Category Archives: Processing

Notes on ultra long exposures

A while ago – I had written about long exposures and have also provided a handy PDF cheat sheet (See references below for link). For a new series that I am working on, I needed to quickly figure out shutter values for for stacking filters. I thought I will share that table with fellow photographers who

HDR Field notes: The middle exposure…

Well, I am talking about the exposure for the middle image – the one correctly exposed image So, whats so special about this middle image? For starters – this is the one exposure that determines the extent of the +/- EV data captured. Almost everyone who has attended a workshop knows that every photographer pointing

Product review: HDR Expose

Let me start by saying that I normally dont write reviews. In some ways, I feel one shouldn’t be constrained with the choie of tools, but to rather use all available tools as required to generate your final image. So, Why did I write this review? Simply because – after using the software on a

On critique

When you post an image for critique on one of the several photography forums – and ask for critique. Most likely chances are – You will get it. There are at least 50% of the population out there that don’t like you shit. Then there are others that may offer some tips to make it

Observations…

As a photographer – I am often looking at all things or possibly everything  subconsciously from the eyes of a photographer…. I recently watched the movie Alice in Wonderland with my kids. As a photographer – this is a wonderful movie – visually and technically compelling – keeping your eyes glued throughout the movie. I

Thoughts for this week

Well, I recently taught a workshop on HDR at the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. One of the things that i was asked about was what camera was best suited for this work?

Skin tones…

Lightroom (LR) plays a significant part of my work flow. A few years ago, I had tried the approach of using Nikon’s Capture for the process of RAW conversion, however since LR 2 came out, I have given up on using Capture. I choose LR for its DAM capabilities and the batch processing capabilities (and