HDR Photography

HDR stands for high dynamic range. HDR is a form of photography that enables you to create a picture with a greater dynamic range than is usually possible. Dynamic range is a measure of the range of different light levels from the darkest black to the brightest white that can be recorded or displayed by a device. It defines the amount of contrast you can capture or show without losing detail at the extremes. Some scenes contain too much contrast for us to capture successfully with our cameras. We avoid taking pictures in the midday sunshine as our cameras can’t cope with the full range of light levels. Low-light scenes are another common problem area – we can expose successfully for the shadows, but not for the brightly-lit areas or vice versa.