MightyFunk

Here I will outline gear for taking proper HDR (High Dynamic Range) images using the latest technologies available. This article concerns HDR photography for inclusion within computer generated, 3D environments and image based lighting.

Cameras and Lenses

While any camera will basically suffice to produce HDR images, I will focus on professionally-targeted cameras for the sake of this article while focusing on a medium to high range of budget, short of spending $35,000+ on a Spheron camera system. In particular, I will talk about Canon-based cameras.

The camera criteria I look for in order to produce a good HDR image involves the following:

Years ago, I rolled out a website - www.hdrsource.com. It specialized in HDR (High Dynamic Range) imaging with a sole purpose of providing the 3D community with pioneering methods to light their 3D scenes. I worked hard in developing these computer-generated methods to create these images and 3D environments. Visually, these CG-based images I produced weren’t the most attractive - they’re not something you just want to spend hours (let alone minutes) admiring from an aesthetic perspective. Their main intent was simply to light a 3D scene in such a way as to provide a better, more realistic method to light a scene while providing new controls for balancing out an image.