HDR Photography - Behind the Scenes

Peek over my shoulder as I follow Trey Ratcliff, an expert in hdr photography. See more at http://www.hdrphotographyblog.com.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• hdr photography
• trey ratcliff
• high dynamic range

[Pinocheck]

Nice pictures. This video would be so much better if you'd use a proper camera to record it with. The audio is horrible.

[interwebinc]

@Pinocheck I initially had no intentions to film this. When I realized I had a pocket-cam with me, I asked if Trey would mind if I filmed our photowalk. It was either get what I got or not get anything at all.

[wxb200]

I wouldn't go as far as calling him an "Expert" at HDR... I'm not saying that I am either, but, a lot of people hate overly saturated and cartoonish HDRs. I'd lower the strength of the processing to make it look more realistic and less like a cartoon.

[interwebinc]

@wxb200 Who would you call an "expert" in HDR? Not everyone likes the process of High Dynamic Range Photography, but of those who enjoy this type of effect, Trey has certainly built up the reputation as being an expert.

If you follow Trey's blog, you'll notice that while some images are overly saturated, others are not. Trey varies his post-processing depending on how he sees fit...which is how most artists express themselves.

[BruceAchterberg]

Really appreciate you sharing this, Scott.

Good choice of music, too. Goes well with the sort of relaxed, fun feeling that comes with walking around and taking pictures.

Was fun to see some of Trey's international signs for "can I take your photo?", as expressed through interpretive dance. :D (To use one of Trey's terms.)

This video makes me realise how fun photowalks must be.

[360precision]

The entire point of HDR imaging is to increase the dynamic range a photo. The issue is the common interchange between the term HDRi and Tonemapped. Yes you can create a tone mapped version of an HDR but the majority of images on the StuckinCustoms website are not HDR images, they are however excellent examples on correctly tone mapped images.

You can clearly see that most images still exhibit blown highlights and blocked shadows, two characteristics of any NON-HDR image.

[BangAwayable]

that was great



[sandmancan2]

All of the information about HDR Photography, provided on the internet, has been intended to assist and teach "Photographers" how to do this process. While it's easy to teach the shooting aspect, it's both time consuming and expensive to learn how to do the "proper" post-processing. If you look up Pro Photo Results / HDR Photography on YouTube, you will finally be able to get the finished post-processing done for you! You do not need to be a professional Photographer to accomplish this.

[Pinocheck]

@interwebinc I see. Ah well, great video though, that was my main point :P I realize now my first comment almost seem a little rude. Sorry about that.

[ccrunner1492]

@Santiagoyt18 You choose the exposure that captures the people the best and basically paint them in over the tonemapped HDR in Photoshop. It's called layer masking. 

[SquirrelFromGradLife]

the waterfall should typically be made in either shutter priority mode with a speed of 1/50 creating a nice silky smooth tecture... I prefer to take some test shots in TV and then go manual...

If there is a lot of light a ND filter is really helpful when shooting shutter priority....