Adobe Camera Raw and HDR Post Processing
Over the past couple of weeks I have been hitting my workflow pretty hard with the 32 bit workflows from Photoshop and Photomatix to the bitter diatribe about saturation and HDR images. Today I want to share with you my love for Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) and how well it...
Topaz Detail 3 Coming Soon!
Topaz Detail 3 is on its way to the wonderful world of post processing! Exciting news for us HDR photographers as it can really be a quintessential tool during post processing. I have found the capabilities of Topaz Detail 2 to be extremely powerful for recovering...
Shoot for the Moon!
We recently had a pretty nice full moon here in the Midwest. My wife went to take the trash out and quickly notified me of its presence. I, of course, had to run and get my camera equipped with the 70-300 lens. I started photographing the moon and realized, these...
Over-Saturated HDR Crap!
Yep, there is a ton of it out there! Over-saturated HDR crap that gives HDR a bad name! I know that may be a bold statement and many may take offense to it, however, my intent, my sincere intent is to help those out who may not see it that way. When I first started...
HDR Concert #9: The Color of Autumn
Download the RAW Brackets here! The 9th installment of the HDR Concert series is live today in the HDR Concert Page section. The brackets were graciously provided by Nick Marzinski. It was a color study assignment that went over very well. Thank you Nick,...
West Bottoms, Kansas City
This past Saturday I met up with Nick Marzinski, you know that cool guy that let us use his brackets for this months concert? He happened to be in the Kansas City area so we decided to make plans to photograph the West Bottoms of Kansas City. This place is intense to...
Concert #9 is closed!
HDR Concert #9 is officially closed for submissions! Be sure to check in with me on Wednesday for the results!
The Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer
In general chromatic aberrations are a pain in the ass, in HDR tone mapped images, they are a root canal! Those out of control Cyan/Magenta/Purple fringes around tree branches and buildings can really make a great image look horrible! The good news, you can control...
A Haircut
It is hard to find a good haircut these days. I had a great place in California that not only cut my hair but offered a free neck massage after each cut. Moving to Missouri opened up a can of worms trying to find a good place. I went to 2 places in town that I now...
How To Fix Extreme Wide Angle Shots
A few weeks ago I posted a tutorial about my 32 bit HDR workflow with Photomatix (I think I said HDR Efex Pro in the tutorial, oops!). Someone made a comment on Youtube about my lack of fixing the distortion. I am not sure if they were being snide or not, but I...
