B&H Prospectives: Realistic HDR Photography | Tim Cooper

In this episode of Prospectives, Tim Cooper visits the B&H studio to discuss some realistic uses for HDR photography. He takes us through a few HDR composite examples and outlines the reasons for shooting high dynamic range images.

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[BandH]

In this episode of Prospectives, Tim Cooper visits the B&H studio to discuss some realistic uses for #HDR photography. He takes us through a few HDR composite examples and outlines the reasons for shooting high dynamic range images!

[gerars]

Tim is the best! I look EVERYDAY on B&H channel to see if there's a new video from him. Thanks!

[frand]

Tim is a really good teacher. I took a Lightroom class with him in North Carolina. Great class. Thanks for this video.

[MrStuartFord]

Two words that should go together more often: tasteful HDR.

[BubblesPothowari]

Thank you Tim Cooper !!! The Best HDR demystified in just 7 mins. Most fast paced, power lesson of B&H wrt to other 100 min long. Fantastic content, connect, communication. Mumbai

[sunilseeu]

one of the best videos on HDR photography, defining HDR itself is awesome. thanks B n H

[SaraCanducci]

LOVED this video!
Amazing work as always :)

[Ensign_Cthulhu]

The ultimate message seems to be: you can do HDR in camera if yours allows or you can do it in post, but either way, don't _automatically_ trust your camera's choice of upper and lower bounds - and if you do, DEFINITELY be aware of how the camera makes its choices (and be prepared to change them as required and if possible).

[AnkitDixitDx]

Wow, What a great description of HDR photography.

[JohnDoe-gvor]

So, one thing that isn't covered in this is how you capture those dynamic ranges with the gorgeous clouds if the clouds move quickly.  I know you said you are shooting at high rates of speed, but some of the older DSLR's (like my XSi) can only shoot up to 3 frames stacked at a time.  How do I compensate for fast-moving clouds?  Or something like shooting a waterfall/stream in HDR?

[pauld]

Great HDR video Tim. I shoot lots of HDR landscapes and architecture. Knowing new ways to set up my bracketing really comes in handy.

[vishweshwarkandalgaonkar]

Nicely shot all pictures. Thanks for sharing

[evanmelgren]

Hi, great walkthrough- I have a question about high volume workflows. I shoot real estate HDR, and I'm on a mission to find a workflow that will automatically group and merge my 3-shot bracketed exposures into the .DNGs. I'll leave a house with a couple hundred shots, and maybe 80 merges to do. Takes ages. Ever come across any automations for that? It'd be tricky- couldn't have any extra shots in the folder...

[cooperin]

Tim, excellent video on HDR.
My method is quite simple. Shoot RAW, Manual, low ISO and choose Aperture.
One image is taken and when I convert the RAW image to TIFF, I first convert for the shadows, next midrange tones and finally for the highlights.
Then blend the 3 converted exposures in Photoshop and the results are an HDR image.
Tried the bracket method and IMHO, both final images look similar.

[pauld]

Great HDR tips! There are always new ways to take great HDR photos! No 2 situations are alike, thus, different HDR shooting strategies are required to render optimal results.

[yudontsay]

So many people think HDR = yuch its people need to understand its not actually fake, its real photos of a real scene, but they are used to make a new type of style of that scene instead of typical ordinary pictures many would have taken :)

[mpittman]

Very Well done, informative, short and to the point.  Doesn't explain everything but enough for you to try and start using.

[settingthewheelinmotion]

Nice HDR photos. Do you leave your aperture the same for each shot in the series? I've been told that keeping the aperture the same is necessary since changing it can change depth of field. Any thoughts?

[guitargrimblin]

Man, the last HDR tutorial vid I watched was an absolute bloodbath in the comments section (Topaz Labs feat. Captain Kimo). It's nice to see that wasn't the case with this video. I hate how negative people can be over HDR photography. I've always thought of the photography community as very pleasant and motivating. That was not the case with the last vid. Anyway, loved this video and am really getting the hang of this HDR thing.

[jpw]

Great video however I was wondering why you use the shutter speed to change exposure setting ie 1-stop 2-stops etc...instead of adjusting the exposure setting on the camera ? If you can over exposure & under expose doing it both ways which is better & why?