{"id":527,"date":"2010-02-25T03:39:42","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T03:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/wordpress\/?p=527"},"modified":"2013-05-15T13:53:17","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T17:53:17","slug":"shooting-hdr-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captainkimo.com\/shooting-hdr-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"HDR Portrait Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
\"Picture<\/a>Imagine shooting a vacation photo similar to this HDR photograph of me in Nevada. Take my word for it, when people see a photo like this they get jealous and that’s what a vacation photo is suppose to do! I was able to shoot this photo using a HDR technique I developed. Yeah… it involves a little more work than your standard point and shoot vacation photo. But you know what… if it makes my friends envious, it’s worth it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The Standard HDR Look of People<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Self<\/a>Photographing HDR of people is a little trickier than shooting landscapes. Most HDR photos of people turn out similar to this photo on the right. Notice how blurry the background is because of the depth of field. Blurry and HDR don’t mix well. I’ve experimented with several HDR approach for photographing people, and the traditional approach doesn’t work. People don’t process well in Photomatix. They end up muddy and dirty. That grungy look is cool but not for everything, especially people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Captain Kimo’s HDR Technique for Portraits<\/h4>\n

It’s simple really… instead of shooting 3 exposures, I shoot 4.
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\"self-portrait-hdr-even-exposure\"<\/a>The photo on the left is the 4th exposure. This photo is focused on me and will be superimposed onto the landscape above. Below are instructions to put it all together.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Software and Plugin Required<\/h4>\n