Continually exploring new techniques is essential for capturing your best images, especially in landscape photography. The practice of exposure bracketing, a technique of taking multiple photographs of the same scene at different exposure levels, is one of those valuable tools for photographers seeking to achieve perfect exposure in their images.

Coming to you from Park Cameras, this helpful video tutorial will show you how exposure bracketing is particularly beneficial in high-contrast scenarios, such as landscapes with bright highlights and dark shadows. By capturing multiple exposures, photographers can blend these images in post-processing software of their choice, ensuring that all areas of the photograph are correctly exposed. This is a crucial technique, as even the best modern sensors are outmatched by the dynamic range of some scenes. Exposure bracketing addresses this by allowing the photographer to take multiple shots – typically one underexposed, one at what is considered the correct exposure, and one overexposed, which are then mixed into one final shot. This technique reduces the need to push the shadows or highlights too far in post-processing, which can often lead to noise or loss of detail. It’s an approach every landscape photographer should know. Check out the video above for the full rundown.

And if you really want to dive into landscape photography, check out our latest tutorial, “Photographing the World: Japan With Elia Locardi!”