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29th March 2009

HDR Tutorial Featuring Moab

written by dav.d

Why bother with HDR? A camera can only see so much of the world with one photo. Imagine we take 9 photos and turn them into one uber good photo. It is a bit challenging. It take some planning and some software but you can do it. I am going to show how I do it. Is it the right way? Probably not. But it works well for me.

Here is a comparison of one photo to an HDR photo.
HDR Tutorial Step

So what do you need? A camera that can shoot in manual mode. A tripod. Those are the two basics. You can’t hand hold for HDR.

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Antiques, Cabins, and HDR - Day 359 of 365

Moab 4 Wheeling HDR Photography

Wilderness HDR

Little Cottonwood Canyon Goes HDR

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Posted in Behind the Scenes, Blogging, High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography, Nature Photography, camera gear, landscape photography | Tags: hdr, moab, tutorial

26th March 2009

On the Streets of Moab in HDR

written by dav.d

I really love photographing in HDR. It is an involved process but the results are really cool. I am trying to write up a blog post where I detail the steps I take to create an HDR image. If life and time co-operate it will be ready in a week.

In the meantime here are a few photos of the streets of Moab. I had some free time to walk around and look for subjects. I love the 3rd photo of the old motor home with the satellite dish and air conditioner attached. It just screams class.

8 Million Dollar Home with Copper Roof in HDR - Day 149 of 365

Moab & Friends

Another Before and After HDR

Utah Capitol Goes HDR

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Posted in High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography, Urban Photography, landscape photography | Tags: hdr, moab

25th March 2009

A Quick Poll

written by dav.d

I have launched a new website, davidweddings.com.

If you have checked out my website- davidweddings.com - what do you think?

Love it! (89%, 8 Votes)
Hate it! (11%, 1 Votes)
Undecided! (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 9

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Announcing dav.d weddings

written by dav.d

I am pleased to announce dav.d weddings – a division of dav.d photography. It has it’s own website and is targeted to wedding photography. The website is growing and content is added daily so please visit! Here is what the business card looks like – the cards are double sided.

Tom & Kristi - Day 80 of 365

Angelina & Nghiep’s Vietnamese Wedding

Angelina & Nghiep’s Wedding

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Posted in Blogging | Tags: dav.d weddings, wedding

24th March 2009

Moab & Friends

written by dav.d

For the most part everytime I create an HDR image I am using 9 bracketed photos to do so. You can, using Photomatix Pro, create an HDR from one RAW file. It isn’t ideal – the more information you give the software the more details the software can pour into your image.

The following photo was created from one RAW/DNG photo. I had to do some noise removal in the shadow areas – but it is still a rather fun photo.

Photo of friends under the delicate arch

Standing under the Delicate Arch is a story unto itself. There is literally a line and people get upset if you take to long under the arch. I would suggest that people standing in line don’t stand so close to the side of the arch. I had to crop this photo to cut out people. Another photo I will try to clone out some people. But oh well.

Photowalking Utah in HDR n Junk

HDR Before and After

Common Grounds Initiative Protest - Moab

The Moab Half Marathon

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Posted in High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography, Nature Photography, landscape photography, portrait photography | Tags: hdr, moab

23rd March 2009

Moab Preview

written by dav.d

This past weekend I was in Moab with friends. I brought my new tripod and I took a ton of photos that will become HDR images. Thank goodness Photomatix Pro has a batch process feature. Over night I was able to turn 819 photos into 91 HDR images.

Photomatix Pro is just the first step. I then edit the resulting TIFF image in Lightroom and then in Adobe Photoshop. I improve the contrast, saturation and remove any dust spots. In the case of Moab I am going to be de-people-ifying the photos.