Rick Sammon's HDR Secrets for Digital Photographers (Repost)

This invaluable guide inspires and motivates you to capture and edit your own unique still-life images. Top photographer Rick Sammon shares his greatest HDR tips and tricks.

High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography is a process in which a photographer shoots multiple shots of the same subject at varying exposure settings and then "stitches" the images together with photo-editing software into a single photo that presents sharper color and focus than a single image. Author reveals his most amazing HDR tips, tricks, and techniques for creating the best possible HDR images.

• Learn the secrets of HDR by exploring dozens of before-and-after examples
• Discover how to avoid digital noise and chromatic aberrations
• Find out when you should NOT use HDR — and why
• Learn to process HDR images with Photomatix and enhance them even more with Adobe Camera RAW and Photoshop
• Explore the tricks possible with Exposure Fusion
• Build your composing and visualizing skills

Contents
Preface: A Walk Before the Run: Basic Photography Tips
About This Book
Introduction: Welcome to the Magical World of HDR Photography
Part I: To HDR or Not to HDR…That is the Question
Part II: Must Know Info
Part III: Photomatix: The Most Popular HDR Program
Part IV: Pseudo HDR Single Files with Photomatix
Part V: Exposure Fusion with Photomatix
Part VI: Enter Topaz Adjust
Part VII: Photomatix Meets Topaz Adjust
Part VIII: Expanding Dynamic Range in Photoshop
Part IX: Expanding Dynamic Range in Adobe Camera RAW
Part X: The Lucis Pro Approach
Part XI: Creating HDRs from Fast-Moving Subject Photographs
Part XII: Shooting HDR Panoramas
Part XIII: Converting HDRs to B& Ws
Part XIV: My HDR Gear: The Stuff of Magical Imagery
Part XV: Cool Web Sites
Post Script: Learn by Questioning
Index

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