Is HDR Photography Bad? Is It Ok To Use It? Or Is It Cheating?

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Is HDR Photography Bad? Is It Ok To Use It? Or Is It Cheating?  Hi and welcome to Episode 112 of the Photography Explained podcast.

I’m your host Rick, and in each episode I will try to explain one photographic thing to you in plain English in less than 10 minutes (ish) without the irrelevant details. What I tell you is based on my lifetime of photographic experience. And not Google.

Before I go on I need your help. I need your questions to answer. More on this at the end.

Here is the answery bit.
HDR Photography is a technique which helps photographers capture more data in the lights and the darks of a photo. HDR Photography uses images taken at different exposures which are merged together in post-processing. HDR Photography allows photographers to capture a broader range of tones, but still not as broad as the amazing human eye.

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• HDR is high dynamic range
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• HDR Photography is not cheating, and not a bad thing
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• And yes it is ok to use it

Listen for more, or check out the transcript and even the blog post - so many ways to find out more!

What’s next?
Episode 113 - Exposure Bracketing - What Is It? How Can It Help You?

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Cheers from me Rick