Photographer and photographic writer, Peter Tellone, shares some quick tips on how to create better HDR images in these 5 simple steps. He was inspired to write this article after looking through various Communities on Google+ and, “…seeing so many images that were almost there but missing these small yet magical elements.” See how these steps can help take your…

For those of you that have read my articles on shooting the natural looking HDR landscape, forget everything you read…well almost everything… when it comes to Night Cityscapes. They are a totally different animal in shooting and processing. Setting up to Shoot Before we get to exposures and processing, first, let’s look at how we should shoot a night cityscape…

We believe we have to do something, but sometimes the best thing to do…is nothing. After my day long shoot at the Salton Sea, that night I started working on some of my images from the day.  One was shot as a 3 exposure +-2EV HDR. I processed it quickly that night following my long day and 4 hours of…

We recommend taking a look at Peter Tellone’s step-by-step tutorial on how to create a natural looking HDR image. He uses HDR Efex Pro 2 and includes a series of images that you can practice with, as well as a preset of the settings that he used. —- Today I am going to take you through the steps that I…