Comments on: HDR Photography Introduction

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:05:23 +0000

To create the HDR images, Trey uses a program called Photomatix. Trey did a full review of the software, which can be viewed at www.StuckInCustoms.com/Photomatix-Review. You can view Trey's HDR Tutorial at www.StuckInCustoms.com/HDR-Tutorial.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:16:48 +0000

Hi Lou, Since the word "expert" is simply an opinion, people will have their own definition as to what they consider the credentials/skills involved in labeling someone as such. To me, he's an expert because of the following:

He's invested a tremendous amount of time into this technique over the past 3 + years. (He publishes a new HDR photo almost every single day on his blog.)
He's published a book on HDR, which has sold out numerous times on Amazon. (You can check to see if it's currently sold out or not here.)
He's given a presentation to Google employees as part of their "Authors@Google" program. (The video of this presentation can soon be seen here.)
He soon will be presenting to Apple employees.
He's had one of his images on display in The Smithsonian.
He's held a couple of workshops on HDR, where he has taught groups of people how he creates HDR images. One of these HDR workshops was in partnership with Scott Bourne, who personally called Trey and asked him to come teach with him.
And finally, the most important reason I consider him an expert is because his images look freakin' awesome (to me).

I understand what you mean about how some people overdo the HDR effect and make things look artificial or cartoonish. I don't feel that way about Trey's images. To me, he applies just enough tweaking to his images to make them come to life and reproduce the range of light that the naked eye sees when capturing images.

By: Lou Rubens

Lou Rubens — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:22:36 +0000

I dont mean to be a “douche-bag,” but I wouldn’t go as far saying that this guy is an “Expert” at HDR photography… I used to be into HDR photography, but I dont like how the pictures look fake and cartoonish. I’ve been working on my HDR technique for some time now and I find that dialing down the strength of an image file (in photomatix) produces a more realistic HDR image… I’m definitely not saying that I AM an expert, because I’m not. This guy is good at HDR, but anyone can call themself an expert. Aside from that, he is a good photographer.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:38:22 +0000

Thanks for doing that full 45 minute video. I am learning about the HDR process now and that was helpful hearing Trey talk about how he does it and the histograms.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:20:48 +0000

Nice vid ! thanks for sharing