THOMAS CHU PHOTO

Photography Tutorial · 2023-02-19

Essential Light Strengthening for Landscapes: Luminosity Masks + Blend Modes

Photography is an art of light — it tests the photographer's control of natural and artificial light on location, and it also calls for post-capture refinement and enhancement.

Light strengthening naturally enhances glowing clouds, reflections, and subject highlights — a very important technique in landscape post-processing.

In today's video tutorial, we explain and demonstrate light strengthening in detail — and how powerful luminosity masks become when combined with layer blend modes.

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