HDR Photography Tutorial

[bezoing]

This is a tutorial I made earlier this week, introducing the basics of HDR (as I understand them), how to shoot them and post-process them. I had several friends ask me how to take HDR photos, so I figured there was an audience out there. Anyway, here you go:



It's my first tutorial on photography (on anything, really) so feel free to critique; I need advice! Thanks!

[Galaviz003]

Going to try this upcoming weekend. Thanks for the video

[OmarSan]

I think the tutorial is really helpful, but I would like to learn how to do it in photoshop!!! Nice tutorial

[GirlyGirlSebas]

Very nicely done. Exactly the kind of tutorial I've been looking for to help with my entry into HDR Photography. Thank you!

[brenniman]

Nice job. Thanks for sharing.

[shadowlight8]

awesome vid and tutorial. But I 2nd OmarSan...maybe you could explain how to do the first part in Photoshop. Thanks!

[jay6776]

Cool vid but when it went your screen vol. went way down. But really good.
What was the name software you did the hdr in?
Thanks jay

[Anvil Image]

He mentioned in there that he uses Photomatix. You can download a full featured trial version of the software from them at http://hdrsoft.com . The trial version will watermark your images, but when you save make sure that you check the box that says "save settings." That will save your tone mapping settings in a separate file that you can use to reprocess your image later to remove the watermark once you've bought the software.

I have a discount code for Photomatix. Enter "Anvilimage" in the box at checkout to save 15%.

-joe

[Evn1ngStar]

There is also an open source HDR program if you can't afford the bucks for Photomatrix,
Search the net for the latest version of Qtpfsgui

[bigL]

Good tutorial, thanks