High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography is changing the way photographers capture the world around them. That’s because HDR allows a photographer to shoot several exposures of a scene, recording every tone from the darkest shadows - to the brightest highlights. Then using special software these images are combined into a single 32-bit file that contains the entire range of the original scene. This combined range of information is way beyond what an average dSLR’s sensor is capable of capturing in a single exposure.

    Some of the things you’ll learn:

• What is HDR?
• Differences between artsy HDR and realistic HDR
• Benefits of 32-bit files & working with 32-bit in Photoshop
• How to shoot for HDR
• Setting up custom camera settings
• Secrets to creating great source images
• Using Photoshop’s Merge to HDR command
• Advanced HDR compositing with Photomatix Pro
• Dealing with noise in HDR files
• Secrets to solving “ghosting” problems
• HDR Tone Mapping
• RAW vs. JPEG for HDR
• HDR and Lightroom
• Creating single image HDR with RAW files
• Panoramic HDR photography
• Going beyond HDR

If you’re new to HDR, this daylong workshop will give you everything you need to know to begin shooting for and creating HDR images. If you’re already working with HDR, but find yourself struggling, this workshop will answer many of your questions.