Digital Media
HDR Project
HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. The dynamic range of a scene tells you how different the brightest parts of the scene (the highlights) are from the darkest parts of the scene (the shadows). The human eye can see a much greater dynamic range than any camera, including the camera of your iPhone.
While your cell phone will do all the HDR work for you, we will learn how to create HDR images through the SLR camera and Photoshop.
You will need to take 5 exposures (one underexposed by two stops, one underexposed by one stop, one exposed correctly, one overexposed by one stop, one overexposed two stops) to get the full dynamic range. Tripods are a MUST to line up the scene.
What does an HDR image look like?
What key elements need to be in place for a successful HDR image?
Research ideas - create a mood board of HDR images that you like. Create the Board on a Goolge document with at least 5 different images and notes of things you'd ike to try and how to be successful on the shoot.
What is bracketing?
Bracketing is a very simple way to give yourself the best odds of getting a perfectly-exposed photo in a tricky lighting situation. The concept is really simple—you just take a series of photos at three different exposures, one below where your meter reading is, one at the reading itself, and one over the meter reading. With JPG files you generally don't need to bracket in increments of greater than 1/2 or 1/3rd, because JPGs don't capture a very broad range of tones to begin with, so the margin of error is smaller.
If you're shooting in raw, you can bracket one stop between exposures to give yourself more flexibility in post processing, if you need it.
Many cameras give you the ability to take bracketed shots without having to look at your camera settings at all. But some cameras don't. What if your camera is one of these? If that's the case, then you will have to familiarize yourself with some of the other ways to bracket.
Read the manual to determine how to set up bracketing on the Nikon D600's and then go out and practice taking Bracketed photos.
Take images in Aperture Priority and then use Nikon Program Modes to set camera up for bracketing.
Taken from the article:How to Bracket without Auto-Bracketing
