- Date
- Friday, September 28, 2012, 5:45 PM
- Venue
- Understand Photography Studio
HDR hands on class.
Early registration $69 through September 18
Regular prices $89 September 19-28
Instructor Gavin Lowe is back by popular demand!
HDR is used to bring out all the tones in a photograph and/or to create an artsy, unique look. HDR (High Dynamic Range) is basically the process of taking multiple exposures and merging them together into a single 32 bit image.
A camera is capable of capturing a limited amount of tones in a single photo. Typically we sacrifice elements in a photo when we press the shutter. For example there is a powerful cloudscape and some cliffs. If we expose for the clouds the cliffs become dark. If we set the camera’s exposure to capture detail in the cliffs, the brighter sky is blown out and detail is lost. This is because the human eye can see a larger range of tones than the camera can capture on the chip or film in a single photograph.
The solution is to take more than one photograph and bracket the photos. Shoot normal exposure, then under-expose a shot to capture highlights and over-expose a shot to capture shadow detail. Finally, merge these photos together to produce a single image with a larger range of tones that can now show all the details in the shadows and highlights. Your photography will never be same after you try it!
This hands-on, three hour workshop will teach you how to get the best HDR results.
• Learn to identify a good scene for HDR photography
• Learn the best techniques for capturing multiple exposures for HDR processing
• Learn to use HDR processing software like Photomatix** to tone map your HDR image
• Learn secret tricks to post processing your tone mapped image in Lightroom or Photoshop to fix blemishes and really make your image pop
• Learn both the realistic and fantasy-like methods to processing HDR images
CHECKLIST
Tools needed to be brought to class:
* Camera with AEB(Auto Exposure bracketing) (almost every DSLR will have this - check your camera and familiarize yourself with this). We’ll help you with your settings.
* Your camera’s manual
* A sturdy tripod
* Laptop with mouse and mouse pad
* Card reader to put your pictures into your computer
* Photomatix software installed on your laptop ( free trial software can be downloaded at http://www.hdrsoft.com/download.html )
Type in UNDERSTANDPHOTO for a 15% discount on Photomatix software!!!
* Photoshop or Photoshop Elements - most versions are fine
PLEASE COME PREPARED! [i]
I have tried to work with the Photomatrix software and couldn’t get the results that Gavin gets! —- Peggy
Here are some Google images of HDR Photography: