yelocloud opened this issue on Sep 15, 2007 · 315 posts
yelocloud posted Tue, 18 September 2007 at 9:50 PM
Great article suggestion Cath... danke :-)
Warangel, one of the most important parts to take away from this when making your own hdrs, is multiple exposures at different bracketed levels. (i.e from very dark, to very bright) When shooting jpeg, the more the better (3-6 stops above & below the correct metered level, or 7 to 13 exposures total). Those will then be merged in Photoshop CS2 or CS3, or a hdr program like Artizen
I know this seems like a lot to digest, just take you time & enjoy. It helps to envision the finished poser picture you have in your head, where the figures &/or props will be, what mood you are trying to achieve, what the background will be etc... Describe it to yourself, sketch it out. This helps give you a target & inspiration to work towards. Most importantly, HAVE FUN! It doesn't matter if you do this professionally or just as a hobby... you should look forward to creating. & if something is hard to grasp conceptually, take a step back, & then dive back in.
Here are a couple of good books for looking at things thru the eyes of light :-)