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Too much Photo Editing?

Today I recorded a new Youtube video, in which I show you the before and after for 10 of my photo edits. With this video I want to create some transparency about how much processing I do to my photos. I show you the original RAW files as they come out of the camera vs.[…]

Photo Editing Workflow

In the past I have already shared many of my post processing techniques on Youtube. Things like Exposure Blending, Advanced Masking or Dodge and Burn were already the topic of my video tutorials. But I haven’t shared my complete workflow on Youtube yet. Well, today I have two videos for you, which contain my 10[…]

How Exposure Blending Works in Photoshop

In this article, I show you how to use Exposures Blending in Photoshop to increase the dynamic range of your photos. I cover the following topics: Why Blending Exposures is Important How My Editing Evolved over the Years How to Blend Exposures Using Luminosity Masks in Photoshop How to Prepare Photos in Lightroom for Better[…]

Time Blending Tutorial

In this article, I answer the question of what Time Blending is and how to use it to elevate your architecture and landscape photos. I use a photo I took in Heidelberg a few years ago as an example. I had photographed this scene many times during previous visits to this city. This time, I[…]

10 post processing mistakes to avoid

I’m now practising landscape photography for more than eight years and am using photoshop for an even longer time. While working on hundreds of photos I made many mistakes along the way, which is quite natural and also the best way to learn and improve. Below you’ll find a list of 10 of my most[…]

Noise Reduction for Night Photos

When shooting starscapes a problem I have to deal with is high noise in the images. If I can’t go with exposures of several minutes because I want the stars to appear sharp in the image, I have to increase the ISO to achieve exposure times between 10 and 20 seconds. To reduce the resulting[…]