I’ve been studying this technique for a while now and finally feel comfortable showing it off.  Of course it took a while and it took some real effort … which frankly I’ve lacked lately. No longer!  This is fun stuff.

Took a trip to Bedford, KY where a friend works for the Sheriff’s Department.  Spent some time cruising around the rural area and visiting acquaintences of his.  A few of these spots were simply right off the road.  The tractors, however are owned by a collector named Bobby True.  This nice man not only allowed us access to his collection but started a couple of them up for positioning and topped the visit off with an armload of fresh produce!

(Shameless self promotion: These are for sale on the site by the way.  You know you want a canvas print in your den, don’t you?) 

High Dynamic Range Imagery (HDRI)  ENJOY!

Digital technology rules the world of photography today.  While that’s a tough pill to swallow for old school purists, it’s perfectly easy to digest for others like myself who have given up the darkroom and embraced processing imagery with a computer and some savy know-how.

In the past year and a half I’ve noticed an increase in a particular “style” of digital processing called HDR (High Dynamic Range).  Think of it as a way to bring details into the photo that cannot be captured in a single shot.  This style of digital processing gets mixed feedback and it’s usually when it’s overdone.  When I was learning how to shoot in Infrared I went through similar trials and errors.  I’m trying to learn the ins and outs of this process to use it as a tool to make some of my images scream with high contrast.

I’m going to try and fine tune my methods in monotone first and then work toward adding more and more detail into each image while keeping noise levels down.  I think once I do that I can move toward adding more and more color into the shot.

Until then, enjoy!

P.S.  Forgive my lack of a decent subject for this shoot.  It was a matter of convenience and it follows me everywhere.