All we need to do, in theory, is smoothly blend the area of the sun into the brighter exposure where that same area is blown out. We were smart enough, however, to take a second, darker exposure, this time exposing for the sunset. We’ve exposed for the foreground so rather typically the brightest part of the sky is over-exposed. For example, let’s say we are looking at a beautiful sunset shot in Photoshop. Luminosity masks, also known as Luminance Masks, are a way of making advanced selections in Photoshop based on luminosity values. Puerto Natales Pier by Jimmy Mcintyre on 500pxĢ blended exposures using Luminosity Masks and one long exposure One of the most effective ways to do this is through the use of Luminosity Masks. While many of these programs are superb, there’s nothing quite as clean, in my experience, as being able to blend your exposures manually in Photoshop. A whole market of HDR software has sprung up to satisfy just that need. More often that not, this involves blending multiple exposures.
However, since we still aren’t there yet, we photographers rely on various post-processing measures to increase the dynamic range held within our final images. Modern cameras aren’t too far from that now. With this new technology, for me, would lie the holy grail-the ability to capture the dynamic range of light in any given scene with a single file. In this camera may also lie a sensor so powerful that the richness and size of the data in a single RAW file would make our modern day computers explode every time we exported one into Photoshop. One day, in the hopefully not-too-distant future, we will carry with us a camera so light and compact that younger generations will laugh at the way we once lugged huge bricks across vast distances to capture a timeless moment. But if you’d like to take your Luminosity Mask mastery to a new level, check out his comprehensive Luminosity Masks Tutorial below. You can download his free Easy Panel for Photoshop program, which will create Luminosity Masks for you at the click of a button. He has taught digital blending workshops in four continents, and he also offers online courses. He is currently undertaking a two-year project in Asia-writing two photography guidebooks for China and South Korea.
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