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Getting Started with HDR Photography
The document discusses getting started with high dynamic range (HDR) photography. It defines HDR and explains that HDR photography involves taking multiple photos of a scene at different exposures and combining them using software to capture a wider range of light than a single photo can capture. The document recommends a digital SLR with manual exposure controls and RAW support, HDR processing software like Photomatix, and photo organization software. It provides guidance on taking multiple exposed photos of a scene, avoiding camera movement, and processing the photos in HDR software to combine them, including tips on tone mapping and cleanup in Photoshop.
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Getting Started with HDR Photography
- 1. Getting Started WithHDR Photography Stanton Champion @spchampion spchampion@gmail.com flickr.com/spchampion 500px.com/spchampion stantonchampion.com
- 2. HDR = HighDynamic Range
- 3. Why High DynamicRange Your camera captures a range of light for an exposure, but it has limits If your subject is outside this limited light range, your camera can’t capture it
- 4. HDR Compresses theDynamic Range Take several photos and use software to compress the dynamic range so that it can be displayed or printed
- 5. What Do YouNeed? You: Basic knowledge of photography Controlling Exposure Shutter ISO Aperture Histogram An Imagination
- 6. What Do YouNeed? Digital Camera: Anything with manual exposure control RAW support is preferable (but not required) JPGs are not ideal for HDR, but usable in a pinch Exposure bracketing is nice to have
- 7. What Do YouNeed? Software: HDR software Photomatix (most popular) HDR Efex Pro Photoshop Topaz Adjust A DAM like Lightroom, Aperture, or Capture One is very helpful Photoshop is very nice to have for post-editing
- 8. Take 1* ormore photos of a subject * - Yes, you can do HDR with just 1 photo. Topaz Adjust is a great tool for this. theo0023 on Flickr
- 9. Typically, take 3– 7 photos of the same scene Each photo has a different exposure Minimize camera movement between exposures
- 10. Why take moreexposures? HDR narrows the dynamic range Histograms get shifted & stretched, for better or for worse More Data & More Range = Cleaner Results
- 11. Avoid movement inthe frame between or during your exposures Movement can create an effect called “ghosting” which is often unattractive Bandit Queen on Flickr
- 12. Editing Download the photosfrom your camera Tagging Categorization Do not edit and crop yet
- 13. Editing Apply LensCorrection and Noise Reduction to all photos Need the photos to be similar for HDR transformation Do not apply any other edits! Cropping Sharpening Color tweaking Cleanup Etc.
- 14. Export to HDRApplication Convert to TIFF and import all photos into your HDR app
- 15. And Then… SoMany Controls Photomatix can be a bit daunting… Trial & Error can yield compelling effects The right answer is the one that expresses your creative vision!
- 16. Use Available Presets Try different presets to learn the controls Great way to artistically explore a photo
- 17. More Help GettingStarted Process controls the HDR develop mode Tone Mapping can be more surreal Exposure Fusion is a little tamer
- 18. In Tonemap mode… More or Less HDR Effect Scene Contrast Makes the Lighting Surreal
- 19. Cleanup Afterwards Use Photoshopto Cleanup Remove ghosting Remove HDR artifacts Now You Can Edit: Cropping Color Tweaking Noise Reduction Sharpening
- 20. Stuff to Avoid– Noise HDR can take darker areas and brighten them, revealing a lot of noise Noise is the devil Get to know noise reduction software Shoot at low ISO
- 21. Stuff to Avoid– Halos Don’t push contrast so much that dark objects develop “halos” against bright backgrounds AdamSelwood on Flickr
- 22. Stuff to Avoid– Contrast Inversion Bright stuff becomes dark & dark stuff becomes bright Sunlit clouds are darker than the stones Alexandre Buisse & Luminous Landscape
- 23. Resources – Stuckin Customs Trey Ratcliff Full time HDR photographer Fantastic HDR tutorials http://www.stuckincustoms.com/
- 24. Resources – Farbspiel’sHDR Cookbook Klauss Herrmann http://farbspiel-photo.com/learn/hdr- cookbook
- 25.
Editor's Notes
- #10 Use a tripod or hold carefully!