Monday, 25 November 2013

HDR Photography

What is HDR photography?

-HDR is an acronym for High Dynamic Range. This means the combination of two or more photos each with a different level of exposure. The variety of exposures lets all of the parts of the picture become visible. For example, imagine a chic hotel room without any lights on, with a large window in the corner that looks out to a beautiful landscape. If you were to take a picture inside, you can either have the camera properly exposed to make the inside look normal, and the outside to be whited out, or you can make the inside really dark and the outside to be coloured and exposed properly. However, to make a HDR photo, you combine them together so that room isn't blacked out and the outside isn't whited out. If you do it properly then voilĂ , you get a HDR photo!

Why do people use HDR?

-When you use HDR photography, your pictures end up looking very similar to what you might see if you were actually there. Because your eyes do this automatically, an HDR photo gives a more realistic representation of what something might look like in real life.






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