The Urban HDR Photoblog

The Urban HDR Photoblog

Hello! I’m Scott Webb.  This is Urban HDR, a photoblog that is dedicated to HDR photography.

What is HDR Photography?

HDR photography is capturing the dynamic range of light in a scene that is to the likeness of what you see with your eyes.  A camera cannot cature this in one single shot.  Instead of using external light sources or equipment, bracketed photographs at differing exposure values will capture the entire range of light levels.   This is only the first of the process.   The second half of the process takes place within a computer and processing the multiple files into your HDR file.   Since we cannot properly view a 32 bit HDR File, it is then processed via “Tone Mapping” to convert the image into something manageable for our monitors or HDTV’s to view.   We can then view the entire scene as if we were standing in front of subject again.