Quick and Dirty Exposure Blending

A Quick and Dirty tutorial on using Blend If to do exposure blending. You can get pretty good results from this quick method!

#Timestamps
2:41 - Step One: Load Images as Smart Objects
3:51 - Step Two: Make Edits opening Smart Objects in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR)
7:44 - Step Three: Move Lighter Image as a layer above Darker Image
8:28 - Step Four: Open Layer Styles Panel on Lighter Image
9:18 - Step Five: Apply the Blend If!
9:59 - Step Six: Create a Group to group layers

About Dave!
Dave Cote has been photographing landscapes for as long as he can remember. Dave works full time as an IT Project Manager, as well as his photography business. He sells prints on line, at art shows, and occasionally you will find his photography in various medical offices and Tidewater Community College in Virginia Beach, Virginia as well as medical offices in Phoenix, Arizona. His emphasis is on doing great photography as quickly as possible. He finds ways to make processing photographs easier and quicker, getting you back out to take more photographs!

All photography is about light. All photographers state that they “paint” with light. Dave looks for more than just light, he looks for textures, tones and colors. Dave finds that the quality of light at the moment he clicks the shutter will bring out or reveal a color, tone or texture that wasn’t obvious just minutes before and will disappear minutes after. He revels in the beauty of the world, and sometimes feels like a kid in awe of the simple beauty that he sees around him.

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