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Photoshop Tutorial: Blending with Light

– by Jay & Varina Patel

Learn how to bring out the rich, natural beauty in your high dynamic range photographs.

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WHAT’S INCLUDED

Instant access to streaming video tutorial for 1 year.
8 teaching videos for photographers who want to learn about exposure blending in Photoshop.
55+ minutes of video content – explanations, examples, workflow, case studies.
In-depth explanation of the step-by-step process that will allow you to create natural-looking, high dynamic range images with Photoshop layers & masks.
Sample Photoshop files – so you can work alongside the pros, and practice the exposure blending techniques you’ve learned.

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT

Compatible with: Photoshop CS6 or above
Recorded Version: Photoshop CC 2017

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Create natural-looking, blended images in just a few minutes.
Develop a simple exposure blending workflow using Photoshop layers and masks.
Discover how you can use your histogram to guide your processing, and avoid losing important details.
Learn to precisely control exposure blending in high-contrast areas to avoid distracting “halos”.
Find out how to use selections, layers, and masks to get precise control over your adjustments.

What People Are Saying

Every single case study was excellent

Great course! I am loving the narrower scope but more in-depth approach and both the “in the field” workflow and “the photo I didn’t take” explanations. Every single case study was excellent. (Behind the Lens Course)

Regina Velasquez

The very best possible way to teach

I retired from forty years of teaching elementary and middle school math/science students. As a former Indiana Teacher of the Year and and inducted member into the NATIONAL TEACHERS HALL OF FAME, I know what makes great teachers, and believe me, you and Varina Patel are excellent at what you do because you take complex topics and make them so simple to understand. Better yet, you teach your lessons directly from the field, on site—the very best possible way to teach.

Mike Kaiser

Georgetown, Indiana

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This (Visual Wilderness video courses) is exactly what I didn’t realize I’ve been looking for over the past few years: the videos, case studies, raw files, and explanations are what set this so far apart from anything else I’ve found. I have just started the course, but I can confidently say excellent job!

Mark Petry

Downingtown, Pennsylvania

Terrific clear, simple, engaging style

Jay and Varina Patel’s Ultimate Landscape Photography Course has been a great resource to help me in my journey towards taking great photos. Their presentations are in the terrific clear, simple, engaging style that they use in their workshops. Their content is comprehensive and includes handy tips and information that I haven’t seen elsewhere on the net.

Simon Patterson

Western Australia

Keep up the great work

I didn’t know Histograms could be so easily manipulated with such awesome results. I purchased this a few weeks, ago, and have viewed all the videos five or six times. Having been a public school teacher for 40+ years before retiring, I know what makes excellent teaching, and you, two, are some of the best instructors I’ve seen in the field of photography. Keep up the great work, and keep adding new additions to your ebooks and videos collections.

Michael Kaiser

Georgetown, USA

I thoroughly enjoyed the video courses

I thoroughly enjoyed the video courses by Varina and Jay Patel. Their clear presentation style and real life examples of their teaching enabled me to rapidly understand and put into practice what they were teaching. Their style is quite personal as if you were on site with them. Excellent photography in the examples supports the learning experience. Histograms were always a bit of a mystery. Seeing how to use them to improve my “in-camera” results will enable me to get the results I see in the field.

Michael Franklin

Ottawa, Canada

The material is presented in easy-to-digest

I have been using filters for many years and still learned a number of helpful tidbits of information I didn’t already know or hadn’t thought about from the Essential Filters Course. The material is presented in easy-to-digest segments of video that you can sit down and watch all of back-to-back, or if you only have a few minutes you can watch them one at a time. The way the segments are divided makes it easy to go back and find specifics you want to review.

Jennifer Wolf

Cardiff, California

I learned about the creative focusing technique

I learned about the creative focusing technique from In Sharp Focus Webinar . I had never thought about masking areas and using different focusing techniques in each area.

Bruce Edwards

Bowie, Maryland

Experience you bring to your video courses was very uplifting

The fresh perspective and experience you bring to your video courses was very uplifting to me and since I have taken the course my images have really improved. I also have a renewed desire to shoot again. I continue to watch them over and over and find hidden gems in them each time I do.

Shane Davila

Boise, Idaho, USA

great content from a very knowledgeable instructor

In Sharp Focus Webinar contained great content from a very knowledgeable instructor.

Paul Peters

Cobble Hill, British Columbia, Canada

How do I know if this Exposure Blending Tutorial is for me?

This tutorial is for you if:

You want to learn to create natural-looking images with Photoshop layers and masks.
You're looking for a simple exposure blending workflow for high dynamic range images.
You don't want to spend a lot of time learning overly-complicated techniques.
You already have a basic knowledge of Photoshop layers and masks, and want to learn how to use them to create stunning landscape photos.

This tutorial might not be the right fit if:

You are a Photoshop beginner - if you don't have a basic knowledge of layers and masks, you may want to find out more before you start this course.
You want to learn about RAW Processing using Adobe Camera RAW or Lightroom. We don't discuss the RAW converter in this course.
You want to create highly-saturated or surrealistic images. In this course, we focus on producing natural-looking blends.
You are looking for an automated or slider-based solution to exposure blending for High Dynamic Range images. This course teaches a manual workflow that offers ultimate control over your finished image.

Photoshop Tutorials: Blending with Light

NATURAL-LOOKING IMAGES
No more of that over-cooked, auto-HDR look. Manual blending and precise masking produce a clean, natural look - free of halos and artifacts.
SIMPLE WORKFLOW
Get the natural look you want with just a few minutes in Photoshop. No complicated, long-winded explanations. Just the simple, step-by-step process we follow every time we blend.
YOU ARE IN CONTROL
Photoshop layers and masks give you ultimate control over your blending process. You can target specific areas in your composition, and adjust your blend with precision.
ONE HOUR IS ALL IT TAKES
You can complete all 8 videos in just under an hour. Move along at your own pace, and use the sample files we provide to practice your new skills.