Quick HDR Photography "How-to"

[@CoinGunnerTex]

The only problem I have with HDR is that I'm sick of seeing it. I was thumbing through a photography magazine the other day and it seemed like the only photos in it were black and white, or HDR. And I mean the surreal style HDR, not the kind Kai was demonstrating to fix exposure in different areas. I guess "normal" photos aren't artsy or "pro" enough.

[@70mjc]

CoinGunnerTex because normal is conversation worthy. Some people whine just to make themselves sound knowledgeable or important. In this case, you fail at both

[@Profile__1]

@@70mjc I can't understand why you went after the original poster for just talking about his opinion. He didn't even try to imply that he was a superior photographer or that "extreme HDR" itself was bad, just that it was becoming a bit overdone. I never got the sense he was trying to sound "knowledgeable" or "important" at all like you seem to imply. Did you just word your sentence a bit off, or am I missing something? Genuine question, not trying to come across as confrontational.

[@markedwards3]

I think what people are really objecting to is bad HDR or just a poor result where the image has halo’s and weird colours that don’t suit the image not the technique of varying your exposure overa range to capture lost detail.

[@dalismers]

These kinds of videos are the reason why I've long been a subscriber to DigitalRev. Finally you guys are back on track!

[@vedio0vedio]

photography is fun... thats the thing i love about KAI

[@DanielBrennan]

Here is the purpose of HDR. The eye can see a DR of 1mil:1. The DSLR can see only about 1,000:1. In order to get the entire DR of certain images (inside/outside for example), the HDR method is used. This was realized in 1850 by Gutave Le Gray who combined two exposures (land and sky) to get the entire DR of his seascapes. Longer exposures will not help. ND filters are only useful in certain landscape photos.

[@R151n9MG]

No day is complete without a new vid of DigitalRev !

[@bastje]

Finally someone who understand how to treat HDR like it's supposed to be. So many idiots use it way to extreme!

[@wt5090]

Don't take everyones criticism too seriously, they may want you to be more serious but if you're too serious then there is nothing that differentiates you from others. You're personality is what makes this channel so great, as long as you're enjoying yourself, the viewer will enjoy watching, and as long as you get the facts across, the people watching for facts will be happy. You do a great job, don't take what some say to heart. You're personality is what shines, not the information provided.

[@vjvalima]

so true! usually this ignorance might concern mainly "non photographers", but sometimes even quite advanced or atleast moderate photographers can't grasp the amount some digital pictures consist of.

[@JimiPain]

If you need to, you get an intervalometer. You take a series of pictures, load them into Lightroom, adjust them and make a video through the slideshow menu with some setups you get on the internet.

[@Suiyoubimusic]

You can do most of the stuff with one single exposure in camera-raw anyways. (If you shot in RAW that is) Adjust some shadows and highlights in PS and bam! HDR is rarely useful, just as this video pointed out. But, if you take photos inside and want to capture what is going on on the outside of a window/door as well that's when it comes in handy. Urban exploration-photos usually looks better as HDR. I used to do some overly glowing HDR-stuff in the beginning of my photography, ugh! Less is more!

[@Yahgiggle]

there is a guy on view bug goes by hlambourn he does hdr that i feel works look him up www.viewbug.com/member/hlambourn its awesome work

[@muzixxluva]

Deon Hamilton This is the rubbish he was talking about: HDR photos only for the sake of HDR. Some of these photos are super HDR that everything looks metal. Rubbish

[@wanderingphotog]

What the hell do you people complaining expect? DRTV offers a perfect mix of humour and photography. There are hundreds of review sites and videos blogs that offer a more serious tone; so go visit them! DRTV is for those who enjoy the lighthearted, less stuffy approach to photography. Not everyone cares for spec lists, charts and graphs, etc. Many of us simply enjoy making good photos - which is supposed to be fun. DRTV's approach is spot on and enjoyable. BTW, no one cares if you unsubscribe!

[@satisfactionselling]

I started laughing out loud when you starting dragging the tripod around still attached to your camera. You crack me up & I love your videos! Keep up the great work!

[@KobiGamez]

This is the best Drev has ever been, some videos are silly, others are serious (this one for example) and others are a good mix:)

[@Lance14352]

I would love to see a video on time lapse photography. I have recently gotten into it and i love it because it is a great combination of photography and videography.

[@nasirmahmud9228]

Bro why if I select RAW photo for hdr (high dynamic range) it is not active...if I select photo JPG hdr (high dynamic range) is active but can't be used the setting returns to OFF and the duration of the photo is 2x/second..camera nikon 5500

[@viewyo]

As a lazy person, when I find an opportunity for HDR shot, I often use one RAW photo and process it into 3 different exposure JPGs, then merged them together into an HDR. I guess the advantage of doing it this way is being able to minimize the problem with fast moving subjects when taking multiple shots. I do believe the purpose of HDR is to reveal details of in high contrast scenes but from that on, it has kind of evolved into a type of photography one could easily indulged into.

[@DigWig07]

This guy is hilarious, when he uses Nikon he has a Canon EOS strap attached to the camera. When he is using a Canon camera he is using a Nikon strap. LOL!

[@vertail22]

do you have to just put the camera on the HDR setting or do you have to edit it into a HDR

[@josheh4]

The authors aren't fans of HDR, so what do you expect? It's more a joke towards the people that complained about the first video. Frankly I share their enthusiasm for HDR photography and the majority of slop that gets dumped out there in the name of HDR. While there's been examples of well done HDR, the majority of it always seems to me to be a vomit of ill-composed colors. Kai does a video on landscape photography that does well to show that HDR isn't needed if you understand photography

[@BrandonGoodyear]

Just to clarify,most people don't hate HDR in itself, high dynamic range images can be really useful, it's when people tone map the image to get something that looks like as you put it "a vomit of colors"

[@hynee]

People just go through a phase of doing HDR (usually in their first year of photography). I spent my phase doing panoramas. The problems which HDR is aimed at are better solved other ways, eg, grad tints, bracketing and combining in photoshop, or just letting things blow out. Also digital cameras now have excellent DR at low ISOs, HDR solves 2004's problems.

[@Produitscoreens]

That's right !!!! So now all people interested in HDR are waiting for your HDR video where you explain everything the correct way.

[@josheh4]

Agreed. Most people don't get that concept though, that through subtlety you can make the biggest impact. HDR isn't heavy metal music, it shouldn't be cranked to 11.

[@GabrielKnightz]

Yes and there are even more in depth tutorials on how to do HDR on youtube, but we're subscribed to this channel for a reason :)

[@thatshahab]

Has Lok changed his camera or lens? The look of this video is different than the previous ones no?

[@siamesepuppy]

I do as well, problem is, it's rarely done well.. Always seems to be an over the top color explosion.

[@1979paranoidandroid]

And now for something completely different. Does Nikon D600's sensor really get that dirty in a very short time ?

[@G1tarHero]

Any ideas what microphone system they are using and where I can get one?

[@josheh4]

Also, the photos that Kai shared in the video on landscape photography are (in my humble opinion) a lot better than any HDR photography I've ever seen. That doesn't mean I haven't seen HDR photos I've liked. I had to search around a little to remind myself what some of the more talented photographers can do with it. Though, of those photographers, they also had a healthy back stock of non-hdr that were just as stunning and even more so in some cases.

[@babybenz.190]

That would be great. I've ordered a Nikon D5100 and i'm thinking about using it on my telescope :)

[@oMkRnRTz]

You're partly right, sometime (only sometimes) you can put clarity and deeps on maximum in lightroom (adobe) to get a picture that looks a bit like HDR.

[@dunce7373]

Someone give this man a medal!

[@shannononeill4198]

It's good you decided to make another HDR video. I'm not a huge fan of HDR but I thought the last video was very bias and lacked any real valuable content. This was good to watch and I'll definitely be going ahead and trying some HDR photography on my next blog :)

[@jakebateman8483]

kai what was your very first camera.

[@Egersunder1]

HDR is High Dynamic Range, and it means that you can pull out more details from both shadows and highlights.

[@donut070707]

yes people come to DRTV not for serious info but for the entertainment but Lok video is always serious and informative which is a good thing

[@sforero305]

dont ever listen to the people telling you stuff like "your not serious enough" or anything of that sort. The thing that makes DRTV special is its light hearted take on reviews.

[@fernandofalconi1426]

Hey Kai!!! a review about Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8 ll VS. SIGMA 24-70 f/2.8 would be a good help!!!!

[@askdhuwuw]

I love hong kong. I was just there a week ago and wanted to drop by your shop. Sorry... couldn't make it eventually.

[@jmhughes3632]

I LOVE THE SHOW AND KIA IS GREAT . CAN YOU IMAGINE THE CRAZY MESSAGES HE GETS

[@JoshitoTaquito]

can you do another one of those stuck at home photography ideas????

[@LucienHughes]

Well actually it pretty much does, you can make an image which had just as good dynamic range as this using RAW files. Bracketing is practically pointless in this day and age.

[@markedwards3]

HDR is for when the dynamic range is so wide that you are losing important detail. That is not always possible from a single image such as in this image I took a few days ago flic.kr/p/2kBTCaf. A single exposure could not even get close to retaining the detail you see in this image.

[@ArmyStrong958]

Is the D600 Kai's new camera of choice over the Nikon D700? :0

[@oMkRnRTz]

With IS on and min. 1/50 I got three steady photos without a tripod (was no time to put it on a tripod because it started to rain, so i quickle brang up the camera and took three shots with the "take three shots function" of my camera)

[@DailyDreamer23]

Kai walking around with a tripod attached to his camera like a boss

[@neato4u]

Hey guys, keep the videos coming. I don't do photography but I found your videos informative and sometimes funny.

[@kevinlobo2695]

haha poeple on the comments thinking this is a tutorial xd

[@just_eirik]

What do you think of Trey Ratcliff's hdr photos, Kai?

[@albertopeixoto]

It's not about bad exposure, sometimes it's impossible to get a good exposure inside and outside of a building without using lots of flashes and lights. Specially if your camera has a poor dynamic range sometimes you either get blown out highlights or underexposed parts. HDR done with moderation can be useful, but just like Kai said, don't do it just for the sake of it, do it when you need it.

[@TurtleCover]

i love this video.. i love it when you do some tip videos..and youfocus straight on the photography of kai and so on.. more videos like this please :)) and briliant mix of humor and serious photogrpahy.. awesome..

[@2smalltobeseeen]

i guess this is video is the most serious out of all the DigitalRev videos. Really Serious.

[@AdamHoggatt]

I got a used Canon 20D for my 10 year old on ebay for under $200 (body only). It was in near perfect condition. It's a very good camera for beginners.

[@SergeiLobov]

Many thanks to Kai for an interesting video.

[@egafx]

3:10 If you want that realistic HDR (not that surreal HDR) you could just tweak the camera settings. Newer cameras have high dynamic range. I did it all the time, use picture settings. :)

[@Soniboy84]

Hdr has also its place in art. The "vomit of colors" can be one of the prettiest thing you make if it's done right.

[@TheD3rpGaming]

I love when Kai "wastes time". It is funny and is also why i subscribec

[@emilcorotan]

1 year in. ;P wasn't it always nikon strap on canon?

[@wlkirby99]

What lens is he using?

[@TheNathYates]

Welcome to DigitalRevTV!

[@JPMitchell31721]

I find that HDR photography really enhances cloud shots.

[@ZiaJester]

I applaud at your current direction.

[@leodomingox]

where is this exatly in hong kong?

[@bohnstube]

Only thing not Nikon, and that is "canon 5d iii" about Kai's equipment in this video is one of the practically series-long "running gags" since Kai's been hosting: his choice of a camera strap.

[@L33tw0rk]

As usual, Kai went for a entertaining approach rather than an informative one. I cannot say that the whole potential of HDR photography is explored here. usually a scene that needs HDR has a foreground that very close to the camera usually something on the ground, a subject thats sufficiently far away, and a background that is usually the sky. The photos taken in this video hardly need much latitude to work in PP.

I like the way the videos are published from drtv channel at the moment, i mean making both serious and less serious ones. For example this video vs. the "How to Fake Success" video made two weeks ago. It is nice to know you are trying to be creative and thinking of new content ideas, while still making also the good old reviews and tips. Keep it up :) btw. canon strip on canon made me really laugh :D

[@padlockd]

D7000, 6 FPS, auto-bracketing, handheld. Super fast and easy, then pop it into HDR Efex Pro. Alternatively, shoot one frame and use the Shadows and Highlight sliders in LR4 (TBH, this usually works better).

[@ggill1313]

Guys, why are you all freaking out? This was simply a response? It illustrated how HDR has been way overdone, and showed what its initial intent was; to bring back dynamic information that was not there to begin with.

[@LaughingMan44]

Not always. But generally RAW hold enough information to work into a high-dynamic-range photo.

[@shalimore]

hey kai you nikon boy. why dont you use a nikon camera instead of the canon 5d iii!

[@asadb1990]

actually, there are plenty of older models that can be found in and around 200. they will not be new or recent. but it is totally possible

[@RobertLeBlancPhoto]

The Sony a99 does in camera HDR and multi-shot ND... at the same time!

[@Whatisright]

Didn't you guys do a video like this last year?

[@Superketo]

whats that lens??

[@chris88chirs]

can you make an astrophotography vid?

[@adiedonoghue1]

My only gripe with these vids....Do more please Kai!!!

[@stvca7]

Hey Fernando Falconi what about a 3 way battle of the 24-70's? The new Canon v Sigma v Tamron now that would be more worth while.

[@Cal1294]

problem is the merging in those images has been too light, and you're losing the edge: bringing out the detail in the sky (with the car), but losing the contrast on the front of the car.

[@na1du]

Can you do it using iPhone?

[@HGChannel2020]

great video kai.

[@theallmikey]

I really don't understand where all those colors come from. To me HDR should be used as the digital equivalent to dodging and burning of darkroom prints, and it should be subtle. The interior shot was a great example! Nice video; short and to the point.

[@gingerelvis]

I'm completely with Kai on this one. I hate cartoonish HDR its just fucking ugly. But as a tool it makes sense in high contrast areas to capture as much detail as possible.

[@LimYQS]

I don't see the point in HDR as well... i mean it works great on point and shoot... but if we're using a DSLR with a tripod might as well bring out some filters and shoot long exposures... i find the results much more pleasing... especially when taking architecture at night!

[@xbrokens2]

I always love the way u teach stuff beeing ironic and funny, and even people not getting ur point in this serious hdr tuto, i did, anyway 99% of people that sign up to ur channel come because the way u share ur info without make them get sleepie , theres always troll everywhere, do ur thing having fun as u always do.

[@PirateB99999]

try bw hdr looks great try reflections too

[@BrunoMassao]

You can take a single shot in RAW and do an output with different exposures. ;)

[@metalliholic]

No form of photography is useless. people need to stop hating and just like what ever you are into and leave others alone

[@yipfengsan]

is that a finger in the bottom left of the camera at 5.25...? Lok would never make that mistake!

[@GabrielKnightz]

Kai if you're listening, make a tutorial on how to do a timelapse with a DSLR

[@GlinsonAj]

take 3 pics with different exposure and use Photomatix software to post process and u get amazing results ....

[@kiopu65432]

Whats with the white vignette?

[@MrNil80]

NIKON Camera and Canon bandoulierre??

[@MistahhMC]

you guys do understand that on this channel, funny>serious.

[@bayshiro]

This might've been the shortest DRTV video since Kai has been here… Holy shit… Things are starting to get serious...

[@thephpjo]

I dont like HDR that much, it tends to have weird artifacts. If i need higher Dynamic range i do take 2 exposures (1 for bright parts and 1 for darker) and process them manually in Photoshop.

[@olliemilner1]

i love the way kai deals with people's complaints... LAD

[@BornaPrpic]

Agree mostly on HDR on new cameras and DSLRs, but I must admit it did wonders with my mobile phone. (where the range and everything else is mostly crap). I actually managed to pull some decent shots with my Samsung Galaxy S2, that would be really lame without HDR. Especially the details in the sky that would be completely lost and burned without the underxposed image. Not bad when the only thing you have in hand is your crappy mobile camera.

[@truknayr23]

Very true.... I could not agree more... but... for non photographers who know nothing about post processing these paint-like HRDs are highly appreciated. especially on online voting photo contests...

[@0403Noname]

Make a tutorial on how to do a digital blending!

[@cellomaster27]

Wow these ppl need to stop hating. Make your own video and watch it!! I'm sure that from those comments, they'll make amazing videos..

[@LachlanMurnaghan123]

does kai have a camera strap on his camera for once