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How To Merge Two Exposures

February 18, 2013 by Steve Berardi Leave a Comment

Photo by Steve Berardi
Photo by Steve Berardi
One of the most common problems in landscape photography occurs when photographing a sunrise or sunset: the sky is always super bright and the foreground is always super dark. This causes some trouble for your camera because it can’t handle that dramatic range of brightness.

There’s a few ways to solve this problem, but one solution is to shoot two exposures: one exposed for the sky and one exposed for the foreground. Then, you can merge these exposures later in Photoshop.

Here are some details on how to accomplish this: [Read more…] about How To Merge Two Exposures

Filed Under: Landscapes, Photoshop Tutorials Tagged With: blend, bright, dynamic range, exposure, exposures, hdr, highlights, histogram, landscape, merge, overexpose, photo, shadow, shot

6 Tips For Photographing Sand Dunes

January 10, 2012 by Steve Berardi 9 Comments

Photo by Steve Berardi
Photo by Steve Berardi
Sand dunes are some of the most visually stunning subjects you’ll find in the desert. In a land that’s dominated by sharp cactus and pointy rocks, dunes provide some relief with their smooth curves and soft sand. So, naturally they make good subjects for photographs. Here are a few tips for photographing them:

#1 – Watch where you walk

Avoid walking through the middle of dunes, since that’ll mess up those nice lines in the sand and ruin any opportunity to photograph the dune. Instead, walk around dunes, or only walk through dunes you know you don’t want to photograph. [Read more…] about 6 Tips For Photographing Sand Dunes

Filed Under: Landscapes Tagged With: california, colorado, contrast, country, desert, dunes, landscape, lenses, mojave, sand, shadow, sunrise, sunset, Tips, wind

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