Digital Imaging Articles:
Location, Location, Location

Excellent digital imaging articles in a digital imaging workshop series and rating photo editing software like Photomatix are available on this page.

A popular approach for standard digital imaging is "inside-looking-out" or "outside-looking-in".

How many times have you been inside a building and wanted to not only capture the subject inside, but also reveal what the outside environment looks like. Just ask a real estate agent.

One shot usually results in a correctly-exposed inside, but the outside is obliterated by overexposure; or if you expose for the outside, it's nothing but darkness inside. So much for having a photo that sells the house on its view.

Here's how HDR photography solves that problem in this digital imaging workshop.

Likewise for "outside-looking-in." Usually, when you are taking a night scene, let's say, of the downtown, you have exposed correctly for the traffic and street life, but you can't make out what's inside the stores.

The high dynamic range photo below was taken around twilight, which is a good time for night-light shots since the sky is in its fading ambient light state and has yet to reach total darkness. Because of this, it is easier to pick out the detail in some of the darker areas before a noise problem develops.

Also play with your white balance settings. Twilight can be a tricky time. Sometimes auto white balance is okay while other times tungsten or flourescent does the trick.

Poley Mountain is a popular ski resort in southern New Brunswick. Tucked away in Waterford, just outside Sussex, the hill uses artificial snow-making equipment to provide when nature fails.

Here's a night shot of the lodge with the snow guns in operation.

Well, you have two choices here. You can let Photomatix create a single HDR image from a RAW file or you can take your chances with multiple exposures.

Through the latter, you will receive some ghostly artifacts in the motion areas, but Photomatix does a good job of cutting your losses. It's smart technology, which is why it is highly rated.

Remember, if you plan to shoot the leaves, do it in the early morning or evening. The wind is quieter then.

Below: HDR photo of an abandoned barn along the McGregor Brook Road, just outside Sussex.