HDR Tutorial
After completing the review series on various HDR software programs and talking about how well each could create realistic and grunge/surrealistic results, I figured it might be appropriate to put...
View ArticleMy Christmas Wishlist for Adobe
It’s that time of year. The time of snow and presents under the tree. A lump of coal for some of the more naughty. Christmas is the time for wishes. When we were kids, it seemed that magic happened on...
View ArticleOrganising your Photos
I had several questions during the workshop I taught last fall about organising photos. Not surprisingly, some of the attendees were having trouble finding particular images or in developing a good...
View ArticleBook Review – Practical HDRI, 2nd Ed by Jack Howard
I’ve had an interest in HDR photography for several years. It’s a wonderful innovation for the art of photography but I’ve felt that it could have some terrific application in commercial photography....
View ArticleThe ‘Forced’ Digital Upgrade – A Small Morning Rant
I’ve recently been a part of some discussions on commonalities between film and digital and film concepts that have carried over to digital. In particular, a discussion on whether HDR techniques could...
View ArticleGuest Post on Northlight Images
I’m pleased to have been invited to do a guest post on the highly regarded Northlight Images site of Keith Cooper. You can read it there, then come back here to discuss via the comments forum.
View ArticleQuick Overview of Photomatix 4.1
The folks at HDRSoft released a new version of their HDR software recently. As a beta tester for the software I got to see some of the new features during development and there’s some really good stuff...
View ArticleLions and Tigers and Bit Depth….. Oh My
This will be just a quickie today. There’s a lot of confusion in digital photography circles about the terms Dynamic Range and Bit Depth and how they’re related. Some think that they’re completely...
View ArticleHDR: To Bracket or Not to Bracket….
….. if that is the question then the answer is: Bracket. At least if you want the best of what HDR can give you. There’s still a belief in some circles that taking a single image, making multiple...
View ArticleHDR – How Many Images to Use
Bottom line: There is no hard and fast rule. HDR has been a part of photography, in one way or another, for over 100 years – since the 1880s. But in our modern form of photography, it’s been around...
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