Join photographer Ben Long to learn about high dynamic range (HDR) photography, a technique that broadens the luminance or range between the lightest and darkest areas of an image.
- Hi. My name is Ben Long, and welcome to HDR, shooting and processing high dynamic range photos. HDR, or high dynamic range imaging, is a shooting and processing technique that allows you to capture scenes with your digital camera that are simply impossible to record with a normal photographic process. With HDR, you can take photos of scenes that have tremendously bright areas and deep, dark shadowy areas and process them to produce an image with good exposure through both highlights and shadows.
Alter your process a little bit and you can record tremendous levels of detail or press your images on into a painterly or surreal world. In this course, we're going to look at all aspects of HDR production from shooting to post-production. You're going to learn what HDR techniques can be used for, how to shoot to capture the best HDR ready data, and how you might modify your techniques depending on your subject matter. As with any type of photography, shooting is only half of the HDR process, so once we're done taking pictures, we'll look in depth at how to process them using HDR software.
You'll learn how to use Photoshop's built-in HDR features as well as leading HDR processors Photomatix, and Nik Software's HDR Efex. Finally, because most HDR images need more than just straight HDR conversion, we'll take a look at how you can improve your images, how to use HDR to create better black and white images, and a lot of other stuff. HDR is not a magic bullet. It won't immediately make you a better photographer. In fact, it's very easy to arrive at very ugly images using HDR techniques, but for many circumstances, HDR techniques are the best way to capture the image before you, and in this course, you'll learn everything you need to add this valuable tool to your shooting arsenal.
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Released
7/22/2011- Understanding how the image sensor detects shadows
- Capturing a broader dynamic range
- Knowing when to use HDR
- Finding good HDR subject matter
- Using gradient masks to improve dynamic range
- Merging in Photoshop and processing elsewhere
- Dealing with ghosting
- Reducing noise and correcting chromatic aberrations
- Handling HDR images that seem flat
- Combining HDR and LDR (low dynamic range)
- Selective editing with HDR Efex Pro
- Creating panoramic HDR images
- Creating an HDR time lapse
Skill Level Intermediate
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1. Introduction
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Welcome1m 56s
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Using the exercise files2m 9s
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2. What Is HDR?
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Dynamic range defined4m 31s
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Understanding bit depth3m 37s
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Image sensor and shadows2m 38s
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HDR shooting and processing4m 40s
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Single-shot HDR2m 43s
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When to use HDR2m 50s
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3. Shooting and Organizing HDR
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Finding HDR subject matter4m 38s
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Shooting HDR9m 45s
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Workflow and organization5m 36s
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4. Expanding Dynamic Range Through Masking
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More dynamic range masking8m 57s
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Masking with brushes4m 59s
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5. Processing Multi-Shot HDR Images in Photoshop CS5
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Creating an HDR in HDR Efex11m 47s
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Ghosting and Photoshop2m 51s
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Ghosting and HDR Efex2m 47s
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Ghosting and Photomatix6m 36s
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Batch processing in Photomatix10m 51s
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6. Additional Retouching and Finishing
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Finishing an image8m 42s
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Combining HDR and LDR23m 3s
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HDR that doesn't look like HDR12m 41s
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Black-and-white HDR12m 39s
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Panoramic HDR12m 3s
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HDR time lapse4m 24s
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Processing the trestle image10m 1s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye37s
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