HDR Photography – The Complete Workflow

Learn how to photograph and process images for High Dynamic Range photo in Adobe Photoshop and Photomatix.

Created by: Kasia Zmokla
(MFA) Artist, Photographer, Digital Art Classes Founder

What Will I Learn?

• What “dynamic range” is in an image and how to overcome your digital camera’s limitations in creating representations of demanding scenes
• How to improve and extend dynamic range in your images
• The best way to take advantage of camera’s overexposure warning feature
• Leveraging your camera’s Auto Bracketing feature
• How to take a properly exposed sequence of digital images for an HDR merge
• Processing and merging the sequence of RAW images into an HDR photo
• Merging and processing an HDR photo in Adobe Camera RAW
• Merging and tone mapping an HDR photo in Photomatix
• Fine tuning your final artwork in Adobe Photoshop

Requirements

• Ideally Photoshop CC, trial free version is more than enough
• Photomatix - trial free version
• No prior knowledge of Photoshop is necessary, I will explain all the techniques in a simple way
• We will work with high quality images provided as supplementary materials to help you move on even faster!

Target audience

• Anyone who wants to learn how to create amazing HDR photographs
• Anyone who wants to learn how to work with their digital camera in Manual Mode in demanding lighting conditions
• Aspiring photographers who want to improve their photo editing skills
• Anyone who wants to develop artistic skills in fields of creative photo processing
• Anyone who wants to create HDR photographs with Adobe Camera Raw
• Anyone who wants to create HDR photographs with Photomatix