HDR IN LIGHTROOM – EXPLAINED CAMERA SETTINGS TO EDIT!

High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography is a technique that allows you to capture a wide range of tone, color and detail in your photos.

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HDR images are visually striking and bring out the full beauty of a scene. And in combination with Lightroom, HDR photography helps get perfect, vibrant exposures every time.

Adobe Lightroom provides powerful tools to create HDR images effortlessly. In this blog, we'll walk you through the process of creating stunning HDR images in Lightroom, from shoot to edit, what HDR is, and why you should try it.

WHAT IS HDR PHOTOGRAPHY?

HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. HDR is a feature within Lightroom that allows you to create high dynamic range images by merging multiple bracketed exposures into a single, enhanced image.

A bracketed image is a set of images taken at different exposures. These bracketed exposures typically include a range of photos taken at different exposure levels, including one underexposed to capture details in highlights, one overexposed to capture details in shadows, and one at the correct exposure. See examples below:

When you have at least 3 good, bracketed pictures you can then merge these into a HDR image via a program like Adobe Lightroom. It's also worth noting at this point that you can merge a 5-image bracket or even a 7-image bracket and your images should be at least 1 stop apart.

The HDR in Lightroom feature is designed to address the limitations of a single exposure when dealing with scenes that have a wide range of lights and darks, such as landscapes with a bright sky and dark foreground. By combining these bracketed shots into an HDR image, you can achieve a photograph that preserves detail in both the brightest and darkest areas, resulting in a visually striking and well-balanced image.

STEP 1 - CAPTURE BRACKETED EXPOSURES