The high contrast of normal sunny daylight scenes is often hard to capture with a single shot. HDR images offer a method to work around these limitations by combining multiple images. Bettina and Uwe go a step further and use this technique photographing freehand (they call it “High Speed Bracketing”). This might sound just like another technique, but Uwe and Bettina will demonstrate that they use it more like a fresh photography philosophy.

This two-day workshop teaches the advantages and limitations of handling a higher dynamic range. Participants will experience extensive practical work photographing urban scenes in historic Old Mesilla, close to the workshop site. The workshop will include an introduction to HDR, Tonemapping and High Speed HDR followed by lab work using Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.

The workshop will cover the following: capturing multiple shots, merging images, how to best align multiple shots, Mix & Match (make the best out of your bracketed shots), limits of HDR merging (moving objects, moving camera) , bracketing sequences, Local Contrast, Lens defects and how to handle them: Chromatic aberrations (CA), distortions, correcting perspective in Photoshop, Tonemapping (or Relight), “Grunging" images, why image stabilized lenses are helpful, HDR and B&W, B&W and Colorizing, freehand vs. tripod, composition ideas, and PhotoAcute Superesolution: how to get more resolution from your camera.