Exposure Blending Technique For Architectural Photography - Combine Interior and Exterior Seamlessly

Two "must-have" tools for Architectural Photographers are explained in this tutorial.
Exposure Blending panel for photoshop: bit.ly/3dpGeub
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Real estate photo editing and architectural photography editing share a lot of similarities. In this video, I'm sharing the best and most efficient way to blend different exposures into one seamless and believable high dynamic range image. I show a manual approach and then a better way using a photoshop panel that makes luminosity mask selections for you. Really quick, really precise.
Once the blend is complete you're going to want to bring back a bit of contrast. I often do that with Luminar AI bit.ly/Lum-AI (discount code ATSKY10 if you want to get it). But in this one, I'm sharing one of my favourite plug-ins that I've been using for years! It's a collection of tools that have real-world usefulness. They're not gimmicky, they look great and save you time. Overall the investment into your business is well worth it.
Talking business, I've also got some pointers on how I charge and if that's something that's of interest to you (and it should be if you do, or want to do this professionally) just write "pricing" in the comments, and if there's enough interest I'll put a video together on how I make good money doing architectural photograph, and you can too!
I hope this guide is useful to you. I put a lot of work into it. So if it is helpful I'd love to hear from you! Thanks so much for watching! 🙏 and share the love with a thumbs up and/or a comment 😄
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[@Remiss63]

Every time you begin one of these inside-outside views I think I know how you’re going to fix this. Here, you threw in several great additional tips that were new! A discussion of pricing and gaining clients for architectural photography would be welcome.

[@archiphoto]

Nice one Andrew. Yeah, always good to have several approaches to solve editing problems in your back pocket.

[@magphotos]

Fantastic! Really thanks A LOT for sharing your tips and workflow with such precisione!

[@atbgabby]

Pricing please!! Thank you so much. Your content has been such a game changer and I appreciate you! :)

[@archiphoto]

Thanks. And I appreciate you watching! I'm glad my videos are helping you. Cheers, Anthony :)

[@perrysmithphotography2915]

Anthony...a pricing video would be great!

[@archiphoto]

Duly noted Perry!

[@rogerwalton8160]

An excellent tutorial - thank you. Although not an architectural photographer I do lots of church interiors and the principles are very much the same - needing to recover detail in stained glass windows and in heavily shadowed areas.

[@archiphoto]

Yeah it's a really useful technique. I also use it a lot for landscape work too. Cheers for the comment Roger.

[@bartverweij4589]

Hi Anthony, thanks for another great video. Pricing would be a great topic and I would also like to know what kind of contract you send to your client about the licensing . Love your new channel and greetings from Laos.

[@archiphoto]

Thanks Bart. Greetings to Laos from NZ! :)

[@pousadabrasilcaribe6304]

No ideia what went wrong but mine got completely fake on the windows, I'm doing the lite version to try, but I'm pretty sure, even with the free version I would have an idea what would it be like..however I've tried to apply this in several photos and they all look totally different..If you please could help with any advice.. thank you so much!

[@FabioCasati1]

Great tutorial! I too join the others: pricing. I have a quick question about Lumenzia: at 12:35 you changed the level and the mask remained. If I change the level the mask disappears. How did you do? Thanks

[@raykachatorian1610]

Thanks for the great info. I bought Lumenza but don't see all the L options like you have this is only one for each D,M,L. Thanks.

[@archiphoto]

Hi Ray. There's two versions of the panel you can access. If you go to the help files that come with it it explains how to switch between them. (sorry not on my pc at the moment to check the steps myself).

[@AlexHaitz]

Hey Anthony! Love your videos and insights. In general, would you recommend applying no sharpening to the files before bringing them into PS for the blending? I find that my files come out quite noisy when I’ve prepared the highlights and shadows layers, and the blending look a bit choppy around the edges. Is it wiser to avoid LR’s sharpening in my import preset and just rely on something like Nik Collection’s sharpener as a final step? Thanks!!

[@archiphoto]

Hi Alex, great question. Yes, I'd stay away from sharpening until you've done your blending. The fine edge contrast is harder to deal with if it's applied before the blend takes place.

[@AlexHaitz]

@@archiphoto Thanks Anthony! Keep up the great work, brother.

[@chaos2kProductions]

Another great video. do you have any Nik recepies you can share?

[@archiphoto]

Thanks. No recipes to share at the moment I'm afraid.

[@AIFutureMedia]

Hello Anthony, great video! Super well explained and right to the point! Just one quick question, may I ask what do you on 16:43 to quickly duplicate the layer from a group of layers into a single smart object layer? Thanks!

[@TylerHealy-u6r]

Is there a database or stock portfolio that you upload the photos to so manufacturers can find them and purchase rights? Or rephrased, how do the vendors find photos to purchase?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

I'll share the proof photos via Dropbox or another visual sharing platform and also email them a link. The client knows to expect that. Other vendors will often see the photos in magazines or online and then get in touch.

[@TylerHealy-u6r]

@@AnthonyTurnham great thanks. Nice work on demonstrating the real power of Lightroom hdr.

[@davehaworthphoto]

Wonderfully helpful series Anthony! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Besides the common request for pricing-licensing contract would be helpful. But what I am struggling with most is color cast, primarily from wood floors and furniture.

[@archiphoto]

Hi Dave, I'll try and cover color cast issues soon. Have you tried flambient technique? With regards to licensing, I came across this course, (it's not mine but it's extremely thorough and got really useful info) bit.ly/How2LicensePhotos Cheers for watching

[@davehaworthphoto]

@@archiphoto Thank you for the suggestions. I have tried flambient, but I definitely need more practice with it.

[@nik_at_optik]

Hey Mate, I didn't release your from Christchurch, that's awesome, I love your channel! For some reason, and maybe it's me, The link for the exposure blending tool, or at least the website for getting tool is broken. 🤔

[@nik_at_optik]

The link worked for me today must of been something weird at my end!!

[@archiphoto]

Hi Nik! Glad you got it sorted. 👍

[@santiago.heyser]

Anthony, thanks for your masterclass!! Can I ask about the "high key" Starting values you recommend in Color Efex Pro?

[@archiphoto]

Thanks. I'll see if I can cover it in a future vid. 😀

[@noriller]

Say, does aurora HDR do a good job for something like that?

[@archiphoto]

Absolutely! I'll often use Aurora instead of or in conjunction with the techniques shown here. For those of you unfamiliar... bit.ly/best_HDR Aurora is HDR done how it should be (for architectural purposes anyway) believably!

[@blakehobson_]

Great vid! Would you know why my lumenzia table doesn't have L2 L3 it just has the button L and the slider on the side. Same for M and D too. Appreciate any help. Cheers

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Hi Blake. Just out and about at the moment so it's hard to think off the top of my head. I know there are two different views you can use. There's also a basic panel and then the full panel which you buy as an upgrade. Perhaps you have just the basic panel active?

[@boruchlen]

Pricing! 😊👍

[@MrFasmr]

Amazing video! Very helpful! I wonder why you didn't use Aurora. Do you prefer to use Lumenzia instead of Aurora? What makes you choose one program or another? I think both are quite fast and time saving, that's for sure.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Just to share options really. This approach certainly gives more control.

[@archiphoto]

Aurora has unfortunately discontinued. However, the Quantum Engine technology responsible for it's excellent results have been migrated into the HDR merge extension for Luminar Neo (bit.ly/HDRMerge)

[@drpentecost]

Pricing please.

[@BrandonSchuster]

Yes, pricing is a need to be addressed, especially in the lower paying eu market

[@archiphoto]

Thanks Brandon. Lower paying in which field exactly, real estate, architectural? Who are your clients? Cheers.

[@BrandonSchuster]

@@archiphoto yes, architecture and interiors. My friend's in the USA can change 5x what I can. They're probably a bit more talented than I am, but I'm doing decent work.

[@laurentferryphotographyparis]

Pricing

[@dmproducciones874]

Pricing pls

[@atulya98]

pricing

[@archiphoto]

Noted. Thanks mate.

[@lanaaout96]

Pricing :)

[@TJSigouin]

Pricing please.

[@archiphoto]

Noted mate. Thanks.

[@g-lurk]

pricing