Comments on: Combine HDR With Flash For The Best Of Both Worlds http://photographyforrealestate.net/2009/03/09/combine-hdr-with-flash-for-the-best-of-both-worlds/ Helping Real Estate Photographers Be Successful Fri, 25 May 2012 18:09:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: TJ http://photographyforrealestate.net/2009/03/09/combine-hdr-with-flash-for-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-41444 TJ Sun, 03 Jul 2011 06:26:28 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/?p=1050#comment-41444 How about FEB? How about FEB?

]]> By: larry http://photographyforrealestate.net/2009/03/09/combine-hdr-with-flash-for-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-23738 larry Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:03:38 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/?p=1050#comment-23738 @Ed- For more details on this process see the PFRE discussion group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/photographyforrealestate/discuss/72157615088733712/?search=HDR+flash For the reasons you mention the bracketing is done manually to allow for recycle time. @Ed- For more details on this process see the PFRE discussion group:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/photographyforrealestate/discuss/72157615088733712/?search=HDR+flash

For the reasons you mention the bracketing is done manually to allow for recycle time.

]]> By: Ed http://photographyforrealestate.net/2009/03/09/combine-hdr-with-flash-for-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-23737 Ed Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:41:27 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/?p=1050#comment-23737 I noticed Sylvia didn't answer the following question on her Flickr so I'll ask it again here. How do you shoot each exposure level (-2, 0, +2) with the mounted flash given the varying recycle times of the flash? If you do AEB with continuous shooting then on the second and third shots the flash doesn't fire. The answer may be that I need a better flash (speedlite 420ex) but I am curious if Sylvia (or others) take each exposure shot one at a time so the flash fires or of it is in fact in continuous mode. Thanks! I noticed Sylvia didn’t answer the following question on her Flickr so I’ll ask it again here. How do you shoot each exposure level (-2, 0, +2) with the mounted flash given the varying recycle times of the flash? If you do AEB with continuous shooting then on the second and third shots the flash doesn’t fire. The answer may be that I need a better flash (speedlite 420ex) but I am curious if Sylvia (or others) take each exposure shot one at a time so the flash fires or of it is in fact in continuous mode.

Thanks!

]]> By: Tom http://photographyforrealestate.net/2009/03/09/combine-hdr-with-flash-for-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-15553 Tom Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:33:12 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/?p=1050#comment-15553 Eric. Would you be so kind as to tell me what picture slide show you used in your 3 examples above? Tom Eric.
Would you be so kind as to tell me what picture slide show you used in your 3 examples above?

Tom

]]> By: Dylan Darling http://photographyforrealestate.net/2009/03/09/combine-hdr-with-flash-for-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-15104 Dylan Darling Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:31:28 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/?p=1050#comment-15104 I blend flash and HDR, but in a bit of a different way. I do a 3 image HDR (photomatix), then a flash shot. I blend them together in PS. Why do it? The results speak for themselves. HDR's are muddy, single flash shots have lots of shadows and usually don't light up the room properly. When combining ambiant light from the HDR and artificial light from the flash, you get the best of both worlds. Plus, its easy and doesn't take much time. I blend flash and HDR, but in a bit of a different way. I do a 3 image HDR (photomatix), then a flash shot. I blend them together in PS. Why do it? The results speak for themselves. HDR’s are muddy, single flash shots have lots of shadows and usually don’t light up the room properly. When combining ambiant light from the HDR and artificial light from the flash, you get the best of both worlds. Plus, its easy and doesn’t take much time.

]]> By: Switching to HDR in real estate | CalevPhoto http://photographyforrealestate.net/2009/03/09/combine-hdr-with-flash-for-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-15101 Switching to HDR in real estate | CalevPhoto Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:08:41 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/?p=1050#comment-15101 [...] have also read about a technique that involves using a bounced flash set to manual mode with HDR, in order to improve the brightness [...] [...] have also read about a technique that involves using a bounced flash set to manual mode with HDR, in order to improve the brightness [...]

]]> By: Erik Grammer http://photographyforrealestate.net/2009/03/09/combine-hdr-with-flash-for-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-15054 Erik Grammer Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:22:53 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/?p=1050#comment-15054 Larry, Apologies if my post was unclear... I'm super busy and rushed the comment. I was offering the web sites listed as examples of precisely what you stated - use of a single strobe to eliminate many problems associated with HDR. All the interior shots on those sites were created with a single strobe. Best, Erik Larry,
Apologies if my post was unclear… I’m super busy and rushed the comment. I was offering the web sites listed as examples of precisely what you stated – use of a single strobe to eliminate many problems associated with HDR. All the interior shots on those sites were created with a single strobe.
Best,
Erik

]]> By: larry http://photographyforrealestate.net/2009/03/09/combine-hdr-with-flash-for-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-15048 larry Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:14:45 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/?p=1050#comment-15048 Erik- Others have raised this question too. I'll take the liberty of speaking for Sylvia and others that use this technique... I think the benefit of this approach is that for the minor cost of one on-camera flash (which doesn't slow you down on site) you eliminate many of the problems with the HDR process. Erik- Others have raised this question too. I’ll take the liberty of speaking for Sylvia and others that use this technique… I think the benefit of this approach is that for the minor cost of one on-camera flash (which doesn’t slow you down on site) you eliminate many of the problems with the HDR process.

]]> By: Erik Grammer http://photographyforrealestate.net/2009/03/09/combine-hdr-with-flash-for-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-15047 Erik Grammer Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:58:47 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/?p=1050#comment-15047 "Well, nice idea, but I don’t entirly get it. Why still doing HDR if you are adding light already? Wasn’t the point of doing HDR to NOT flash the scene to begin with?" One might argue that the point of HDR is to capture a greater dynamic range and that not using a flash is merely a potential benefit of the process. In practice, a major issue with HDR is white balance due to mixed light sources. Adding a bit of daylight-balanced strobe can seriously mitigate that problem without making the strobe your primary light source: http://www.2205robles.com http://www.1533altadena.com http://www.6579pickwickstreet.com Best, Erik “Well, nice idea, but I don’t entirly get it. Why still doing HDR if you are adding light already? Wasn’t the point of doing HDR to NOT flash the scene to begin with?”

One might argue that the point of HDR is to capture a greater dynamic range and that not using a flash is merely a potential benefit of the process. In practice, a major issue with HDR is white balance due to mixed light sources. Adding a bit of daylight-balanced strobe can seriously mitigate that problem without making the strobe your primary light source:

http://www.2205robles.com
http://www.1533altadena.com
http://www.6579pickwickstreet.com

Best,
Erik

]]> By: Jerry http://photographyforrealestate.net/2009/03/09/combine-hdr-with-flash-for-the-best-of-both-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-14989 Jerry Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:33:13 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/?p=1050#comment-14989 It will not be long before we we will have the camera do HDR. Recently, I read Fuji has developed a sensor that does that. It will not be long before we we will have the camera do HDR. Recently, I read Fuji has developed a sensor that does that.

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