In this landscape photography video I take you from the very basics of layer masking in Photoshop, right through to demystify luminosity masks for exposure blending. Luminosity masking is sometimes seen as being a complicated technique, but in reality it is very easy to grasp and extremely powerful in blending complex multiple exposures for your photography. I use an example of an image captured in a previous video to demonstrate how three exposures are brought together to create a balanced final image.

0:00 Intro
0:22 Capturing the image on location
2:10 Layer mask basics
5:08 Using selections with masks
6:36 Luminosity masking principles
9:46 Refining your luminosity masks
12:08 The finished exposure blend

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