HDR Photography

The Phototuts+ HDR Session focuses exclusively on teaching you everything you need to know about creating high dynamic range photographs. We’re bringing together a series of tutorials that feature both quick tips and in-depth guides that will allow you to make stunning shots!

Posts in this series

What is HDR? How to Create High Dynamic Range Photography
High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography is a way to over come the dynamic range limits of your camera. With it, you combine details from multiple frames into a...
Harry Guinness
27 Jan 2016
Photo & Video
HDR: Love it or Leave It?
There are few techniques in the photography world that divide our community as much as HDR. High dynamic range images, or HDR images, are a special type of...
Andrew Childress
7 Jan 2012
Photo & Video
Quick Tip: How To Use Exposure Bracketing
Today we're taking a look at a feature present on most Digital SLR cameras: Exposure Bracketing. This allows you to automatically take multiple photos when...
David Appleyard
18 Mar 2010
Photo & Video
Light & Photography: Exposure and Tonal Range Considerations
In today's article, we're going to delve into some of the thinking and theory behind dynamic and tonal range, exploring what these terms mean and how we can...
Diana Eftaiha
23 Feb 2011
Photo & Video
How to Shoot and Post-Process Professional HDR Photos in One Day
In this tutorial you will learn the simple secrets of crafting a shoot sequence for HDR and creating professional quality HDR images in both Photomatix and...
Peter Tellone
13 Aug 2009
Photo & Video
Busted! 7 Myths About High Dynamic Range Photography
High Dynamic Range photography gets a lot of hate on the internet, particularly from other photographers. In this article, we're going to bust the most...
Ben Lucas
29 Mar 2015
Photo & Video
How to Make a Long Exposure High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photo
Long exposure HDR photography presents a number of interesting challenges. In this tutorial, I walk you through the process of creating an LE HDR image.
Harry Guinness
11 Nov 2015
Photo & Video
Creating an HDR Time Lapse with SNS-HDR Pro
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to shoot and post-process a high dynamic range (HDR) time lapse video. I'll start with the basic gear you need to shoot...
Stefan Surmabojov
7 Jan 2014
Photo & Video
How to Create High Dynamic Range and Panoramic Images in Adobe Lightroom
Adobe adds two long-awaited features to Lightroom in the form of HDR and panorama merging.
Andrew Childress
21 May 2015
Photo & Video
What is HDR Video? 3 Ways to Create High Dynamic Range Video
HDR photography has been around for a while but now the same techniques are being used to extend the dynamic range of movie footage. In this tutorial I look...
Harry Guinness
16 Feb 2016
Photo & Video