There is simply no better way to get this close to a perfect image.

Nicknamed "What the eye can see," HDR Photography uses multiple photos taken simultaneously at different exposures to catch as much of the light spectrum dynamic as possible. Depending on the need, 3 to 9 exposures are used to make one final photo.

Note: The HDR photography process is not exposure blending, but much more sophisticated. HDR is processed pixel by pixel. One single HDR picture can be over 100 megabytes.

Not for the fainthearted or impatient.

Through much trial and much error, I learned how to properly process HDR images. Believe me this was not an easy task. My first year as a photographer, I photographed hundreds of homes and landscapes. I lamented over my images and the HDR process. I would spend hours processing just one image!

Only after confiding in other HDR-Experienced photographers did I learn that there are special techniques to produce the near-perfect image. By gaining experience using HDR did I become confident enough to effectively and efficiently produce HDR imagery good enough for Architectural Digest.

Notice the reddish-yellow cast over the entire image. This is do to the camera not knowing what to reproduce. What may be simple for our eyes is virtually impossible with even a quality SLR camera alone.

Imagine if there was enough information from the image(s) to where it can be reproduced virtually identically to the human eye.

Because even the best SLR cannot capture the difference of seven to nine different levels of light magnitude (technical for "It's really dark in this room and really bright outside,") why not take multiple exposures of the same composition or scene?

The HDR Process:

Now click to the next tab to see the HDR processed image.