Digital Photography's Game-Changer

Digital Photography's Game-Changer - High Dynamic
Range (HDR) Photographic Technique:

Advanced workshop teaching the HDR system for
students with a solid grasp of digital
photography. Here we will explore how High
Dynamic Range extends the boundaries of digital
photography to produce image quality not seen in
the past. Students are required to bring DSLR,
tripod, computer (or access outside of class)
with image editing software (preferably AdobeCS &
Bridge). HDR software Photomatix will be
provided for download to students by HDRsoft
corp. A group show of students work at coarse
end would be highly recommended.

Course coverage: Cameras, file types, bit depth
and sensor size; Exposing for HDR imagery;
Bracketing; Pre-blending choices in Lightroom or
AdobeBridge; Photomatix blending software &
tonemapping, "de-ghosting" and chromatic
aberrations; Working with RAW format images;
Curves, posterization and the histogram; Advanced
blending using masks; Final HDR editing in
Photoshop environment; Alternative HDR uses and
converting the HDR image to B&W.