RF-Photography

….. if that is the question then the answer is: Bracket.  At least if you want the best of what HDR can give you.

There’s still a belief in some circles that taking a single image, making multiple copies of it with adjusted exposure settings and tossing those ‘fake brackets’ into the HDR cooker will produce different and better results than just tonemapping a single image. Some also think it’s as good as shooting an in camera bracket. Let’s dispell an HDR myth, shall we? To Bracket or Not to Bracket, con't >>

I’ve had an interest in HDR photography for several years. It’s a wonderful innovation for the art of photography but I’ve felt that it could have some terrific application in commercial photography. And it has. An increasing number of photographers have been adding HDR to their arsenal; particularly in the architectural/real estate area. Practical HDRI Review, con't >

So far in the series, we’ve looked at the three components that make up exposure:  the shutter; the aperture; and the ISO setting.  I call this the Exposure Triumvirate.  We’ve also looked at what information a histogram conveys and how reading a histogram needs to be done in context with the image.  And we’ve looked at exposure meters, what they do and how the can be fooled.

In this instalment, we’ll take a look at filters.  We’ll look at some of the different types available, discuss what they do and how they can be used.  Now, there are literally hundreds of different filters available on the market.  Some are special effects filters that, for example, create starbursts out of specular highlights.  Some are filters that create a vignette in the image.  We’re not going to delve into these.  Similarly we’re not going to discuss filters that are used in conjunction with flash or other studio lights.  We’re going to discuss the major types of photographic filters that are (or were) some of the more commonly used and that most photographers will have in their kit bag if they have filters at all.  I say ‘were’ because some of the filters we’ll talk about are colour contrast filters that are used primarily with film; although they can be used with digital as well. Photo Basics - Filters, con't >

There are countless articles available extolling the virtues of RAW capture.  Despite that, one more can’t hurt.

All DSLR cameras are able to capture in a RAW format.  Many advanced compact digital cameras can as well.  More basic point & shoot style compacts only allow for creating images in JPEG format. Power of RAW, con't >

I had several questions during the workshop I taught last fall about organising photos. Not surprisingly, some of the attendees were having trouble finding particular images or in developing a good organisational structure for their photos. Some who’d been shooting only in low rez JPEG at the time had never moved their images off the memory card. They had literally hundreds of images sitting on the card. Organizing Photos, con't >