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Avoiding a Blow-Out

Avoiding a Blow-Out

No, I cannot help you in avoiding a flat tire, other than suggesting that you try not to run over sharp objects. What I will attempt to help you with is avoiding blow-outs in your photographs.   What’s a blow-out you ask? In simple terms, it is an area of a photograph that has turned [...]

The Lazy Photographer: Changing bad habits for good

The Lazy Photographer: Changing bad habits for good

A lot of folks who get into photography started out with doing something else. They had some other activity that they loved to do such as hiking or sports and then got a camera and started taking it with, combining their love with photography.  Then, over time the evil addictive photography monster starts to take [...]

Shoot Star Trails the Easy Way..

Shoot Star Trails the Easy Way..

We sometimes forget how lucky we are to live where we do. Sure, I would love to travel to other planets and see all the wonders that they posses.  But the fact is, there is a whole lot to see from your own back yard.   In this tutorial I am going to teach you [...]

How to Cut a Photo Matte – Video Tutorial

Tutorial: How to capture Lightning

Tutorial: How to capture Lightning

Sounds dangerous, and…it can be.  So let me start this one out by saying I take no responsibility for you running out into a field and getting zapped, attempt at your own risk.  Okay, now on to the good stuff. Recently in upstate New York we have had some crazy weather.  So, I decided I [...]

There's a Shrinking Ray in your Camera!!

There’s a Shrinking Ray in your Camera!!

And it goes by the name of  ”tilt-shift”.   In this tutorial, I will attempt to explain “tilt-shift” and show you how you can achieve this really cool phenomenon with your photos.   The technical according to wiki:  ”Tilt-shift photography” refers to the use of camera movements on small- and medium-format cameras, and sometimes specifically [...]

My HDR Workflow

A short video showing how I process my shots using Adobe Lightroom 3 and Photomatix 4 to produce natural looking, full spectrum landscape HDR photos.

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Check out my updated video here:

http://adwheelerphotography.com/2012/07/16/new-insight-to-my-workflow-video/

YHDRI

YHDRI

No, it’s not some new form of HDR.  It is the question I get asked most often though. Why use HDRI and what the heck is it? Here is the technical explanation for what High Dynamic Range Imaging is:

HDRI Basics - Part III:The Shot

HDRI Basics – Part III:The Shot

The Shot Well probably goes without saying but I will say it anyway.  It all start here.  Meaning, no matter how much you photoshop it, or HDR it, or whatever it, a good shot is a good shot and a bad one is well, just bad. Once you are more familiar with the process, you [...]

HDRI Basics - Part IV:Processing

HDRI Basics – Part IV:Processing

Processing Time to make this puppy sing.  You first need to fire up your HDR software.  In this example we will use Photomatix Pro 3.2.  Open the program and you should see th following dialog: Once you have Photomatix Pro 3.2 open you will want to click on the Generate HDR Image button and then [...]

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