In this video, professional photographer Ian Plant discusses the importance of learning the “art of exclusion,” which is learning what to include within the composition and what not to include. Using the new Tamron 70-210mm f/4 lens, Ian talks about how you can use a short telephoto zoom to isolate distant landscape features and landscape intimates, zooming in to exclude unwanted visual elements.
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Processing the Barber Shop Using HDR Photography Tips
The prison barber shop images have been captured. Now it’s time for processing the HDR photograph. Post-production instructor, Tony Sweet, will show you how to export the RAW photo files to the HDR stage and into the master folder. You will learn how to work with Photomatix software. How to use tone mapping for color…
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HDR Photography Tutorial: Capturing Hall Mirrors
Photographing a hall of mirrors? Now there is a challenge! In this video, professional photographer and instructor, Tony Sweet, takes you into the old prison for a complex lesson in High Dynamic Range photography. “The lighting is difficult because of the skylights and mirrors,” Tony explains. Shooting with a 14mm lens at f22, he makes…
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HDR Photography in Al Capone’s Old Prison Cell
This old prison was full of photo ops. But Al Capone’s prison cell? Professional photographer and instructor, Tony Sweet, found this old cell to be the ideal subject for a HDR photograph. You will learn how to handle mixed lighting, from lamp light to window light, from the bottom of the gray scale to the…
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Processing the Tower Window
How do you go about processing the tower window, given the difficult lighting? In this video, post-production instructor, Tony Sweet, explains, “This is the classic, high dynamic range situation.” The tower window glows with bright, diffused light, while the cell block falls to deep shadows. You will learn Photomatix software and how Tony goes about…
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Very repetitive, and sounded like an advertisement for Tamron,