Have any of you tried HDR with people as models?

[MikeFairbanks]

Obviously you'd have to get them to hold REAL still, but it could be pretty cool to try it.

Anyone? Anyone? Buehler?

[3Honu]

A few times but it never works. At least for me it didn't

[Scottes]

I'd have to think it would be tough. I'd test first by simply tone-mapping a single RAW and see how it looks. If it's OK, I'd get a lot of light and the highest possible frame rate for a burst of 3.

[jacuff]

I think it's way unnecessary. HDR is good for recording scenes that are impossible to record normally with your camera because the the dynamic range of the scene is much larger than your camera can record. People usually fall in the dynamic range of the camera. HDR would be unnecessary. Plus, I don't think it would be very flattering to the model either if you did a true HDR.

Now if you want that high saturation, detail enhanced tone mapped look that most people refer to as HDR, you could get that out of one RAW file and doing a pseudo-hdr or you can use a plugin such as Lucis or Topaz. Just look up Dave Hill Photography. He's probably got the style you are after.

[_GUI_]

I think it's way unnecessary. HDR is good for recording scenes that are impossible to record normally with your camera because the the dynamic range of the scene is much larger than your camera can record. People usually fall in the dynamic range of the camera.

Completely agree. The post is not about HDR, but about tone mapping, concepts usually misunderstood. If the goal is just to achieve a tone mapped look you are well served with just one RAW file. But that is _not_ HDR.

Regards.

[MikeFairbanks]

Thanks for the replies. I went to Dave Hill Photography, and that's exactly what I'm talking about.

However, his is a little more realistic than even I'm looking for.

And, yes, you're talking about tonemapping, not HDR, because you can do this with one image. I'll figure out how.


The reason is that my wife writes children's books, and I'd love to do the illustrations through photography, but tweak the photos to the point of which others ask, "is that a photo or a painting?"


Oh, and putting people into the picture (or by using layers) it CAN call for HDR.

[wolfden]

Topaz Adjust does well for this or Lucis Pro ES

some examples I did last winter with my daughter's basketball

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3005/3248829385_3832712000.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3532/3248824825_efc77831a4.jpg

My Set at Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolf911/sets/72157614719225186/)

[Todd Lambert]

Well, to me... I'd like to try this to get something like Erik Refner's shots... Some are so gritty and grimey... Just love it.

[cdifoto]

Obviously you'd have to get them to hold REAL still, but it could be pretty cool to try it.

Anyone? Anyone? Buehler?
It wouldn't be that hard if your camera was on a tripod. It's not that hard for people to stand still for 1 second (a 5 frame burst on the XXD series would do it).

[heladepela]

This guy has been playing with people in his HDR's, here's and example (hope he doesn't mind me posting it here..);

http://www.flickr.com/photos/digicana/371569929/in/set-72157594345135413/

[MikeFairbanks]

This guy has been playing with people in his HDR's, here's and example (hope he doesn't mind me posting it here..);

http://www.flickr.com/photos/digicana/371569929/in/set-72157594345135413/


You didn't post his material here. You posted a link. Much different. What you did is a good thing.

I love that pic he did of the girl in the shrine. Very nice.

[junm]

I suppose, for making HDR with moving objects in the photo, you will just have to take one single shot in RAW, create 3 images with different exposures from that shot, and then combine them to HDR as you would normally in Photomatix or whatever software you use. Don't think tripod or getting the people to freeze their action is necessary. Or I may be wrong. :)

[MikeFairbanks]

Raw is the best. I took a bunch of raws today of the family and could edit so much better than Jpeg.

Raw is the real deal.

[wolfden]

Raw is the best. I took a bunch of raws today of the family and could edit so much better than Jpeg.

Raw is the real deal.

For Sure!