HDR Software Review Series Pt X – Picturenaut
This is the last instalment in the series of HDR software reviews. If a new application comes along in the future, I may add it to the set and I’m in the process of looking at some new beta versions of...
View ArticleHDR Timelapse – Tutorial
This is a follow up to the previous intro to timelapse photography and will discuss using HDR images as the input. I started a group on Vimeo for HDR timelapse and there’s some absolutely stunning work...
View ArticlePhotoimpressionism – Tutorial
Creating impressionistic images is something I find very satisfying and enjoyable about photography. There are several ways to create these types of images to generate a painterly, artistic result. The...
View ArticleAdvanced HDR Editing – Tutorial
When we’re working with tonemapped HDR images, sometimes additional editing is needed or desired. Why? Well, if we look at HDR as a way to expand dynamic range and as a way to give us a better...
View ArticleHDR Software Review Pt XI – Nik HDR Efex Pro
Another new entrant into the HDR software field has been introduced by Nik Software. HDR Efex Pro is the newest in a series of plugins from Nik. The software installs the tonemapping plugin as well as...
View ArticleHDR 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 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 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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