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How to Create Dramatic Skies in Aurora HDR
In this video tutorial, I'm going to show you how to bring out the sky in your images with Aurora HDR without overdoing it and without creating a horrible HDR look. It is very easy to get this wrong,...
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Squeezing More Dynamic Range out of Your HDR Photos
In this video, I'll show you how to prepare your source photos in Lightroom before you take them to Photomatix to squeeze out all the dynamic range. Read the full article: "Squeezing More Dynamic Range...
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Long-Exposure HDR – How to Create it in Post
In this video tutorial, I will show you how to create a fake long-exposure HDR image in Photomatix. Read the full article: "Long-Exposure HDR – How to Create it in Post" at farbspiel photography -...
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How To Dodge and Burn Effectively in Photoshop
Dodging and burning is one of the oldest and most essential photo editing techniques. In this featured video, Jimmy McIntyre shows you why the most widely used techniques to dodge and burn are not...
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HDR Cookbook – Restoring Exif Data
Exif data is the meta data stored in image files by most modern digital cameras. It contains information about the shooting situation (shutter speed, aperture, focal length etc.) and a lot of other...
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HDR Cookbook – Taking Interior HDR Vertorama Shots
In this tutorial, I will show you how to take the source shots for an HDR vertorama image. You will learn which gear you need, and how you set it up to take those shots hand-held. You will also learn...
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HDR Cookbook – Taking HDR Vertorama Shots with a Tripod
Taking HDR vertoramas is a difficult task. You have to shoot multiple sections, each with at least three exposures. These sections have to fit together well such that the stitching will not cause...
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HDR Cookbook – Using Topaz Adjust to Improve Your Images
Using special software to enhance HDR images after the tone-mapping process has become common practice today. There are a few software packages around the can be used to improve the appearance of the...
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HDR Cookbook – The Three Rules of Noise Reduction
One of the main problems of any HDR workflow that involves tone-mapping is noise. The most widely used tone-mapping operators are based on local contrast enhancement. Unfortunately, they also “enhance”...
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HDR Cookbook – Why you need an artistic workflow
Have you ever uploaded an image to your favorite photo sharing site just to come back the next day and discover that there are certain features in it that you don’t like? Maybe the sky is too dark, the...
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HDR Cookbook – The Secrets of Hand-held HDR Shooting
Most HDR tutorials and books implicitly assume that you are using a tripod for your work. A tripod gives you stability, ensures that images are perfectly aligned straight out of the camera, and allows...
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Semi-Autobracketing for HDR – How to Extend Your Exposure Bracketing Series
In this tutorial, you will learn how to overcome the limitations of many entry-level and mid-range DSLRs for hand-held HDR shooting. Instead of being stuck with 3 shots in auto exposure bracketing...
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10 Tips for Getting More Out of Your Photography Gear
Recently, I was asked to contribute a What’s in your bag article to the HDROne magazine. As I was writing it, I started thinking about photographers and their gear. Photographers are a strange breed....
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Manual HDR Bracketing Explained
Using Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) is sometimes not sufficient or simply not available in your camera. In those cases, you have to take your HDR exposure series manually, but doing so is a daunting...
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Why to shoot in Raw mode – Two compelling reasons
When I started out in photography, I set my camera to JPEG mode and that's where it stayed for quite some time. Just like every beginner, I did not know what Raw images really were and that caused a...
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How to become an outstanding photographer
Wow, that is a bold title for a blog post, isn't it? And I bet you're expecting a fool-proof list of actions that will make you outstanding - maybe a list of gear or a set of techniques that will take...
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How to shoot high-quality panorama images
Panorama images have something intriguing. They give you a different view of the world around you - a view that does not resemble the way you see a scene with your own eyes or the way a single...
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How to Back Up Terabytes of Photos Quickly and Safely
In this post, I will show you a simple setup and a tool that makes backing up terabytes of images, videos and other data fast and automatic. Read the full article: "How to Back Up Terabytes of Photos...
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How to deal with trolls that attack your photos
Whenever you create something notable and share it with the world, you're going to receive criticism. Especially if you're just starting out, this can be terrifying. In this thoughtful and inspiring...
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Aurora HDR – How to Control the HDR Look of Your Images
In this tutorial, we will take a look at the 'Structure' panel in Aurora HDR to see how you can control the overall HDR look of your images. Read the full article: "Aurora HDR – How to Control the HDR...
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