Photographing The World: Landscape Photography and Post-Processing
Elia Locardi
Photography
Fstoppers

Fstoppers.com has teamed up with Elia Locardi to produce Photographing The World: Landscape Photography & Post-processing.
With 15 lessons and more than 12 hours of video content, this tutorial will take you from the on-location capture all the
way through Elia's post-processing techniques in the studio. To produce a truly unique landscape tutorial unlike any other,
we traveled to both Iceland and New Zealand so we could teach lessons in two completely different climates and seasons.
From waterfalls and ice caves in Iceland to lakes and ocean sides in New Zealand, Photographing the World has something for
everyone interested in landscape photography.
Meet Elia
Elia Locardi is an internationally acclaimed professional travel photographer, Fujifilm Global Ambassador, writer, public speaker
and highly experienced educator who spends his life shooting some of the most beautiful locations in the world. Location independent
since March of 2012, he and his wife live a 100% mobile lifestyle, perpetually traveling from country to country, continuously circling
the globe. Since he began traveling full-time in 2009, he has visited more than 50 countries and flown over one million miles.
Elia Locardi Landscape Photography Tutorial Video
Using a combination of traditional in-camera techniques, targeted times of day, and advanced post-processing methods,
Elia has developed a widely recognized and highly unique style of travel photography. With each photograph, his goal
is to share his vision so others can see the world as he does, full of color, texture, depth and emotion. Fstoppers
is excited to team up with Elia to share his photography process from the moment the image is captured all the way to
the final post production rendering.
The full landscape photography tutorial is broken down into 15 lessons, plus an Intro to Gear and Intro to the Basics,
which covers all of the gear, scouting tips, composition techniques, and camera settings Elia uses on a daily basis to
create his stunning imagery. With the tutorial download, you will also receive access to his RAW files and reference
Photoshop PSD files. This means you can follow along with your own edits as Elia teaches you every step of his streamlined
workflow. From simple layer masking techniques to complex blending with luminosity masks, this tutorial will give you the
tools to make stunning landscape photographs yourself.
This tutorial includes 15 lessons and post processing sessions
What’s included in the Digital Download:
12+ Hours of Video Content
15 On Location and Studio Post-processing Lessons
Intro to the Basics of Photography
Overview of every piece of photography gear Elia uses and why
Full RAW files and companion software catalogs so you can follow along (Lightroom, PSD, and CaptureONE)
8 Behind the Scenes episodes of our experiences traveling and filming this incredible project
Follow along and edit your own versions of each image
For these video tutorials, our goal is for you to be able to jump right in and create world class images from day one.
So instead of teaching just the basic buttons, sliders and software, we are going to be working on the actual files we
captured together in the field. As we go along, the complexity will ramp up, and new tools and techniques will be added
in each lesson as you follow along. By the end of this tutorial you will know how to use Elia's workflow to produce stunning
landscape images of your own.
What is covered in this tutorial:
Photography Basics (ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture, White Balance, etc)
Overview of best lenses and gear for Landscape photography
Tips for better composition
Focus Stacking and maximizing depth of field
Bracketing and multi exposure blending
Graduated Neutral Density Filters
Solid Neutral Density Filters
Blurring water and skies with long exposures
Building Panoramic images
Dealing with Sun Flare
Understanding Light (Golden Hour, Blue Hour, Sunrise and Sunset)
Using lens compression to your advantage
Removing and adding the human element into your images
Polarizers?
Bracketing and multiple exposure blending
RAW Processing and Editing Workflow
Color correction and image adjustment
Basic object removal, painting, and cloning
Masking and Layering Techniques
Introduction to Luminosity Masking
Time Blending (combining exposures shot at different times)
When building the lessons for this tutorial, it was important for us to teach not only the technical aspects of landscape
photography but also the creative and subjective artistry that makes this genre so popular. With this in mind, each lesson
contains new challenges and new solutions to help you become better equipped when out in the field.
Bonus Fstoppers Behind the Scenes
As an extra bonus, Lee and Patrick have edited 8 short behind the scenes episode of their travels with Elia and Naomi Locardi.
These videos act as a personal diary through both Iceland and New Zealand, giving you an intimate look into how each lesson was
filmed and produced. Living life out of a suitcase while carrying 100s of pounds of camera gear isn't always the most glamorous
lifestyle but it does makes for some great entertainment.

Landscape Photography and Post-Processing