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4A: 📷 💻 Black Belt Blending | Focus Stacking, HDR & Movement (NEW)
🏁 Start Here - Important Information 🏁
Recommended Prerequisite Learning Material for this Course
Course Overview - Tips for Learning (6:17)
📩 DOWNLOADS: PDF Library 📩
DOWNLOADS: PDF Library
🚨🚨 FOCUS STACKING for DEPTH OF FIELD 🚨🚨
What is Focus Stacking & When to Use It? (6:04)
⚙️ Basics of Automated Focus Stack Technique
Downloads
1 - Basics with Telephoto Lens (8:19)
2 - Intermediate with Telephoto Lens (13:19)
3 - Advanced with Wide Angle Lens (10:25)
🏔️ Image 1 - Manual Focus Stack [Wide Angle Lens w/ Flowers]
Downloads
1 - Manual Focus Stack Camera Technique (4:27)
2 - Composition Tips for Focus Stacked Image (4:02)
3 - Manual Blending for Focus Stack (11:28)
🌳 Image 2 - Automated Focus Stack [Wide Angle Lens w/ Ferns]
Downloads
1 - Focus Stack Camera Technique (6:40)
2 - Focus Stack Camera Technique (8:13)
3 - Photo Editing for Focus Stacking (16:52)
🌲 Image 3 - Automated Focus Stack [Telephoto Lens in the Forest]
Downloads
1 - Focus Stack Camera Technique (12:16)
2 - Photo Editing for Focus Stacking (7:51)
3 - Photo Editing for Focus Stacking (10:07)
🚨🚨 EXPOSURE BLENDING for HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE 🚨🚨
What is Exposure Blending & When to Use It? (6:35)
📷 Test Your Camera - How Many Exposures Do You Need for Dynamic Range?
How to Test Your Camera's Dynamic Range (22:48)
🖥️ Exposure Blending Basics
1 - The MOST Important Advice - Don't Move Your Focal Point (2:55)
2 - ETTR vs Super RAW Files (2:49)
3 - Creating Super RAW Files (5:34)
4 - Editing a Super RAW File with Smart Objects & Layer Masks (8:05)
🌥️ 2 Exposure Blend [Low - Medium Dynamic Range Scenes]
When to Use this Technique
1 - Two Exposure Blend (19:08)
2 - Two Exposure Blend (2:47)
🌤️ 3 Exposure Blend [High Dynamic Range Scenes]
When to Use this Technique
1 - Three Exposure Blend (14:09)
2 - Three Exposure Blend (17:01)
🌅 Super RAW Exposure Blend [Extreme Dynamic Range Scenes]
When to Use this Technique
1 - Super RAW Exposure Blend (5:55)
2 - Camera Technique Tips (6:18)
3 - Super RAW Exposure Blend (14:02)
4 - Super RAW Exposure Blend (20:49)
🚨🚨 TIME BLENDING for DYNAMIC SCENES 🚨🚨
What is Time Blending & When to Use It? (3:47)
⌛️ Time Blending Basics
1 - Time Blending Tips (4:39)
2 - DO NOT Move Your Focal Point (2:04)
3 - Example 1 - Simple Time Blend (10:36)
💡Light - Time Blending
Downloads
1 - Camera Technique Basics (5:26)
2 - Photo Editing Basics (3:52)
⛈️ Clouds - Time Blending
Downloads
1 - Camera Technique (2:48)
2 - Photo Editing (14:35)
🌤️💧Clouds & Water - Time Blending
Downloads
1 - Camera Technique (5:39)
2 - Photo Editing Technique (21:06)
🍁 Long Exposures & Fall Colors - Time Blending
1 - Camera Technique (13:59)
2 - Photo Editing (34:26)
3 - Photo Editing (39:39)
☔️ Rain Spot Removal - Time Blending
Rain Removal Basics (3:16)
🌌 Light Painting - Time Blending
Light Painting and Milky Way Photography (13:55)
🏞️ Rivers & Streams - Time Blending
Downloads
1 - Camera Technique (16:26)
Step 1 - RAW File Adjustments (4:59)
Step 2 - Select a Color Harmony (2:25)
Step 3 - Balance the Color & Light (5:59)
Step 4 - Optimize the Color Mood (6:45)
Step 5 - Final Adjustments - Balance Color and Light (20:14)
Watch the Entire Edit
💦 Waterfalls - Time Blending
0 - Download Image Files
1 - Camera Technique, Part 1 (9:54)
2 - Camera Technique, Part 2 (6:36)
3 - Camera Technique, Part 3 (7:22)
Step 1 - Initial RAW File Adjustments (2:28)
Step 2 - Select a Color Harmony (2:04)
Step 3 - Balance the Light Across the Landscape (4:55)
Step 4 - Optimize the Color Mood (5:39)
Step 5 - Final Adjustments - Balance Color & Light (14:36)
Watch the Entire Edit
🌠 Star Trails - Time Blending
Downloads
1 - Star Trails Over a Moon Lit Sandstone Monolith, Part 1 (33:11)
2 - Star Trails Over a Moon Lit Sandstone Monolith, Part 2 (25:43)
3 - Star Trails, Moon Light & Sand Dunes, Part 1 (20:05)
4 - Star Trails, Moon Light & Sand Dunes, Part 2 (20:27)
5 - Examples 1 & 2: Noise Reduction, Final Edit, and Sharpening (9:27)
🚨🚨 ADVANCED BLENDING TECHNIQUES 🚨🚨
When to Use this Technique
🏔️ Mountain Sunset Over Alpine Stream [Focus + Time Blend]
Downloads
1 - Camera Technique (5:20)
2 - Raw File Adjustment (11:09)
3 - Raw File Blending (7:33)
Watch the Entire Edit
🌊 Ocean Sunset with Huge Waves [Focus + Exposure + Time Blend]
Downloads
1 - Camera Technique (29:14)
Step 1 - Initial RAW File Adjustments (8:34)
Step 2 - Select a Color Harmony (1:37)
Step 3 - Balance the Light Across the Landscape (5:20)
Step 4 - Optimize the Color Mood (4:35)
Step 5 - Final Adjustments - Balance Color and Light (16:07)
Watch the Entire Edit
🏔️ Mountain Sunset w/ Fog [Focus + Exposure + Time Blend]
Downloads
1 - Camera Technique (3:34)
2 - Photo Editing (49:53)
🌌 Milky Way [Focus + Exposure + Time Blend]
Downloads
1 - Milky Way & Glowing Tent, Part 1 (48:01)
2 - Milky Way & Glowing Tent, Part 2 (46:28)
3 - Milky Way & Glowing Tent, Part 3 (11:13)
🚨🚨 OTHER BLENDING TECHNIQUES 🚨🚨
READ ME
📷 Pano Blending
1 - Pano Tips (3:47)
2 - Camera Technique with Tripod (9:44)
3 - Handheld Camera Technique (8:33)
4 - Photo Editing Tripod Example (3:30)
5 - The Best Pano Editing Tip (3:38)
6 - Photo Editing Handheld Example (3:27)
7 - Pano Selfie Action Shot (4:11)
8 - Vertical Pano for Milky Way Photography (6:16)
🖥️ Perspective Blending
Example 1 (11:41)
Example 2 (8:50)
How to Test Your Camera's Dynamic Range
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