Exposing to the right part 2 - How far can we go?

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Ian Middleton : Photography & Travel

Күн бұрын

In this photography tutorial, I show you the benefits of using a technique called exposing to the right in order to create a much more vibrant image with lots more detail and colour, along with how far you can overexpose your photo before parts of it become unrecoverable.
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@cliffford5843 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for an informative video. Enjoyed your format, easy to listen to and your instruction appreciated.

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome. Glad you found it useful.

@michaeltrue 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial, watched both parts, thanks for the explanation and examples.

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. Appreciate it.

@lhxtrilhas 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Your tutorial is excellent. You go step by step and the best of all we really can see the results.

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much. Glad you found it helpful.

@lilianfabiano3079 4 жыл бұрын

WONDERFUL, THANK YOU FOR YET ANOTHER VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO!!!

@LonStar3000 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ian! Great information! Great format! Excellent teaching at the proper speed! Very useful info! You are the best!

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much.

@Knoechel77 2 жыл бұрын

Sehr gutes Video 👌🏼

@leojonkers3181 2 жыл бұрын

I tryed the last fase in Photoshop for the first time. I try again to see if it gives you more possibilitys then in Camera Raw.

@smiff4748 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial Ian, I'm learning so much. Thank you for sharing

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome.

@raesalmon 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ian. Really enjoyed both parts of tutorial !

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed it.

@richfeast1 4 жыл бұрын

Good job and well done. I learned a lot from your in-depth coverage of this concept.

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much. Glad it has helped.

@sjsphotog 4 жыл бұрын

great stuff here in Part 2. beautiful photo BTW.

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much.

@MoinKhan-yu7gx 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton sir, it’s a very useful tutorial, I learned a lot, Earlier I was confused about using graduating filter in camera raw, you explained it very nicely. Thank you very much

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. Check out my tutorial on the grad tool also for a more in depth look.

@vedarius 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this technique, Ian! It is worth being tried, though it is not that obvious that you couldn't come to the same result, starting with normally exposed image and highliting dark areas... I will try both ways at some image. Thank you for a kind of inspiration to go deeper into techniques! Igor

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

You could but you'd have to lift the shadows which would result in less smooth tonal transitions and could well introduce noise, the level of which would depend on the quality of your camera. Exposing to the right is a much better way.

@joralonso 4 жыл бұрын

Wow ! great video , I was doing everything wrong hahaha. Thank you for sharing

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome.

@coreybyrd8392 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Very informative video... I was always told to underexpose and when i tried to recover the details I was disappointed with the noise that was left as a result of this process. I have learned a lot from you and am appreciative !

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it has helped. Yes underexposing is taught at beginner level usually to ensure this, but as you saw it often brings out noise when you lift the shadows. How bad it is depends on your camera. The more expensive higher end cameras handle it better, but the cheaper low end ones are worse.

@coreybyrd8392 4 жыл бұрын

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel , I have the sony a9 and I still wasn't happy with the noise in pics that were underexposed. I don't underexpose anymore, but believe it or not I was taught this in my college photography class. Thanks also for your videos about using Adobe Camera RAW. We focused so much on photoshop at school but ACR is so fast and easy before you get to Photoshop!

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

@@coreybyrd8392 underexposing is an old school technique used in the days of film.

@coreybyrd8392 4 жыл бұрын

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel HAHAHA...my instructors both come from the days of using 35mm film! Obviously this technique wasn't suggested for every photograph...just certain shooting situations (eg. sunsets).

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

@@coreybyrd8392 ha, yes of course especially when the sun is in the frame. But even then, pushing it to the right a bit and then pulling it back in acr makes for a glossier look. Trick is to ensure the details aren't burnt out.

@zabtej1645 4 жыл бұрын

You can see that the first image has no sun in it. The second picture contains the sun. In a contrasty picture where there is a sun, most of the very bright stuff SHOULD be blown out in order to capture any kind of shadow/ midtone detail. You can mess with the curves to shape the transition between the blown out parts and the not blown out parts. You can even make it look like film even if a lot of the sky is blown out. If you want to get the sun and the clouds around it, just bracket the shot or use a 2 square kilometre softbox to illuminate the landscape.

@pelatonrider 4 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to using this technique. Do you bracket at a .3 .5 or 1??

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

I usually do three bracketed shots at + - 1 stop depending on the scene.

@strgoddss 4 жыл бұрын

Is this ETTR technique only fir landscapes or is it useful in portraits?

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

Yes you can use it for portraits too. Just be sure not to burn out the highlights and bracket just in case. I find it can be great when you have a dark background too.

@gimbalair 3 жыл бұрын

First class Ian. I am entirely new to photo and videography, learning on the fly. I don’t want to pay a monthly sub for photoshop I don’t take enough pics, is there an alternative.

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Haven't used it myself but I hear GIMP is very good: www.gimp.org/

@gimbalair 3 жыл бұрын

Ok, I’ve got that for making ‘little planets’ I’ll take a look. I have Lightroom on my iPad that seems fairly straight forward.

@adamyoung3286 4 жыл бұрын

That was excellent, but I have a question. Did the sky actually look like that when you took it, or is this an exaggerated edit? Enjoyed the tutorial.

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

The sky colour is the warm morning light at sunrise, but has been warned up more by using the shady white balance. The intensity and smoothness of it is down to the ettr effect. As you saw I didn't touch the saturation slider, but by getting a brighter exposure and then darkening a bit, pulling back the highlights but keeping the bright parts bright, and tweaking the contrast and dehaze tool it has really brought it out. The underexposed shot looked nowhere near as good.

@adamyoung3286 4 жыл бұрын

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel I obviously didn't phrase my question right. Did the sky actually look like the one in the photo when you were there, or is it exaggerated?

@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel 4 жыл бұрын

@@adamyoung3286 sorry, downsides of reading quickly on a phone. The whole scene on the photo is much more vibrant than the actual scene was yes. It was a misty scene so the ettr has enhanced it a bit.