They’re processed in Photomatix or a similar program and the photographer calls it done. If you’re looking to share that final image in print format it stands to reason that it should be really polished. And HDR lends to a lot of problems before printing. Simply put, I always have prints in mind. 9 times out of 10 that test HDR is not my final selection. Once I’ve found what I’m looking for I usually do an initial test HDR just to see where the image is going.
Often times I’m looking for an image that I told myself would work while in the field. Ah, photographers are so much fun!Īfter getting images off loaded I’ll often do a first pass in Lightroom to see what jumps out at me. Skip dinner, skip that oh so necessary shower, and sit in front of the computer in your filthy dirt covered hiking clothes. If you’re like me, once you return from a fun location shoot you immediately start off loading your images. Post Processing with Print Making in Mind But if you’re going for more realistic HDRs, then the scene in front of you as you see it should be what you have in mind. The more stylized you want to be, the harder it is to get that initial feel. You can visualize pretty easily how the HDR will look in it’s finished state. As you work with HDR more you’ll find the same to be true. In the case of my personal work I’ve gotten to the point that when I look at a scene I have a pretty good idea of what the HDR is going to turn out like. Without those basics all you’re going to do is find yourself making highly stylized bad photos. Lighting, composition, time of day, and interesting subjects. That means you’ve still got to do work as a photographer. Creating an HDR of everything you see doesn’t mean you’ll have a good image or print. In the end, it’s another tool in a photographer’s arsenal and should be treated as such.
HDR is not the “end all be all fix a bad photo and make it cool” technique. And putting aside all of the arguments still going on in the photo community regarding HDR, I happen to like what you can do with it.
I got hooked after seeing some amazing work by Trey Ratcliff and Ben Wilmore. For three years and some change I’ve been shooting HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography.
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