Elia Locardi

12/13/2025

🚨 Webinar Reminder — Happening This Morning! 🚨

If you’re curious about my Travel & Landscape Signature Edition, or want to hang out and discuss editing, travel, and photography (without any generative-AI weirdness), join me live!

We’ll cover the “why” behind the Signature Edition, how it integrates with the Radiant Landscape Workflow, and what’s coming next—including the upcoming course launching after the holidays.

👉 Join here: https://community.radiantimaginglabs.com/posts/94666801
Bring coffee. Bring questions. Bring that unedited travel folder from 2017. 😄☕️✈️

10/03/2024

I’m excited to share the promo video for Photographing The World Japan II: Discovering Hidden Gems! This series has been a personal journey for me, exploring some of Japan's most beautiful and hidden places—from peaceful temples to stunning mountain landscapes. It’s not just the photography but the experiences and moments that make these locations unique.

Throughout the series, I’ll walk you through my process, from capturing these scenes in camera to editing them in Adobe Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, and Radiant Photo. I hope this video gives you a glimpse of what I’ve learned along the way, and I can’t wait to share these hidden gems with you.

https://fstoppers.com/product/photographing-world-japan-ii-discovering-hidden-gems-elia-locardi

10/02/2024

I'm thrilled to announce the release of *Photographing The World Japan II: Discovering Hidden Gems*, created in collaboration with Fstoppers. This series embodies over a decade of professional and personal growth, offering the most comprehensive lessons I've ever shared. It provides a complete toolset for capturing and editing Japan's breathtaking beauty, from uncovering hidden gems to mastering post-processing in Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, and Radiant Photo. The first lesson is available for free on YouTube—dive in today and elevate your photography skills!

Throughout my journey as a photographer and co-founding Radiant Imaging Labs, I've learned that what you choose *not* to do in post-processing is just as crucial as the edits you make. Minimalism isn't about lacking complexity; it's about focusing on what truly enhances the image. *Photographing The World Japan II* embodies this philosophy, equipping you with the tools to create stunning, impactful images without overwhelming your audience—or yourself.

Buy PTW Japan II and Get Another PTW Free! With the launch of this new tutorial, Photographing the World Japan II - Discovering Hidden Gems, Elia Locardi wants to help push your landscape and cityscape photography to the next level with an incredible offer. If you buy Photographing the World Japan I...

06/25/2024

100 megapizel two minute exposures of Edinburg? Sounds like a plan. 😎

02/23/2024

Thanks to everyone who attended our live Radiant Photo press event yesterday! We are so thrilled to finally introduce our new Natural Beauty and Skin Tone tools.

A huge thank you to Matthew Jordan Smith for all the wisdom and encouragement and for helping to bring these new tools to life!

Radiant Photo’s latest update introduces groundbreaking Portrait and Skin Tone tools that accurately preserve and enhance the natural beauty of every skin type and tone.

02/16/2024

I'm flying to Tokyo tomorrow for the Fujifilm X Summit and CP+. If you're around the city next week, gimme a shout!

09/11/2023

I’m flying to Stockholm today for the Fujifilm Fujikina event and it’ll be great to visit again.

My first visit was in 2011 and my main intention was to capture the unique design of the underground metro system. Because, of course younger me would visit one of the prettiest cities in the world just to spend the entire time underground. 😂

Older me is thinking, maybe I’ll join the day walkers on the surface this time.

08/01/2023

🌎Photographing the World Japan is finally HERE!🔥
Access it now ➡️ https://bit.ly/3OlxGGL

Watch the Free Lesson on Fstoppers here
➡️ https://fstoppers.com/download/lesson-01-photographing-world-japan

What's Included in this Digital Download?
12 unique video lessons (unlocked 4K High Def, mpg4 files that you can watch on any device)
Accompanying RAW files and companion software catalogs to practice your own edits
An Overview of Elia's Latest Gear
Elia's "How to Plan a Project" Travel Guide
Access to Elia's private Photographing the World Facebook Group
6-month License of Radiant Photo Software (Presale purchases today will get a perpetual license)
6 Behind the Scenes Episodes of the Making of PTW Japan
A Companion PDF that unlocks huge discounts on many of Elia's favorite editing software, tools, and services.

Some of the many topics covered in this tutorial include:

Capturing the "blue hour."
Merging photos to improve focus
Enhancing fall colors
Luminosity masking and selective dodging/burning in Adobe Lightroom Classic
Compound masking in Adobe Lightroom Classic and Adobe Photoshop
Using camera profiles and LUTs
Four-point perspective correction
Combining day and night images
Replacing and blending a sky manually into a photo
Complex focus stacking techniques
Finding the perfect long-exposure compositing and settings
Time blending and advanced layer stacking modes
Smart Objects and using various modes and statistics
Merging a sequence of images to simulate long exposures
Complex object removal using Median stacking modes
Combining multiple camera angles into a single photograph
Using 3rd Party Software: Luminar, Radiant Photo, DxO Pure Raw, Helicon Focus, etc

07/21/2023

PHOTOGRAPHING THE WORLD, JAPAN IS HERE!

As a bonus, we’re giving away a free copy of Radiant Photo Software, and you can choose an additional tutorial series.

Photographing The World Japan is the newest addition to our worldwide photography tutorial series. This comprehensive guide takes you on a journey through some of the most beautiful locations in Japan, providing a unique perspective on the art of landscape and travel photography. Much has changed since the previous Photographing the World series, and I’ll expertly walk you through the latest and greatest post-processing and editing techniques. But have no fear. I can always simplify complex ideas into simple steps everyone can follow.

Photographing The World Japan is an invaluable resource that will inspire and educate you on the art of landscape and travel photography. These lessons are invaluable for anyone looking to improve their photography skills and take their craft to the next level. Whether you're just starting or have years of experience behind the lens, this tutorial series is sure to inspire and educate you on the art of landscape and travel photography.

If you're on the fence about buying, you can watch the first lesson 100% free and even download the raw files.

Buy PTW Japan and Get Another PTW Free! With the launch of his new tutorial, Photographing the World Japan, Elia Locardi wants to help elevate your landscape and cityscape photography to the next level with an incredible offer. If you buy Photographing the World Japan, you will get a second Photogra...

09/16/2022

After more than 8 months in development, I'm excited to announce Radiant Photo!

Radiant Photo is a game-changing photo editing plugin that uses intelligent scene detection. It makes pixel-by-pixel adjustments to optimize the exposure and contrast of each photo while preserving a true-to-life color rendition. This delivers beautiful colors and details that perfectly match what we see with our eyes.

The biggest game-changing feature is that It does all this BEFORE you even start editing.

Radiant Photo uses scene detection to make pixel-by-pixel adjustments and automatically optimize each photo's exposure, contrast, and color accuracy.

02/17/2022

What a privilege to host a panel with these 4 amazing photographers. Chris Rainier, Daniel Kordan, Quang-Tuan Luong, and Jord Hammond.