Lynda - Creating High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photos with Lightroom

While HDR photography has its fans and its detractors, just about every photographer loves having some control over dynamic range. Lightroom 6 and Lightroom CC offer an entirely new approach to HDR imaging with the ability to merge multiple exposures into an all-new Digital Negative (DNG) file. This file gives you even more precise control over shadows, highlights, clarity, and contrast?with minimal changes to your shooting and post-production workflow.

In this course, Rich Harrington shows how to get the most of Lightroom's Photomerge command and its image development and enhancement features to get more control over the dynamic range of your images. Along the way, he provides tips for shooting HDR photos, creating black-and-white versions of images, and combining Lightroom with Photoshop and Photomatix Pro.

Topics include:

Shooting strategies for HDR

Sorting and organizing HDR images

Merging HDR photos

Correcting lens issues

When to skip auto options

Modifying the crop

Choosing a custom white balance

Using split toning

Reducing noise

Merging for black and white

Combining Lightroom with Photoshop and Photomatix Pro