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Hey, guys! Just stopped by Youtube and check this! This video really washed my noobness on taking photos! Maybe it'll wash yours too, so watch it.

50 Quick Photography Tips

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For HDR photographers out there, 
I just got to this website and this might help. The bonus is, I will post new photos from Trey Ratcliff, HDR Photographer from Stick In Customs, every week!

A week of HDR from
www.stickincustoms.com

HOW TO MAKE HDR PHOTOS

Creating HDR photos is something anyone can do. Even you! I’ve taught thousands of people and I’m sure I can teach you too.

The best place to go is the free HDR Tutorial here on StuckInCustoms.com that describes the step by step process. If you’d like to get in deeper, I also have a bunch of videos available for download at the HDR Video Tutorial link.

WHAT’S HDR PHOTOGRAPHY?

HDR is short for High Dynamic Range. It is a post-processing task of taking either one image or a series of images, combining them, and adjusting the contrast ratios to do things that are virtually impossible with a single aperture and shutter speed.

An HDR image is commonly made by taking three photos of the same scene, each at different shutter speeds. The result is a bright, medium, and dark photo, based on the amount of light that got through the lens. A software process then combines all the photos to bring details to the shadows and highlights both. This helps to achieve the same task in the final photograph that the human eye can accomplish on the scene.

And yes, you can make an HDR out of a single photo as well. That is described in the HDR Tutorial here.

I would say that about 75% of my images use the technique, and if you are new to it, then you may notice a slightly different “look and feel” to the photographs. There are all kinds of nerdy technical things I can say about HDR, but in case you are like me, you can learn best by example. I posted a bunch of my HDR photos below.

To me, the HDR process helps the photos look more… let’s say… evocative.

I can talk a little bit more about the philosophy behind the photography style here for a quick moment. You might consider that the way the human brain keeps track of imagery is not the same way your computer keeps track of picture files. There is not one aperture, shutter speed, etc. In fact, sometimes when you are in a beautiful place or with special people and you take photos — have you ever noticed when you get back and show them to people you have to say, “Well, you really had to be there.” Even great photographers with amazing cameras can only very rarely grab the scene exactly as they saw it. Cameras, by their basic-machine-nature, are very good at capturing “images”, lines, shadows, shapes — but they are not good at capturing a scene the way the mind remembers and maps it. When you are actually there on the scene, your eye travels back and forth, letting in more light in some areas, less light in others, and you create a “patchwork-quilt” of the scene. Furthermore, you will tie in many emotions and feelings into the imagery as well, and those get associated right there beside the scene. Now, you will find that as you explore the HDR process, that photos can start to evoke those deep memories and emotions in a more tangible way. It’s really a wonderful way of “tricking” your brain into experiencing much more than a normal photograph.

WHAT KIND OF CAMERA DO YOU NEED TO MAKE HDR PHOTOS?

Really, the hardware does not matter…  The bulk of the look comes from the software process, as described in the aforementioned tutorial.

I have a Nikon D3X, but it does not require a camera that beefy to make photos like the ones you see on the site. In fact, many of my photos were taken with a camera that only costs a fraction of this beast. I have a full rundown of some HDR camera recommendations here on the site as well.  You can get started in this hobby fairly cheaply! 

HDR AND PHOTOSHOP

Many people ask, “Why not just use HDR Photoshop?”  I don’t advise just using Photoshop, and I have a little article at that link that talks about it.

WHAT IS YOUR PHILOSOPHY BEHIND ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY?

…a good question, even if I did write it myself! Well, the answer is too long for this format, but you can find a few nuggets of truth inside this article I wrote entitled “10 Principles of Beautiful Photography“.

EBOOKS ON HDR PHOTOGRAPHY

I’ve also penned a series of books on photography. You can find those over at my sister site at FlatBooks.com.

SOME HDR PHOTOS

Here are a few photos I’ve created… I make a new one every day here on the site, so you are welcome to come back regularly.

For more HDR from Ratcliff, go to  

StickInCustoms.com

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Travellers! Photographers! Both of you!

You guys remember DigitalRevCom?

You know... the Chinese dude form the video above?

Well, I got the video of them traveling to Taiwan, and it might give you helpful tips. 

Here you go!

Goes with 3 parts:

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