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However, using frame blending, you can easily capture the scene as you remember it even if everything in the scene wasn't perfect from a photographic standpoint. All of these lighting events took place within 15 minutes of each other, but unfortunately, there was no way to capture everything all at once in a single frame. I then used two more images to showcase the beautiful lighting that happened on the mountains, and the final image I used allowed me to blend in some nice highlights on the rocks near the shore. The main exposure that acts as the main base image in the final composite is a single 4.5-minute exposure.

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Elia is a master at blending 'moments in time,' and it's a great technique to master even if you shoot portraits, architecture, weddings, or fine art.įor this particular image, I believe I only used four full images to get the final photograph, but I also blended in a few supplemental elements, including seagulls and a fisherman from a few other frames that I had captured over the course of 30 minutes. This is where blending different exposures can really make a photograph come to life.īlending multiple exposures together has been a staple in landscape photography, but I never understood just how powerful this technique could be until I started working with Elia Locardi in our ' Photographing the World' tutorial series. If you want to add an unexpected element like kayakers, boaters, wildlife, or moving cars, your chances of everything lining up perfectly in that one definitive moment are almost zero. It's very rare that the perfect sky will line up with the perfect exposure of a city. One of the most powerful reasons for shooting landscapes on a tripod is that it allows you to capture multiple photos throughout different lighting events and blend them together effortlessly. What I didn't expect was how fast the tide would move in and completely change my overall composition. As you can see in the photo below, I wound up using the rocks and the tip of Allison Point to create some interesting lines and angles in the lower part of the photo. On this particular morning, the sunrise coincided with a super-low tide, which gave me many options for foreground elements. I knew I wanted to capture my photo early in the morning when the water would still be smooth and the mountains would be lit from the side. The skies were crystal clear every day, but as you can imagine, clear blue skies are far from a landscape photographer's dream shooting scenario. The temperatures were around 70 degrees during the day and only 50 degrees at night. The entire time I was traveling through Alaska, the weather was just about perfect. Since Valdez doesn't have a super iconic skyline or any high rise buildings for that matter, I thought it would be nice to try to capture the natural beauty of the fishing town instead. Instead of photographing the more typical scene of fishing boats, the marina, and local businesses within the city limits, I decided to shoot the town from the opposite side of the water along a popular fishing spot called Allison Point. The photograph I wanted to create that captured the beauty of Valdez actually didn't take place in the small town.

The entire bay is also surrounded by beautiful, green mountains in the summer months that quickly become covered in snow in the winter. As you can see in the video above, Valdez is a remarkable town located in Prince Edward Sound and is home to wildlife like bears, sea lions, sea otters, eagles, and of course, tons of fish. Each year, thousands of international visitors drive the unbelievably scenic route from Anchorage to Valdez in hopes of catching their limit of pink, silver, and chinook salmon (not to mention halibut and rockfish). This short landscape tutorial takes place in one of the fishing capitals of Alaska, the small sleepy town of Valdez. One project involved photographing local salmon, and when the fish stopped biting, it gave me a chance to capture one of many amazing landscapes Alaska has to offer. Earlier this month, I had the chance to visit Alaska for several different projects.

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