Beginning HDR Photography
PART I: WHAT IS HDR. 1. Dynamic Range Defined. 2. Dynamic Range Photography History. 3. Dynamic Range in Digital Photography. 4. HDR Photograph Attributes (Brightness, Contrast, Color, Tonality, Saturation). 5. Disadvantages of HDR (Use Only Static Subjects, Longer Post Processing). PART II: CAMERAS AND ACCESSORIES FOR SHOOTING HDR. 6. Types of Cameras (dSLR, Point-and-Shoot, Camera Phones). 6. Camera Sensor Size Requirements. 7. Camera Resolution. 8. Point-and-Shoot Cameras. 9. Lenses. 10. Tripods and Monopods. 11. Cable Release. PART III: IN THE FIELD. 12. Setting Up. 13. Weather Factors. 14. Camera Angles. 15. Camera Orientation. 16. Landscapes Day. 17. Landscapes Night. 18. Close-ups. 19. Shade and Shadows. PART IV: CAMERA SETTINGS. 20. Aperture Priority Mode. 21. Shutter Priority Mode. 22. Apertures for Landscapes. 23. Manual Mode. 24. ISO Speeds. 25. Exposure Bracketing. Part V: Exposure Compensation. 26. What is Exposure Compensation. 27. None (HDR from One Raw Photo). 28. Three, Five, Seven Stops. PART VI: POSTPROCESSING (STEP BY STEP FOR EACH PLATFORM). 29. File Types (32 bit, 16 bit, 8 bit, TIFF, Raw, JPEG). 30. Color (RGB, Lab, Black and White, Sepia). 31. Photoshop CS 5 (HDR Pro and Working with Settings). 32. Photoshop Other Versions. 33. Photoshop Elements. 34. Gimp. 35. Photomatrix. 36. Cleaning-up Image. PART VII: EXPERIMENTING WITH HDR. 37. Moving Subjects. 38. Black and White and Sepia Tones. 39. Flash. PART VIII: PRINTING HDR PHOTOS. 40. Printers. 41. Workflow. 42. Paper and Ink. Appendix.