From start to finish, the step-by-step process Sean Arbabi goes through to product beautiful realistic high dynamic range outdoor and travel scenes using HDR Efex Pro 2 in combination with Photoshop CS6. Sean is a world-traveled commercial photographer and author specializing in adventure, lifestyle, nature, and travel; for ad, corporate, and editorial clients. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area,…

À travers un ou deux exemples, je souhaite présenter ma technique, qui consiste à capturer des images et à les éditer à l’aide de Lightroom 4, HDR Efex Pro 2 et Color Efex Pro 4. Au cours de mes 25 années d’activité entre Paris et Bordeaux, j’ai acquis une expertise technique approfondie et une longue expérience en direction artistique, grâce…

I’m one of those people who usually hates “grunge” HDR shots and when I use HDR I normally try for as realistic an interpretation as possible. In fact, one of the reasons that I particularly like HDR Efex Pro 2 (HEP) is because it’s easy to get realistic looking results. I admit that I fall into the trap of thinking…

In dit webinar toont Team Nik fotograaf en Adobe Lightroom Certified Expert Piet Van den Eynde je hoe je met de Nik plugins Viveza 2, Color Efex Pro 4, Silver Efex Pro 2 en HDR EFex Pro 2 je foto’s kan afwerken. Een van zijn mantra’s is dat je nabewerking ten dienste moet staan van je foto’s. Nabewerking moet helpen…

Discover the power and beauty of black and white photography with Silver Efex Pro 2, the world’s leading solution for creating stunning fine art black and white images. Dan Hughes, Webinar Trainer for Nik Software will show you how Silver Efex Pro 2 offers a unique and powerful set of darkroom-inspired features working intelligently alongside the revolutionary U Point technology…

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…

High dynamic range imaging provides a wide variety of possibilities for photographers to interpret a scene that presents extreme contrast. In this fun and informative webinar, Tim Grey will guide you through the methods he uses for assembling HDR images. You’ll gain insights into the best approaches to HDR photography, learn about a variety of different ways you can interpret…

I love shooting at sunset, and even more so now that I have HDR Efex Pro 2 to allow me to so easily merge my bracketed exposures to capture the full dynamic range of sunset in one image. For this particular image, I shot 5 exposures bracketed at a stop apart.  I shot on a tripod and told my model…

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…

Take a journey through the Nik Software plug-ins as Professional Photographer Cris Duncan demonstrates solutions for a variety of photographic disciplines. Designed for those photographers who shoot many different types of subject matter and need effective workflow solutions to enhance their images. Examples to be covered are commercial, portrait, wedding photography and more. (http://www.cjduncan.com/)   Click here to watch this…