How to Apply Hyper-Reality to Photography

Often people think of photographs as records of events in the real world, but several techniques make embellishing reality in photography simple. Camera settings, light and and other manipulative factors can add a creative touch to images. Learning the techniques necessary to enhance the everyday image takes some effort but is simpler than you may think.

Instructions

Edit your photos in an HDR (high dynamic range) program like Photomatix. HIgh Dynamic Range photography is the combining of two or more images taken from the same angle with different exposure levels. The HDR program takes the strongest details from each exposure and combines them into one composition containing hyper detail. HDR pictures are best made with a sturdy tripod. Make three exposures including one that is properly exposed, underexposed and overexposed. RAW images can make for decent HDR photos when they are converted into three different exposures in an editing program.

Mount a wide-angle lens onto your camera to distort your subjects. Wide lenses tend to distort the appearance of lines and edges in photographs. Parallel lines become convergent and diagonal, creating a forced sense of depth that is foreign to the human eye. This stretched perspective makes objects that are close to the lens appear large and dominating while objects in the background appear minuscule. Distorted viewpoints created by wide angle lenses can make for high-impact images.

Manipulate the lighting of your images with gel filters. Gels are essentially color filters for lights. A wide range of gels are available for photographers. The common orange and blue gels create warm and cool hues for subjects. Some gel kits come with theatrical colors, allowing photographers to illuminate people and objects with surreal tones that are not commonly found in nature. Gels work with both strobe and continuous lighting; however the latter allows photographers to "light paint," a process that involves the photographer or an assistant to move the light during a long exposure in order to portray twirling light trails.

Change the white balance setting on your digital camera in order to add color hues to your entire image. Most digital cameras have adjustable white balance settings including daylight, cloudy, shade, fluorescent and incandescent. The settings are designed to neutralize the color of the corresponding light source so that the color white is properly portrayed in photographs. For example, the incandescent setting adds a cool blue filter to images in order to balance warm tones created by a light bulb. While white balance is primarily made to make images look more true to life, creative use of the settings can create hyper-realitistic images. Try using the "incandescent" setting on a cloudy day to create a deep-blue sky. Use the "shade" setting in a sunset to exaggerate the warm colors. Use the "fluorescent" setting to add a purple hue to any scene. Experiment with these settings until your pictures become other-worldly.

How to Do Desktop Publishing and Design
desktoppub.about.com
Jul 19, 2013 Explore free page layout and desktop publishing software tutorials, graphic design lessons, and articles for self-paced, self-directed training in all ...
How to Remove Stuck Lens Filter Best Effective Ways Digital ...
digitalphotographylive.com/how-to-remove-stuck-lens-filter
Popular Posts. Exposure triangle; Rule of Thirds; Fireworks Photography Tips and Camera Settings... Basics of Exposure: Aperture, ISO, Shutter &... Photography
True or false: Do these 5 common tech tips really work? - Tips ...
www.komando.com/tips
The Kim Komando Show: Americas top weekend talk radio program about all things digital! Free tips, downloads, software, newsletters, advice and more about the home ...
Expert photography blogs, tips, techniques, camera reviews ...
www.adorama.com/alc
Adorama Learning Center How-to tips, buying guides, tutorials from AdoramaTV, product reviews for better photography, video, and more!
Photography Tips: How To Take Waterfall Photos Digital ...
digitalphotographylive.com/waterfall-photography
Popular Posts. Exposure triangle; Rule of Thirds; Fireworks Photography Tips and Camera Settings... Basics of Exposure: Aperture, ISO, Shutter &... How to Remove ...
ShortCourses-The On-line Library of Digital Photography
shortcourses.com
Bookstoreis the home of printed copies, ebooks on CDs, and instant downloads of digital photography books published by Short Courses. Stereo Photography is your ...
DIY Mannequin Tutorial How To Make A Display Bust For
www.cookonstrike.com/diy-mannequin-tutorial-how-to-make-a-display...
Unless you have a nice live model available at all times, there must be times you wish you had a mannequin or display bust to use in your product pictures or to model ...
How to moon walk like Michael Jackson - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_FzgtLVzbI
Visit: http://www.videojug.com for 1000's more How-To videos! The Moon Walk is one of the most famous dance moves of all time. Done properly the Moon Walk ...
The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
eol.jsc.nasa.gov
The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth hosts the best and most complete online collection of astronaut photographs of the Earth.
Photography and post-processing tutorials from beginner to ...
photo.tutsplus.com
Phototuts+ is a community for Photographers and post-processors. Learn about lighting, exposure, workflows, photo critiquing, Adobe Lightroom and more
HOW TO MAKE YOUR CHILD A MODEL IN NEW YORK D&G
www.dgphotostudio.com/modeling/children-modeling
Children Modeling. What you should know before spending money on children modeling portfolio.
Photoshop, Lightroom, and Photography Tips for Photographers
www.mcpactions.com/blog
Learn to enhance your images and save time with Photoshop actions and Lightroom presets.
Forums: Digital Photography Review
www.dpreview.com/forums
Digital Photography Review: All the latest digital camera reviews and digital imaging news. Lively discussion forums. Vast samples galleries and the largest database ...
Digital Infrared Photography Tutorial - the miir image
www.infovein.org/infrared
Very frequently I am emailed by someone who wants to get into infrared photography, has visited my photography online and naturally has several questions to ask.
Book/Guide/How-To/Tutorial/Documentation Archives
www.faqs.org/docs
Suggest an informational resource (guide, tutorial, how-to, documentation, etc.) for inclusion in our archive by sending us its web address (use the form below ...
How to Paint a Portrait in Oil Part 3
willkempartschool.com/how-to-paint-a-portrait-in-oil-part-3
When you come back to your painting youll notice how the oil has become translucent overnight and wont have the same coverage that you first thought. How ...
How To Become A Model - Modeling Portfolios - Fashion, Glamour
www.purestorm.com
Purestorm aims to help you become a successful model, for all types of modeling including glamour, fashion, photographic, teen and many others. Sign up for a free ...
Photoflex Lighting School Photoflex
www.photoflex.com/pls
Basic Lighting. A good place to start. These lessons demonstrate professional lighting techniques using only basic lighting tools. Having good lighting equipment is ...
Beetlejuice (1988) - IMDb
www.imdb.com/title/tt0094721
Adam and Barbara are a normal couple...who happen to be dead. They have given their precious time to decorate the house and make it their own, but unfortunately a ...
WolframAlpha: Examples by Topic
www.wolframalpha.com/examples
Explore knowledge, data, and computation in examples across all fields, including math, finance, dates, weather, health, science, astronomy, culture, music ...
British Journal of Photography
www.bjp-online.com
Web edition of the British Journal of Photography, with indexes to current and past articles, images submitted by readers, discussion groups and professional news.
The top secret rules that allow NSA to use US data without a ...
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/20/fisa-court-nsa-without-warrant
The top secret rules that allow NSA to use US data without a warrant. Fisa court submissions show broad scope of procedures governing NSA's surveillance of