Single Shot HDR Photography Done Right!
HDR images are often associated with terrible images, and the great ones tend not to let on that they are HDR shots. Here’s how you can make good ones with a single RAW file.
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Optimal ISO Settings with Native ISO for HDR Photography
In HDR photography, we combine multiple exposures to create one final HDR image. This process of combining exposures automatically creates certain challenges, one being the overall grain in the final HDR image. When you shoot at your camera’s lowest native ISO, you will still see a little bit of grain in your images. Because of … Read more
Optimal Shutter Speed Settings for HDR Photography
In HDR photography, the only varying factor controlling the exposure in your bracketed sequence should be the shutter speed. This means that the camera is controlling the shutter speed to give us the median exposure, the darker exposure and the brighter exposure. However, given that cameras have limitations of the highest possible shutter speed and that shutter speed also controls motion freeze, there are optimal settings for shutter speed. The optimal shutter speed depends on a few considerations, which we will discuss in this article. In addition, we will explain the two issues that arise due to shutter speed as well as why the optimal exposure value should not be at 3 stops, but at 2 stops instead.
Optimal Aperture Settings for HDR Photography
In previous articles, we talked about the optimal shutter speed and ISO for shooting HDR photos. Now, we are going to discuss optimal aperture settings for HDR photography. When shooting HDR images, we want to capture as much detail as possible. Each camera lens will have an aperture “sweet spot,” where you can get the most … Read more
How to Use Continuous Shooting Mode for HDR Photography
With HDR photography, the specifics of how we capture the shot(s) make all the difference. For example, we often capture three or more different exposures of the same shot to create a final HDR image. If we manually release the shutter, we increase the chances of losing detail in our images due to camera shake. … Read more
Horseshoe Bend HDR Photography | How We Shot It
Once you master HDR techniques, it won’t take you long to apply HDR effects to your images. As part of SLR Lounge’s HDR Workshop, we stopped in Page, Arizona to capture this shot of the Horseshoe Bend. In this article, we will explain how we captured the example of Horseshoe Bend HDR photography featured below. Horseshoe … Read more
HDR Photography: It’s Not Dead Yet
Although HDR has often been used to create garish, oversaturated images, it certainly doesn’t have to be used in this way.
Horseshoe Bend: Final Image Processing in Lightroom 4 – From the HDR Photography Workshop Series
In this last tutorial, we will demonstrate how to apply the finishing touches to create the final HDR image of Horseshoe Bend in Page, Arizona. In addition, we will go over how to create a black and white version of this shot.
Horseshoe Bend: Adobe Photoshop Layer Blending – From the HDR Photography Workshop Series
In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to blend 2 images with the Layer Mask and the Graduated Brush Tool in Adobe Photoshop. In addition, we will use the Spot Healing Brush to edit out any specks in this shot of Horseshoe Bend.
Horseshoe Bend: RAW Processing and Adobe Photoshop Import – From the HDR Photography Workshop Series
In this tutorial, we are back in Lightroom 4, where we will demonstrate how to RAW process our image of Horseshoe Bend, taken in Page, Arizona. In addition, we will export our images into Adobe Photoshop for the blending process.
Horseshoe Bend: HDR Processing in Photomatix Pro – From the HDR Photography Workshop Series
In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to HDR process this shot of Horseshoe Bend in Page, Arizona in Photomatix Pro.
Horseshoe Bend: RAW Preparation and HDR Export – From the HDR Photography Workshop Series
In this article, we will explain how to prepare the 3 RAW files used to create the final HDR shot of Horseshoe Bend in Page, Arizona. In addition, we will discuss how to export these images into Photomatix from Lightroom 4.
