Simply put, dynamic range is the range of brightness values, from shadow to highlight, in a given scene. Cameras don’t have nearly the dynamic range of the human eye. When a scene is high in contrast, the camera can’t record all the disparate brightness levels. Either the shadows will be recorded as pure black or…
There are many ways to capture the source images for stitched panoramas. These range from hand-holding to using specially calibrated panorama heads. Today, I’ll discuss an approach that uses the shift feature of Canon’s 24mm tilt shift lens to create a vertically stitched panorama. One reason for creating a panorama is to capture an entire…
All photographers face the challenge of finding a unique perspective. Typically this means choosing a particular lens, an unusual camera angle or special lighting. As an architectural photographer, sometimes the challenge is more mundane: getting around foreground obstacles that are blocking the view of the subject structure. One tool in my arsenal is an extra tall…
For safety, aircraft can’t fly below certain altitudes as regulated by the FAA. This is not necessarily a limitation for photography. Sometimes the preferred perspective is the broad aerial landscape scene showing context. But when details of a structure or a property need to be revealed, the distance from a manned aircraft may be too great….
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