HDR Photography

Hello. For this project in GT we are doing a little something called HDR photography. First, let's talk about the meaning of "HDR photography." HDR photography is the act of taking several different pictures with different exposure settings to put together into one photo so that you can see everything in the photo. From the sun to the trees. The HDR in HDR photography stands for high-dynamic-range, and that's kind of self explanatory. I myself really like the idea of HDR photography. It's a really cool way to get everything in the picture clearly.

In order to make an HDR image, the first thing that you have to do is find something that you want to take a picture of. When finding something to take a picture of the first thing I recommend you look for is a subject that is almost, or is, completely still. You then have to take seven separate pictures with the exposure changed in each one. The different exposure levels that you use for the pictures are either -3 to +3. Be sure that when you are doing this to make sure that you are not moving the camera, because all of the pictures have to be in the exact same place. When you have all of your pictures together, then you have to get the set of pictures that you think are the best and get them on your computer. You will open Photoshop and go to File > Automate > Merge to HDR. From there you will press "Browse" and select your pictures. Before you press okay you have to make sure that the little box in the corner is checked. Next to the box it should say "Attempt to Automatically Align Source Images." It may take a while to load because program is trying to align all of the pictures as great as possible. When it is done you can edit the picture as you like so it is to your liking. When you are done press okay and you have your masterpiece.

While I was taking the sets of pictures for my two HDR pictures I really had a good feeling about them. It was kind of hard to do the experiment because I kept accidentally moving the camera too much while changing the exposure, but other than that the whole project went really well. I do think that this was a fun school project and it's definitely something that I can do on my free time outside of school.