Two-part High Dynamic Range (HDR) Video

I showed up as a guest on Bert Monroy's Pixel Perfect show to do a two-part installment about High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography. In the show I run through the basics of shooting for HDR, merging the exposures and tonemapping the result into a usable image in the first installment. In the second installment, I show you how I refine an image to make it look much better than what comes out of the HDR software.

This info is nowhere as detailed and comprehensive as my HDR Mastery DVD where I pretty much spill my guts about how I do my HDR photography, but it should be enough to get you started.

Comments

[Rich C]

Ben,

I've been toying with HDR for a few months now. Several good books, lots of sites with tutorials, etc. Last week I received your HDR Mastery DVD.....

Thanks! While I was familiar with many of the concepts, you really pulled it together for me. The final section on Enhancements was just what I needed! Great instructional DVD, and it's really appreciated!

Keep up the amazing work!

As an aside, I traveled the US 2006 with an Airstream while writing for Airstream Life. Not as big as your bus....but still enjoyable!

[Tom Weigand]

I have been doing what you are talking about in an RV for the past 5+ years. I don't recommend a 1947 bus.
Parts might be scarce and things always brake down. We cannot be delayed while a repair service looks for a part. See our schedule:
http://www.thewinningimage.com/schedule.asp
We ahve never missed an assignment/show in 5 years.
We travel in a Monaco Diplomat and carry our gear in a towed Chevy Trailblazer. I hope to catch your seminar in St. Louis in Sept. on our way thru.

[Ben Willmore]

Hey Tom,

I've been living on a 1997 bus full-time for almost two and a half years.

That old bus has an engine, transmission, axels, brakes and steering that are newer than my current bus (almost 2000 vintage). I don't think it will be difficult to find essential parts for that since a huge number of city buses use the same engine/tranny/brakes, etc. combo.

It's when I brake a turn signal lens or other unique pieces that it might be difficult to find parts... but I know of people who own 5-6 of them each and are very willing to sell me parts.

-Ben

[Vanessa]

I'm very respectful of your credentials and overall your skills.

We met at the Grove's B&N!!!

Search for MaxwellRender; you'll find it's the most true to photography renderer out there; they also use HDRI for various purposes, lighting backgrounds, reflections, refractions, etc.

Cheers!

[Greg Waddell]

Hey Ben,
Purchased this DVD-ROM and love the content. I am having one problem. After processing the image in Photomatix Pro and saving as a 16 bit Tiff, when I go to Bridge, the "open in camera raw" option is grayed out and not available. I'm using a PC with CS2. Any suggestions?
Thanks!

[Ben Willmore]

Hi Greg,

That happens to me on occasion and can usually be fixed by choosing Tools>Cache>Purge Cache for this folder.

I hope that helps!

-Ben

[Benjamin Ariff]

I greatly enjoyed your HDR class at PS World Vegas and wanted to inquire about the architectural HDR program. I could not find it mentioned, and I would greatly appreciate the name when you have a moment. Thank you and I really enjoyed and learned a lot from your class.

[Ben Willmore]

Here's the info from a previous comment about HDR:
Search for MaxwellRender; you'll find it's the most true to photography renderer out there; they also use HDRI for various purposes, lighting backgrounds, reflections, refractions, etc.

-Ben

[elurmouro]

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