Saturday, 27 February 2016

What is Dynamic range tone ?

What is Dynamic range tone ?


Dynamic range in photography describes the ratio between the maximum and minimum measurable light intensities (white and black, respectively).
























Tone影调
依照调子的不同,摄影作品主要分为三个类型,即高调、低调、中间调。

高调是以白到浅灰的影调层次占了画面的绝大部分,加上少量的深黑影调。高调作品给人以明朗、纯洁、轻快的感觉,但随着主题内容和环境变化,也会产生惨淡、空虚、悲哀的感觉。

人与背景保持一定距离,对背景用强于人物的光,以人物测光,背景曝光过度,形成亮调,但要记住,背景亮度不能太强过人物主体,否则高光溢出,画面灰雾度重。应以人物暗部曝光。

低调以深灰至黑的影调层次占了画面的绝大部分,少量的白色起着影调反差作用。低调作品形成凝重、庄严和刚毅的感觉,但在另一种环境下,它又会给人以黑暗、阴森、恐惧之感。

人物与背景距离拉开,尽量使用暗调背景,不对背景用光同时让人物的布光尽量不到达背景,以人物亮部测光。背景严重曝光不足形成暗调,即低调画面。

中间调以灰调为主,处于高调和低调之间,反差小,层次丰富,影像以白至浅灰、深灰至黑的影调层次构成。

中间调画面可分为两类:一类强调反差,画面上以黑白为主,去掉灰色的表现,给人以强烈的视觉印象;另一类注重灰色的表现,黑、白、灰各影调层次都能很好地反映,给人的印象是层次丰富,质感细腻。中间调作品是摄影中最常见的一种影调画面。

Friday, 26 February 2016

High Dynamic Range HDR

HDR 

High Dynamic Range photo is really just two (or three, or nine) photos taken at different exposure levels and then mashed together with software to create a better picture.



For my Nikon D600 setting
Press the BKT button at front body left hand side,
Set the no of shots (3 only) and compensation.
Custom setting menu e6

For my Nikon D800 setting
Press the BKT button on top body left hand side,
Set the no of shots (3-9) and compensation.
Custom setting menu e5

Use photmatrix to develop.

Type of photographer

Type of photographer

Portrait Photography
Architectural Photography
Wedding Photography
Event Photography
Fashion Photography
Macro Photography
Food Photography
Nude Photography
Still Life Photography
Street Photography
Commercial Photography
Aerial Photography
Black and white Photography
Underwater Photography
Time-lapse Photography

Digital photo editing work flow

Digital photo editing work flow

Transfer photo to computer and backup.
Review the photo and rating or reject and sorting.
Lens correction.
Cropping.
Global adjustment (exposure, highlight, shadow, white balance, saturation, contrast) etc.
Local adjustment (Selective area adjustment)
Fine tune (Sharpness, Noise remove spot etc.)
File save or export.

Photo editing software

Photo editing software

Nikon Capture NX
Canon's Digital Photo Professional (DPP)

Color space and color model

Color space and color model

A color model is an abstract mathematical model describing the way colors can be represented as tuples of numbers, typically as three or four values or color components.



A "color space" is a useful conceptual tool for understanding the color capabilities of a particular device or digital file. When trying to reproduce color on another device, color spaces can show whether you will be able to retain shadow/highlight detail, color saturation, and by how much either will be compromised.


Light and color

Light and color

Without light, there would be no color.













The Characteristics of Color:
Hue: Is any color on the color wheel.
Value: (also called brightness or luminosity)
Saturation: (also called Chrome)

Color theory
Tints are created when you add white to any hue on the color wheel.
Shades are created when only black is added to a hue.
Tones are created when you add both black and white to a hue. 















Chrome: how pure a hue is in a relation to grey.
Intensity: the brightness of a hue.
Luminescence: A measure of light reflected from a hue.

Additive & Subtractive Color
The additive model is based on mixing the light,
The subtractive model is based on mixing the pigments.

We work with the additive model (RGB) when preparing contents to be displayed on TV, internet, mobile or any light source.
When working for printing, we work with the subtractive model (CMYK).