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HDR Photography How To

HDR Photography How To

If you’ve been looking for a tutorial on creating HDR images, look no further. Alan Kesselhaut has made a great video explaining all the aspects of high dynamic range photography starting with the equipment and ending with the editing process. Kesselhaut covers the three most popular pieces of HDR editing software: Photomatix, Adobe Photoshop, and NIK […]

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How to Shoot HDR Photos

How to Shoot HDR Photos

Post processing is only one part of HDR photography. To get great looking HDR images, you not only have to know the editing process, but also how to shoot photographs with the intention of turning them into high dynamic range images. Fortunately, Trey Ratcliff was thoughtful enough to have an assistant take some behind-the-scenes footage […]

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HDRsoft Announces Photomatix Essentials 4 for HDR Processing

HDRsoft Announces Photomatix Essentials 4 for HDR Processing

HDRsoft announces the release of Photomatix Essentials 4, a major upgrade of it’s high dynamic range (HDR) software aimed at enthusiast photographers. Photomatix agreed to provide a discount to PictureCorrect readers on any version of their software. For 15% off, remember to use the Coupon Code “PICTURECORRECT” at checkout. Found here: Photomatix Essentials 4 Photomatix is […]

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A Quick Intro to HDR Photography

A Quick Intro to HDR Photography

High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography is a technique that allows the photographer to use far more of the available light in a scene than a standard single exposure. With it you can create stunning and original images that would be next to impossible to render using conventional photography. In this video tutorial, photographer Trey Ratcliff […]

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A Simple Guide to Creating HDR Images in Photoshop

A Simple Guide to Creating HDR Images in Photoshop

HDR, or high-dynamic range, photographs have become very trendy—especially among photographers who enjoy creating surreal effects in their images. However, this technique can be used for photo-realism to combine multiple exposures into the ideal image. This video explains the step-by-step process necessary to create HDR images using Photoshop: Creating HDR Images Using Photoshop Huges recommends […]

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HDR Lightroom Presets

HDR Lightroom Presets

This comprehensive suite of presets for use within Adobe Lightroom is designed to achieve HDR effects with a single image. The bundle was just re-released with 20 different one-click presets for achieving the high dynamic range (HDR) style of photography, plus over 50 workflow presets created specifically to allow you full flexibility while applying HDR effects easily and quickly. The […]

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How to Create Realistic HDR Photography

How to Create Realistic HDR Photography

There’s an art to creating realistic HDR images. Too often, HDR shots are edited with heavy hands when it comes to tone mapping and saturation, leaving you with an improbable and unrealistic image. The following full-length video tutorial on editing HDR images presented by Tim Cooper will have you on the right track to getting […]

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HDR Photography Basics and How to Get Started

HDR Photography Basics and How to Get Started

High dynamic range photography is still in its infancy as an art form, but it’s becoming more and more popular every day. Never before has an image on your computer been able to compete with the imagery in the human brain. Now, of course, I’m not saying that this high dynamic range photography is better […]

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Trey Ratcliff’s Photomatix Presets for HDR Photography

Trey Ratcliff’s Photomatix Presets for HDR Photography

Have you ever photographed a high contrast scene? If so, you know that even the best exposure can give you blown out highlights, or flat shadows, or both. The solution is High Dynamic Range (HDR) processing. Learn more here: Trey Ratcliff’s Photomatix Presets Trey is best known as a pioneer in HDR photography. HDR stands for […]

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How to Take Great HDR Photography

How to Take Great HDR Photography

HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography is one of the more exciting techniques in the world of digital photography. HDR is essentially a number of different exposures of the same composition merged in specialty software to one single, high dynamic range image. In simple terms, the camera will see what you or I can see, rather […]

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