HDR

The quaint town of Socorro, New Mexico is a wonderful place to visit, and it’s very close to the most beautiful Bosque del Apache where Naturescapes was held. Greg Downing, Tim Grey and myself led several workshops and presentations in this picturesque part of the country. My creative photographer students started out our HDR workshop…

I just finished up teaching at Naturescapes with Greg Downing and Tim Grey in beautiful Bosque del Apache in New Mexico. We stayed in a cool little city called Socorro that has a couple of interesting places to photograph — especially in HDR!  This ended up to be one of the locations that I took…

I’ve been putting the last minute touches on my HDR presentation for Naturescapes in New Mexico this weekend. I can’t wait to get to Bosque del Apache, my first trip! I’m just as excited to be able to talk about Nik HDR Efex Pro – the “new kid on the block” for HDR processing. This…

Wide angle lenses work beautifully for many compositions, including this HDR image photographed in the “Parts Dept” of this vintage auto store. A Nikon14-24mm lens takes in all the interesting features in the scene, while HDR enhanced the details, color and exposure, down to the last lightbulb. It’s like opening a present to see the…

I’m a big fan of the super wide view one gets by using a fisheye lens. This scene was photographed with a Nikon 16mm fisheye lens, which by tilting, created the distortion of the architecture. This lens pulls everything together in an interesting way. Technically, if the lens is held level, you get an ultra-wide view without…