratingly I tend to get hired for the bigger homes - which weirdly all seem to come with white walls!

@denizahmet2299 7 ай бұрын

Key point on flash vs ambient is that in Architectural modern designs light is part of the design so you always got a nice spread of ambient and fixtures in most rooms to work naturally. In real estate, plenty of properties with dark rooms and small windows, low ceiling etc, bad layouts etc - no chance making them look good without flash.

@archiphoto 4 ай бұрын

I appreciate what you're saying. Do you have any small room examples that you have a bracketed set for? If you can send them as raws to anthonyeditsyourphotos@gmail.com I can take a look because I'm not convinced that flash is necessarily the "correct" solution. But without seeing an example it's hard to be definitive in saying that.

@soundtempleAU 7 күн бұрын

Agree 100%. This might be a nice HDR blend but can anyone tell me what is the colour of the floor tiles? I see blue, purple, yellow, greyish... same thing with the colour of the table. I guess it's black but you can't tell by looking at this image. The wall behind the table... white or yellow? Wherever I look all the colours are off. Look at the window frames, are they black, brownish or what? Interior designers will spend hours choosing different shades of colours trying to make perfect blend / match and then you send them this? Not sure if they would be happy. Honestly I could use this method but I would have to spent bit more time trying to fix the colours.

@conradrowe3655 Жыл бұрын

Anthony, Yes please do a tutorial on the complete workflow for blending exposures for Architectural Photography and Real Estate. Thank You for all your hard work, Conrad

@davidarthurbaileyjr7169 Жыл бұрын

I've been doing HDR photo shoots for real estate, but didn't understand evrything going on behind the scenes in lightroom. The way you broke this down using the controls was amazing. Thank you...

@thesaint2700 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding video, mate! To the point with lots of valuable information. I’ve been in the business for 20 years but there’s always something new and interesting to learn. Keep up your great work!

@ohnoflicks 10 ай бұрын

Probably one of your best videos. Loving that Lumenzia.

@palomarAI Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm just a novice but your second person today that has recommended the blend approach over flash for interiors.

@Travelwray Жыл бұрын

Great video. I would like to see a complete edit. Maybe some behind the scenes of the shoot itself. Thanks.

@brandknewme Ай бұрын

Very informative. Thank you, walkin' into the next shoot more confident for sure.

@gongjie4361 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I've learned a lot from you😀

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Great to hear 👍 Glad this has been helpful 😀

@michaelshellim5534 10 ай бұрын

Really good, well constructed tutorial. Thank you!

@Watcher9000 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for all your work on this video. Seems like a lot of work and a lot of time editing.

@archiphoto 11 ай бұрын

You're absolutely right! There's a lot more work goes into each video than most people realise. Thanks for the acknowledgement! 🙂

@MrDavidOlanipekun 8 ай бұрын

Hi Nick hope your well mate, I really appreciate this video I'm a portrait photographer new to architectural photography thanks again for sharing. Do host workshops in London?

@AnthonyTurnham 8 ай бұрын

Thanks and no worries. No London based workshops I'm afraid. I live in New Zealand although I still haven't lost my English accent! All the best for your venture into architectural photography! 😀

@robertulrich3964 11 ай бұрын

I find you can get a better result by first converting to linear light. This avoids tonal errors when merging. you can make your own luma mattes as well and save as a script.

@archiphoto 10 ай бұрын

I'll look more into linear as an option. Thanks.

@meditationstorytime Жыл бұрын

You keep knocking it out of the park mate! On my jobs now I'll shoot with my lights, but will always capture brackets so I can practice this method and compare the two. I'm not confident enough yet with blending to leave the lights at home. Cheers!

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a perfect plan 👌 You're following my golden rule for paid gigs. C.Y.A. Make sure you get what you need to keep your client happy. If that's shooting brackets and lit shots for now then so be it. I was being a little facetious saying "forget flambient" because for sure it has it's place for visual problem solving 😀

@ClickDecoClick 9 ай бұрын

Agree on most of it but eliminating all flash fill can result with color problems when mixing lights like sun light, open shade and tungsten. Also important is to identify highlights and shadows that are not important to have a better final shot because over doing the dynamic range can look like HDR presets that look terrible. Also useful is the "Blend if" options on combining the layers, it really helps and using it is a game changer.

@knndesouza Ай бұрын

Love it ❤. Thanks for tthis video

@jswalk4 Жыл бұрын

Excellent! Would love to see you’re complete workflow.

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff. As if by magic.... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/laiiebiFntqbn3U.html

@marcelmeier9555 Жыл бұрын

Hey this is so good, it finally work. haha. did not matched the midtones in the beginning - and now it looks great with lumenzia. Thanks for your work and sharing your knowlege!

@Mark-ql5ni Жыл бұрын

Thanks Anthony! I was using TK panel but Lumenzia looks super intuitive

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

It really is! Thanks for the comment Mark!

@WorldOfMaureen 9 ай бұрын

Good reasoning for all the effort, with a goal, a final visual expectations

@albertlewis 4 ай бұрын

double masking, please! complete workflow.

@dooxietoto Жыл бұрын

Very well presented and absolutely helpful video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Actually I was looking for a video for "high end" architectural photography, that looks very natural. I would appreciate a more complex example, with a more contrasty interior (here the light floods in from almost all directions) and the use of strobe which, I think, is the only way to eliminate large reflections especially on the floor. Or not?

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Hi mate. Cheers for the feedback. I'm sure I can put another more in-depth example together if I get enough requests (takes a while to do the vids so I put it out there for "comment vote" as to what content I create). Yes minimizing reflections / overpowering them is a good use for a flash.

@alessandropiras1480 Жыл бұрын

@@archiphoto I'd like to see your approch in those difficult situation

@cpplinford 6 ай бұрын

I'm going to have to watch this again:)

@user-zr4km5ns8t 6 күн бұрын

Excellent information Anthony. How many stops of dynamic range do you think a hybrid mirrorless camera should have to be suitable for real estate photography & video, & would you say it's the same or more for architectural work? Is this a real concern or not?

@henkhenk4357 8 ай бұрын

Very informative and to the point. Good video !

@epectase6314 Жыл бұрын

beautiful image, definitely looking for an open flat like that, top floor.

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's nice eh.

@jackiebuys3178 Жыл бұрын

Yes. Let's see a Complete Workflow!

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Hi Jackie, thanks for the vote on a full workflow video, here it is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/laiiebiFntqbn3U.html

@horatiocarter740 Жыл бұрын

You rock my brother, great job as always. One Love!

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Thanks Man! 😀

@Nemanja_Stankovic 2 ай бұрын

You Sir, have broken down Lumenzia in 2 minutes, that Lumenzia's developer didn't in his whole guide package. Hat's off!

@mortenthorpe 11 ай бұрын

Try the Fuji GFX! The latitude with exposure and shadow detail from the GFX cameras is unreal!

@archiphoto 11 ай бұрын

Yeah I hear it's great.

@coelho2825 11 ай бұрын

I follow Greg's work since forever; and his use of Lumenzia in landscape photography. But lets be honest, for those who don't want to invest in such a pannel, there are dozens of good free to use luminosity mask actions out there. And to achieve those transitions, you simply apply a levels adjustement to the masks and also use "blend if" when apropriate. Nice vid! Thanks :)

@mibreit-photo 9 ай бұрын

Lumenzia has a Lite (free) Version as far as I know ;-)

@coelho2825 9 ай бұрын

with all the features mentioned in this clip? Either way, the vid refers to a payed version and all I'm saying is that there are other ways to achieve the same result. Thanks for your response ;)@@mibreit-photo

@peterlouis1800 Ай бұрын

hey! this was most helpful however i got stuck when you began using Lumenzia. My photoshop doesnt seem to have that option. Either that or I cant find it, any help?

@jamescalandrino7997 Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, always informative

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@michelelzo8583 Жыл бұрын

Complete workflow, great stuff

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Noted. Thanks Michael.

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Hi Michel, thanks for the vote on a full workflow video, here it is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/laiiebiFntqbn3U.html A start to finish walkthrough on an architectural edit.

@AerialLensVideo Ай бұрын

THANKS for this video! Very well done as always. However, in making small adjustments to the verticals using auto synch, the adjust DO apply to each image BUT are NOT carried over to to the merged HDR. Tried multiple times, but the HDR does not see what I did to the verticals. Also, the merged image doesn't look that different in the windows (still blown out). What did I miss? One of your videos did cover how the image may look the same, but I cannot find it (you have a LOT of videos! And that's a GOOD THING!)

@Blackfrog67 Жыл бұрын

Crazy good content man, precise and very usefull !!

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😀

@Bill0102 7 ай бұрын

This is sheer brilliance. I found something with a similar message, and it was beyond words. "The Art of Meaningful Relationships in the 21st Century" by Leo Flint

@jamesbradley8290 9 ай бұрын

Great video, thank you. Very professional and very well told.

@91364Steve 11 ай бұрын

Absolute freakin' GAME CHANGER! Goodbye, Lightroom's dumbed down HDR merge function, hello luminosity masking!

@ferielo6884 Жыл бұрын

Complete Workflow as well please and thank you!

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

You got it! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/laiiebiFntqbn3U.html

@Juventinos 11 ай бұрын

i don't think flambient is for high contrast scenes, it is for accurate color reproduction surely.

@bigE7218 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely, getting rid of thoes nastys blues and oranges

@aldobelenda907 Жыл бұрын

Nice work, it looks a little Flat but it works as the base of edition. One doubt I have is How do you get rid of the bloom or "fog" when using long exposure? I'm tired of that, because that haze doesn't let me use it as I need it. I had to buy an external light but that doesn't optimize my workflow.

@GeorgZ01 Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! Complete Workflow would be great!

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Thanks Georg

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Here ya go Georg: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/laiiebiFntqbn3U.html

@anthonywarry Жыл бұрын

Looks good and Lumenzia looks great but I still think looks flat and unrealistic. If it had the outside crunched a bit to increase contrast I think it'd be much nicer. I guess it's always subjective and everyone has their style. I like to desaturate the cyans and blues a bit on interiors so there's no/less of a cast. I'm a flambient type of guy and yes, when you have large rooms or dark ceilings where you can't bounce flash it is a punish and takes a lot more work. Saying that, thanks for the info and introduction to Lumenzia, I might give it a whirl! I'd love to see any other PS exposure blending methods you've used in the past. Thanks for the content!

@archiphoto 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Anthony, one of the great things with this method is you're able to dial in the highlights and shadows more accurately and to your taste. So if you want to give the highlights a more subtle introduction, because they're isolated it's easy to go that way. Yes desaturating the blues / cyans is often a great approach for the reflected light. Thanks for the comment :)

@christiandupreez8493 Жыл бұрын

COMPLETE WORKFLOW PLEASE 😻 Im an amatuer photographer currently shooting real estate pics... this video was a whole lotta help thanks G!

@liponnayak Жыл бұрын

Complete workflow..great !!!

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vote, I've recently put up a complete edit, start to finish tutorial: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/laiiebiFntqbn3U.html

@reallyreallyronron Жыл бұрын

love your tutorials. COMPLETE WORKFLOW please!

@denisetoronto3213 Жыл бұрын

Complete workflow, thank you

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Hi Denise, thanks for the vote on a full workflow video, here it is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/laiiebiFntqbn3U.html

@DavidUmbertoZappaStricker Жыл бұрын

Hi. Very interesting technique and very well explained. Everything makes sense and the look is absolutely natural. I only wonder on how you deal with color, as ambient lighting brings in a ton of mismatches and, besides using color effects pro, what you think about the contrast/detail loss that comes with ambient bracketed lighting? The use of filters always scares me a bit and using color effects pro might make detail fake?!? maybe? Thank you for sharing your precious experience.

@ommediallc Жыл бұрын

We achieve render quality images. Ambient is key to any great photo. Adding flash paints the story behind the image. Storytelling is it.

@MikeC2K10 3 ай бұрын

Since you're shooting with natural day light, why not set the white balance for day light? Then there's no adjusting needed and all frames in the stack have the same WB. Also, have you found any cameras with HDR shooting modes that produce good results you can use out of camera?

@Jerryrightrealty0760 5 ай бұрын

I like how people show you what to do and go about the process and don't explain the version of Lightroom they are using. My Lightroom 6 does not have Adobe Color.

@archiphoto 4 ай бұрын

Sorry mate. I haven't used LR6 for a long time. I just use whatever the latest version is at time of recording. As I recall though the color profiles have been accessible in Lightroom since long before v6. Besides you don't really want to be using the generic Adobe profile. A camera matching profile is a much better option. If you install Adobe ACR (free form adobe) it is likely it'll sort out any missing profiles in Lightroom. Hope that helps.

@leemee7538 Жыл бұрын

Informative as ever. Complete workflow would be appreciated.

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Thanks Lee. I'll see what I can do 😀

@adventure9606 Жыл бұрын

Lee, what steps do you think he left out ?

@szymonrachut7320 10 ай бұрын

I addjust geometry after merge images. But rest is the same - very similar workflow.

@archiphoto 10 ай бұрын

Nice one.

@boruchlen Жыл бұрын

Complete workflow please! Great tutorial, thanks!

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Hi mate. I've now done an architectural editing tutorial start to finish. You can check it out here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/laiiebiFntqbn3U.html Let me know what else you'd like to learn! 😀

@boruchlen Жыл бұрын

@@archiphoto you are the man!! Thanks so much! I'll check it out.

@bradcasper4823 2 ай бұрын

Thank you🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@hanajurakova1285 Жыл бұрын

amazing video, thank you Anthony...I'm something doing real estate photography (not high-end architectural) using my Olympus omd-em1 mark III and 7-14mm f2.8 PRO lens which is a cropped sensor by 2. Im considering doing more design and architectural photography and I'm not sure if I can achive the same/similar professional results with this kind of sensor and dynamic range compared to Nikon 45mpx camera. I would love to see a video where you will borrow and use this Olympus setup and do the same picture and brackets using Olympus and nikon and do your workflow if the results will be similar or harder to achieve with a smaller sensor. Thank you, love watching your content.

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Thanks Hana. Tbh a bigger sensor will always be preferble. I'd love to be shooting medium format for example. However, this technique is designed to still work even when cameras don't have a great dynamic range. I used to use it even when shooting on my very old 12mp Nikon D200 - and still got excellent results!

@SupremeSkeptic Жыл бұрын

Double masking 15:50

@williamwidmanphotography Ай бұрын

Hi Anthony, how do you deliver your proofs to clients - platform, format, etc. Do you create contact sheets? thanks

@aaronjones1362 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video!

@constantinosschinas4503 11 ай бұрын

You can also merge to 32bit and do all this dynamically within photoshop.

@spreadaloha184 10 ай бұрын

That was super helpful but Im struggling to get a final image that doesn't look washed out. I can't seem to fine-tune the transparency of the highlights and shadows. any advice to really take advantage. seems like Im missing something in Lumenzia. huge thanks

@archiphoto 10 ай бұрын

I've got a few other videos where I've tackled this problem for others that said they were struggling with the contrast but t.b.h. the most in-depth info has been put together by the guy who created Lumenzia. He's got an exposure blending master course available here: bit.ly/3dpGeub

@zvjezdanalastre 10 ай бұрын

All beautiful and greatso where do we find lumenzia ??

@denisl1071 10 ай бұрын

When we their open as smart object but how we can their auto-align in photoshop?

@AtelierHai- Жыл бұрын

loved it. thanks for the info

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

You're welcome 😊

@landesnorm 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this informative video. These techniques, however, are very similar to the techniques that printers and color separation houses would use to create duotones, tritones, and quadtones of b&w prints. Dot etchers also played a part in opening up shadows and color balancing color separations for printed color reproductions. The materials were different back then--film, kodalith, ink, paper, etc., and present day computerized techniques may be more precise and have greater usefulness, but the underlying concepts seemed to have changed little with the advent of computerization.

@stephendenagy3396 10 ай бұрын

Very nice. But here is a question? Why not just dump it into HDR function in PS or one of the alternate filters? I get you don’t want the “HDR look, “ but this is HDR! Most of the apps I see and own have the ability of quieting the dramatic aspects.

@archiphoto 10 ай бұрын

Hi Stephen. PS and LR's merge to HDR only create the 32bit file that contains all the data. You still need to bring back the shadow and highlight detail, whether that be with sliders or other techniques. The slider recovery is acceptable but more crude. This approach gives more control for a higher level finish. Yes there are good HDR merge software and tools out there and I've used most of them. I've done a few vids on using them too. This is still my preferred method but so many ways to achieve results it's just about finding what works for you.

@lorenzodifolco Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! It was so helpful!

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@CannabisReviewTV Жыл бұрын

Best channel for all this.. appreciate you!

@jayboogie27 9 ай бұрын

This is great! I won't even tell you what I was doing in LR before this : ) Although, my images didn't line up. Do I need to use the guided transformation in LR on all three images simultaneously? Thanks!

@herodot86 2 ай бұрын

so I just watched 20 mins just to get the information, thatr what I need to know is to buy a software :) would be nice to mention such things in first place. However, great video

@corey688 Ай бұрын

Complete workflow

@alessandropiras1480 Жыл бұрын

I like your editing workflow. In this case you didn't use the "double masking" tecnique, is there any reason why?

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Good point. I love the double mask approach, but in this one I just wanted to keep it more simple so I could really focus on the basics of the actual blend.

@raymondandres Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the very informative video. Anyway, is it possible to finish the photo after merging in Lightroom instead of using color efex?

@AnthonyTurnham Жыл бұрын

Hi, for the type of finishing I'm referring to Lightroom isn't really an option. It's so good at those initial steps of prepping the file but the finishing really needs to be done in more specialised programs such as ColorEfex Pro.

@amirehrlich4969 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Anthony. I truly enjoy your videos. Wanted to ask about bracketing - why do you use 1 stop jump and not 2 stops jump in the settings ? I saw in many of your tutorials that eventually you combine photos with 2 stops difference.

@AnthonyTurnham Жыл бұрын

Sometimes +1 or -1 is a better base to start with than 0ev. I always like to cover my bases and have the best data available for my edit. So a 0 -2 +2 set may not be the best option. I'd sooner have access to a set based on 1 stop increments even if I don't end up using all of them. Hope that makes sense.

@amirehrlich4969 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. And if I may, a followup on this - for how long do you keep your raw files ? When do you delete them to clear space ?

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

I keep them all as a safety net. Completely overkill tbh though.

@constantinosschinas4503 11 ай бұрын

Why not import 16bit tiffs, do the shadow/highlight as a live filter, and then blend using blending options instead of mask? Similar results and live preview.

@pawel-951 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. I'd like to ask you how you deal with mixed light sources when it comes to white balance? Because there is a main reason I'm using a "flambient" technique in order to "clean" the light. But I have to admit that setting the strobes and lightstands (sometimes) is time consuming, so I looking toward using some sort of HDR or exposure blending in the future.

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Hi Pawel. In those instances of extreme mixed lighting situations I may do some strobe files for the "clean light". Other times I'll play with internal lighting and capture frames with the different lights on and then use those files in luminosity mode over my preferred colour frames. It's actually quite a deep topic with the solution depending on the situation. Perhaps a video for the future... 😀

@patricktaylor8637 Жыл бұрын

@@archiphoto Yes please! Would love to see a tut on dealing with different color light sources. Thanks! Great stuff!!

@_trismegistus Жыл бұрын

Does this work that much better than the built-in Lr or Ps auto HDR merger? Or is it similar results, but you get the extra control over the masks with Lumenzia?

@tommyjohn4968 3 ай бұрын

What about without Lumenzia?

@bajonesinsf Жыл бұрын

Anthony... Wondering about Color fx pro 5. I see you use it to finalize images and I am wondering if you could include a tutorial about that program. Also, I see you have created numerous "presets" that you have created. I would be interested in knowing about your settings there as well. Thank you in advance, I appreciate what you do.

@AnthonyTurnham Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. Yes, I really love colorefex pro for the image finishing side of things. My presets are just subtle variations but tend to focus around 4 or 5 tools that work great for architecture once the initial heavy lifting of image correction is done. I'll try and cover it in an upcoming vid. Great suggestion!

@bajonesinsf Жыл бұрын

@@AnthonyTurnham Thanks Anthony, that would be great. I have the collection as well as Greg's plugin as mentioned and both Luminar 4 and Neo. Just trying to navigate the best settings for everything to assist in editing.

@AnthonyTurnham Жыл бұрын

@@bajonesinsf Yeah, while I love ColorEfex for finishing as part of my photoshop workflow, NEO has the edge of being able to batch process that finishing look whereas without running an action in Photoshop, colorefex is applied on each individual edit.

@mattkauffenstein8778 Жыл бұрын

Complete workflow please.

@davemetzger4205 Жыл бұрын

Great piece, very helpful. Do you always use exposure blending or are there certain situations where you prefer HDR merging in Lightroom? Thx.

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Hi Dave. I'll use a variety of techniques for exposure blending, window pulls, flambient, hdr, hdr hybrid etc. I've tried to cover them on this channel and will do more videos in the future. 🙂

@robertparmafotografia5335 Жыл бұрын

A similar technique is well known even from pre-digital era, called DRI. Saves time on location but not necessarily in post ;-) The annoying thing is the blue glare on the window reflections... looks a bit "cheap" :/ How to avoid it?

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

A simple floor recolouring would do the trick if the cast was problematic. I'm curious about the DRI you mentioned? The only info I can find is about thermal imaging. Do you have more on that or a link you can share? I'd like to read up on it. Cheers.

@fly4urealestatephotography407 Жыл бұрын

complete workflow please

@JimWildmanArt 8 ай бұрын

complete workflow

@epectase6314 10 ай бұрын

Hi Anthony, is the histogram on that base eposure you use usually slightly shifted to the right?

@michaelrundberg7577 Жыл бұрын

Great videos with tons of knowledge., Thanks., I was wondering what your thoughts were when blending 3 images with Layer Blend Modes., Darken for the highlights and Lighten for the Shadows. Then the "Blend If" sliders to clean up the midtones? Also maybe a "Apply Image" luminosity Mask that I made into actions? Is there something fundamentally flawed with this kind of work flow?., Thanks

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Hi Michael, Good questions! I've played around with those approaches mentioned in the past and while there's nothing "wrong" with them I do prefer the ease and precision afforded by Lumenzia. I prefer to be able to visualise the precise mask rather than relying on the unseen maths that drives lighten/darken and blend if. Just personal preference. Also Apply Image, which I've done tutorials on before is a good option but a little more time consuming to get the mask dialled in. Because I do this as a business and time is money I prefer the quicker approach. Even through there's not much in it, the small differences magnify over multiple shoots and multiple images.

@mrdaytona34 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I have seen your videos with lumenzia and will eventually try that. For now I am trying to learn all the different ways to always have options and simply learn photoshop. Keep up the great work. It is much appreciated.

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate 😀

@cgescape 11 ай бұрын

All this info is for free! unbeliveable.. do you have a insta too

@santiagojakas472 Жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial! Just wanted to know if you considered doing window pulls for this editing? Sometimes I get confused on when doing them and when not to do them. Thanks in advance!

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Window pulls weren't really an option here. As soon as the space starts getting larger I prefer this approach.

@monoffoto Жыл бұрын

Is this flambing technique a leftover from the early 2000s when there wasn't any powerful software for HDR and the cameras had bad dynamic range?

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Hi. The idea behind flambient it is to kill colour casts and better control the colour accuracy in the scene while maintaining the true luminence characteristics of the environment. Trouble is often it's processed poorly and still ends up looking "flashy". This is my preferred method but I do still use elements of the flambient technique at times.

@epectase6314 Жыл бұрын

Why do you tilt down the camera for the shot? thanks a lot

@AnthonyTurnham Жыл бұрын

Less ceiling and not cut off the bottom of the table. A mid height shot with back of camera parallel didn't give the composition I was after.

@moochannel523 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Roose Bolton.

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Power tastes best when sweetened by courtesy. The North will know of your appreciation.

@virtualworldsbyloff 10 ай бұрын

HDR in the end

@archiphoto 10 ай бұрын

Yes. HDR where you're in control of the result. For high contrast scenes where the shadows and highlights fall outside the tonal range of the sensor, by definition if you want this information in your final output, the result is HDR (high dynamic range) regardless of the approach taken to achieve it.

@simoharjane7823 10 ай бұрын

Interesting .

@justinhaller2055 Жыл бұрын

That all well and good but how much time are you spending on each image and how much do you get paid per licensed image?

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Hi Justin, I've covered exact amounts in other vids so won't go over it again, but enough to justify spending a little longer on a higher quality deliverable for my client. If you need a quicker approach try the preset I showed in the most recent upload: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/opyPgdSJudnOdGQ.html

@monoffoto Жыл бұрын

Will anybody out there be able to distinguish this Photoshop edit from a simple HDL merge in Lightroom? I kinda doubt it. Maybe you could do a quick comparison in another video :)

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Interesting thought... TBH my initial proofs are often accepted by the client as a very good photo - however I still use more refined techniques for the finished product. Just because that client may not appreciate the higher quality, a prospective and more discerning future client may.

@curtstevens6178 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Anthony! When trying this technique with Lumenzia, I have to use the feather feature to get anything like a proper blend between exposures. Somewhere around 300 pixels. I notice that you never need to do this. Curious as to what I am doing wrong. Also, I have never seen you blend more than 3 exposures. Do you sometimes need more in a very high-contrast shot? A complete workflow would be great when you have the time. Thanks again!

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

Hi Curt. I'm really not sure why you'd need to feather anything. The benefit of Lumenzia is that the masks are pixel perfect right off the bat. I'm going to guess that it's the processing of the files/layers themselves that's not allowing for a decent blend. When you do the blend without the feather does it look rather flat? If so then that's likely to be the issue.

@archiphoto Жыл бұрын

BTW Curt, I've done a full walkthrough edit you might find helpful here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/laiiebiFntqbn3U.html

@curtstevens6178 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the response Anthony! The issue, as you discuss in this video, is I am not starting with images that are well-matched for the blend. The problem I run into is that when I try to raise the shadows and blacks in my highlights image or lower the highlights and whites in my shadows image so that they are more similar to the base image they start to fall apart. Maybe I don't have the dynamic range that is necessary? I'm shooting on a Z5 24MP camera. I know you are shooting on a D850 48MP. Is this part of the problem?

@adventure9606 Жыл бұрын

@@curtstevens6178 Curt you might try renting the D850 for one shoot and do a comparison between cameras to see if there is much difference.