Using Stacks in Lightroom is a convenient way to group similar photos together in grid view and the filmstrip. This is especially helpful if you regularly end up with multiple images of the same subject. You may have multiple shots of the same pose from a portrait session, a string of images from shooting wildlife, […]
Continue reading...Friday, February 26, 2010
When you are shooting images you intend to combine into a high dynamic range (HDR) image you usually want one image at the recommended exposure, one image under exposed by 2 stops and one image overexposed by 2 stops. Most DSLR cameras today can capture these three images quickly and easily using a feature called […]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 25, 2010
Here is a teaching technique that I learned when I first started taking pictures. The technique: look at a picture and try to figure out how it was created. Check out these HDR images, which are the final images I took for my HDR book, due out in May. I took the first two are […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 17, 2010
I recently had the pleasure of assisting Juan Pons at his “Geese, Swans and Bears” photo workshop in North Carolina. Birds are not a frequent subject of mine, but I always jump at the chance to learn something new. As photographers, we tend to concentrate our efforts on learning one particular type of photography. It […]
Continue reading...Monday, February 8, 2010
Here is a shot I took a few days ago at the Magic Beach Hotel in St. Augustine, FL. It’s one of my favorites from my workshop. The image got me thinking about all the elements that come together for a good photograph: – envisioning the end result – interesting subject – telling the story […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 12, 2010
We have a cool feature here on DPE: Tuesday’s Talented Twitter Find. Each Tuesday I choose a talented photographer I find on Twitter. I find ‘em by reading an interesting tweet and then by clicking on their web site. This week’s find: Serge Ramelli – all the way from Paris! Check out his wonderful work! […]
Continue reading...Monday, January 11, 2010
Hi Gang I’ll be giving a free talk on HDR photography at the Orland Camera Club on January 25th. Hope you can join the fun. Here is the info. And.. here is the info on this new HDR photo: – created from 3 images – 0, +2 and -2 – crunched in Photomatix – Canon […]
Continue reading...Friday, January 8, 2010
Lightroom makes it easy to store, edit and process your images from one central location. With a few plugins, it is the perfect hub for your HDR workflow. I use Photomatix Pro for my HDR processing, but I’m sure that other HDR software works in a similar fashion. First you will need to download and […]
Continue reading...Monday, December 21, 2009
Much has been written about “seeing the end result.” In other words, envisioning the end-result in your mind’s eye. I’ve done some of that writing, and I’ll do a bit more here . . . because that creative process is so very important, especially when it comes to HDR imaging, which is a current favorite […]
Continue reading...Monday, November 23, 2009
Preview of some of the HDR images that will be featured in Ricks upcoming HDR book due to be published on April, 2010. Enjoy!
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