How to make images like John in Japan - www.okinawahdr.com
Create stunning landscapes. High Dynamic Range Images can bring your photography images to a whole new level. This tutorial has it all: capture, to merge, to retouch. Plus extra tips on making the most of your HDR photo session.
Capture and merging brackets
Preparing your camera for the best HDR landscape captures
You must have a DSLR capable of bracketing to ease into HDR Photography, and with the prices of cameras dropping, you can easily purchase a mid-range DSLR and Lens for under $1,000 and jump right into HDR Photography. Ready to get started? This tutorial reflects the experience I have with creating HDR images, and is by no means the only way available.
- Bracketing
Setup your camera to bracket 3 or more images. Try using the setting EV "+/-" 1 or 2 - White Balance
Set your white balance to whatever the scene requires. Do not use auto. - Mount the camera on a tripod.
Having a stable base for your camera is very important and means less alignment issues in post productions. While hand-held HDR is very possible, and many people create very successful images with this technique, having a sturdy tripod will give you the greatest chance at nailing that landscape shot. - Cable Release
Attach the Cable release, or set the camera to use the self timer. You do not want to touch the camera at all. - Switch the camera to aperture priority and make your aperture F8 This step is only to give you a direction in where to begin, let me add that some people prefer to actually shoot at smaller apertures, experiment, and adapt this step to your workflow.
- Meter the scene by half pressing the shutter release button, then remember what shutter speed number gets displayed.
- Switch to manual, and set your shutter speed to the number you just saw. Leave your aperture at F8.
- Shoot
Now, just take your series of photographs! You have successfully just captured a set of even exposures that will merge into an HDR image!
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