Raw Edit 016: Long exposure photography editing tricks

In today’s episode / free Affinity Photo Tutorial I will show you from start to finish how I edited a long exposure of an iconic place from my hometown and how I managed to further transform it into an amazing epic photo!

 

Hello everyone!

We all have interesting places at our hometowns that we probably have shot a million times to death. I know because I have done so myself.

To the point that I truly believed that there is no way I can shoot one of the most iconic castles of my hometown in an interesting way.

Until one day I went down for a photo walk, during one of those rare occasions that I had a free hour ( Yes miracles do happen ). During that hour the clouds gave an amazing show and I managed to take a few interesting shots.

OF course shooting is only half of the story. Editing is the other half. So in this free Affinity Photo Tutorial I am going to show you not only how I took this photo ( settings, gear etc ) but also how I edited the RAW file in order to get some amazing results.

As always, I will start in the Develop persona to make some adjustments and after that I will dive into Affinity photo where I will complete the edit using adjustment layers and a few practical tricks that will take the photo to the next level.

This workflow is 100% nondestructive and you will be able to customize it to fit your very own style of shooting and editing.

Skills you will learn:

  • How to prepare a photo in the Develop persona
  • How to bring more details to the surface from the highlights of your photo
  • How to color grade your photos in order to give them a cinematic vibe and mood
  • How to use various adjustment layers and make them work together in harmony
  • How to relight your photo for more impact
  • How to take long exposure photos
  • And many more

Enjoy!




 

DO YOU WANT A FREE AFFINITY PHOTO COURSE THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND?

If you like this tutorial you will LOVE our full FREE course on how to create cinematic black and white portraits with Affinity Photo. Grab the FULL course for free by clicking here.

 

Related Articles

Responses

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *