How to make HDR

HDR means High Dynamic Range, and it's usually used in hard light and shadow situations or if you want to get a dramatic and surreal effect on your photos. Here's a few examples of HDR pictures.

To make an HDR you need to take 3 photos, and you will need a tripod to take them:

1. Take a photo with the correct exposure.

2. Then take an underexposed one.

3. And finally take a overexposed photo.

After you take the 3 pictures, you need to merge them, to make this we're gonna use a program called HDR Efex Pro,  this one is paid, but they are some free programs that you can use as well, like the Luminance HDR or the Picturenaut.


Go to File»» Open Exposures Series and select the 3 pictures that you took.

After the program combine the photos, you can choose from a lot of cool presets (filters), and controls like Exposure, Contrast, Saturation and others.

To save your HDR just click save and select where you want to save.

Final Result 

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How to make a panorama on Photoshop CS5/6

In this post you will learn a simple way to create a panorama in Photoshop.

1. First of all you need to open Photoshop.

2. Once with Photoshop open, go to: FILE»»AUTOMATE»»PHOTOMERGE                                          

3. Choose the AUTO option and click Browse.

4. Select the files you want to make the panorama. 

5. Press OK.

6. Photomerge will automaticly start to put all the                            pictures together.

7. In this step we have 2 ways to go, one is crop the panorama, and the another is to fill the empty space, if you want this way just do it and then save it, if you want the another way, skip this step and continue reading.

8. Select all the layers, then right click and Merge Layers

9.Select the Magic Wand Toll and click in the empty space 

10. Go to the Edit menu and click Fill.

11. Select Content-Aware and press OK.

12. Final Result

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10 Amazing pictures by the photographer Joel Santos

Joel Santos is a Portuguese photographer author of the best-seller “Fotografia: Luz, Exposição, Composição, Equipamento” (Photography: Light, Exposure, Composition, Equipment).

From 2007 until 2010 he was the Editor in Chief of “O Mundo da Fotografia Digital”, the portuguese best-selling photo magazine.

He is a part of Canon Professional Network under Canon’s Ambassador Programme as a Canon Explorer.

Visit his website here:

http://www.joelsantos.net 

5 Free Photography Apps for IOS

 Instagram, 500px and Pudding Camera are available in the Play Store for android.

Instagram

You probably already know Instagram, but some people may not, so  Instagram is a quick and easy way to edit and share photos, this app allows you to add vintage effects to your pictures and share them with your friends trough their own social network, or if you want you can share them on facebook, twitter, tumblr, etc... 







500px

500px is like the "facebook of photography", this particular app is new, but their website on the internet since 2009, instead of Instagram that is a social network for more casual photos, 500px was made to be used by aspiring and professional photographers. In here you can see others people work, upload your own (only trough computer), like, favorite, comment and even follow others photographers.

Camera Awesome

Like the name suggests, Camera Awesome is an "Awesome" app when its time to get the best composition, adjust the light, get the shot, and end up with a edition of the picture using one or more of the great tools that this app as to offer.




Photosynth

Photosynth is an amazing app that let's you capture panoramas. Just tap the screen to start, than move around, and the app will track your movement and take more images, when you're done tap finish and the app will automatically combine the pictures together to make the panorama.




Snapseed

Snapspeed is probably the most advanced app to edit pictures in IOS, as got so many different tools to offer, like filters, auto and manual photo adjustments, frames, a tilt-shift option and many others, this app was considered the iPad app of the year for 2011, but it work with iPhone and iPod touch too. 



To download these apps just click in the title from each one and you will be redirected to the iTunes download page.

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How to do street photography

Street photography is an awesome type of photography, mostly because you don't need expensive equipment. In my opinion any slr camera with a kit lens (eg. 18-55mm) is more than enough.

The following steps will help you to get better street photography shots...

• Use a wide lens, nothing more than 50mm, because most of the objects will be close to you;

• Shoot from the hip (without looking at the camera)

• Use auto-focus, because you will have to focus quickly;

• Use a small aperture (f/16 for example), so you can get all the scene sharp;

• Use a fast shutter speed, this way you're gonna to freeze the action;

• Use a high ISO (1600 for example).

Look around.

In street photography you have to be aware. Since a lot of things are happening at the same time, and i guess you wouldn't like to loose the best moments, just shoot what's more important to you.

You don't  need to shoot in black and white.

Just because almost all  of the street shots are in black and white, doesn't mean that you need to shoot in b/w, and in this picture we have an example who shows that color shots may come out very interesting too.

Capture emotions!

Try to look at the people and you will find a lot of different and amazing expressions, like the one of the guy who is sitting on the taxi looking at the girl, looks like is in love with her, or the one below that, where the guy has an amazing look on his face.

So this is it for this post, hope you like it!



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7 pictures that made history

V-J Day in Times Square

The first picture of this post was taken during valentine’s day in times square by Alfred Eisenstaedt, it shows an American sailor kissing a young nurse, this picture represents the end of World War 2.

Che Guevara

This legendary picture has been taken by the photographer Alberto Diaz Gutierrez, also known as Korda, with a Leica, in Havana in 1960.

Jimi Hendrix burns the guitar

This photograph was taken back in 1967 by Jim Marshall , in a festival called long summer of love. A similar photo of this one was a Rolling Stone’s magazine cover.

The remains of the guitar destroyed by Hendrix that night were recovered and are exposed in the Seattle's Experience Music Project. 

The unknown rebel or the "tank man" 

The title of the photo taken by Stuart Franklin is the nickname of an anonymous man who achieved widespread international recognition due to the photographs taken of the incident in Tiananmen protests of 5th June 1984. 

Another version of this photo, taken by Charlie Cole, won, in 1989 a World press Photo award for the shot that became the symbol of the rebellion against Chinese government.

Afghan Girl 

This wonderful picture taken by  Steve McCurry in 1984 was the cover of  a Nation Geographic magazine in June of 1985, the picture is the symbol that shows the condition of the refugees from all over the world.

The name of the girl in the picture is Sharbat Gula and her identity was unknown until 2002 when she was found.

The Beatles

The photograph of The Beatles walking across a zebra crossing on Abbey Road, London, is probably the most famous Beatles album cover (witch is called "Abbey Road")

The photo was taken in 1969, by Ian MacMillan, he stood on a ladder in the middle of the road to replicate a sketch drawn by Paul McCartney.

The shoot took only 10 minutes, with a police officer holding up the traffic.

First photo ever taken 

Just to be a little reverse the last picture of this post was actually the first photograph ever taken, it was taken in 1826  by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce on "Bitumen of Judaea" (a material that becomes insoluble in lavender oil after being exposed to the light).

To take this picture Joseph needed a eight hours shutter speed, this long exposure was responsible of causing the impression that the buildings were lighted by sun from both sides.