Photographing the World 3

Two unique photography lessons were created by Fstoppers and Elia Locardi. Elia set out to build an introductory course that explores both his on-location shooting techniques along with his sophisticated post processing in the first tutorial, Photographing The World: Landscape Photography and Post-Processing. Elia introduces a lot of more complex editing techniques in the second tutorial of Photographing the World: Cityscape, Astrophotography, and Advanced Post-Processing, as well as photographing some of the world’s most beautiful cityscapes.

We are excited to announce that the world wide journey continues with photographing the world III. Elia explores his favorite country, Italy, as well as two of the largest mega cities in the world, New York City and Dubai. Building upon the first two parts of the series, part III explores more advanced editing techniques as well as capturing unique methods in the field. Elia finds himself in a city, dealing with harsh weather, scouting towns he has never previously visited, gaining access to unique rooftop views, and even capturing the magnificant fog of Dubai. If you’ve been waiting for the next adventure with Elia, you’re in the right place.

MEET ELIA

Elia is an internationally acclaimed professional travel photographer who spends his life shooting some of the most beautiful locations in the world. He and his wife live a 100% mobile lifestyle, constantly traveling from country to country, continuously circling the globe. He has traveled to more than 55 countries since he began traveling full-time in 2009.

Elia has developed a widely recognized and highly unique style of travel photography using a combination of traditional in-camera techniques, targeted times of day, and advanced post-processing methods. He wants others to see the world the same way he sees it, full of color, texture, depth and emotion. As we transition out of the natural landscape world and into some of the world’s most incredible man made cities and wonders, Fstoppers is excited to team up with Elia to share even more of his advanced photography process.

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HERE ARE A FEW BEFORE AND AFTER IMAGES FROM PHOTOGRAPHING THE WORLD III

LEARN PHOTOGRAPHY ON LOCATION

Elia takes you across the globe and shares with you the real world shooting situations he deals with out in the field. Each lesson begins with an in depth exploration of the location being photographed. Elia walks you through all of his scouting tips, how he composes his camera, the lighting challenges he is faced with, and all of the technical camera settings he uses for a particular location. You can see how the lighting and weather changes throughout the shoot, but you also get a one on one view into the process Elia uses to capture his raw files in the field. By watching Elia work through each of his photographers, you will be able to master all of the techniques needed to capture your own travel photos at the highest quality.

MASTER POST PRODUCTION AND COMPLEX PHOTO EDITING

Half of the process is incomplete once you have captured the files. Elia takes you into the post production studio and shows you all of the steps he takes to turn his images from a perfectly captured snapshot into a world class piece of art. You will learn how Elia pulls the most out of his raw files and how to adjust color and tone so your images don’t pop off the screen. The beginning of Photographing the World III is pretty simple, but quickly gets more complex. If you don’t know how to use a computer, you might want to start with Elia’s most basic example of photographing the world: landscapes. Advanced panoramic stitching, creating illuminosity masks from scratch, replacing skies in complex scenes, advanced time Blending, and building Photoshop actions are some of the topics covered.

Elia has used 3rd party tools to achieve his signature look in the past, but in Photographing the World 3 everything is done with Adobe software. You can understand how you can get the most out of the industry’s two most used pieces of software without having to rely on extra plugins that might require extra money and constant updates.

The post-processing methods are non-destructive and can be used with a combination of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom. With precision and the highest quality output in mind, every technique learned can be applied using a fast and efficient 100% manual workflow that relies on no third party plug-ins. Whether you are showing your work in an online portfolio or preparing images for high resolution printing, this is designed to help empower you to get the highest quality and most seamless results possible.

Elia is known for his process of taking a series of photos all the way through sunset and blue hour and combining them into one seamless image. The entire memory of a location, from the vividness of an epic sunset to the beautiful soft artificial lights of a city or town, is encapsulated by this process. The goal is to show students how they can achieve the same world class and unique look. Elia shows you how easy and fun post-processing can be, even though it is a highly digital process.

LEARN ADVANCED PANORAMIC STITCHING

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

ABOUT ELIA LOCARDI