Capturing the Beauty of Downtown Charleston

Historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina, offers wonderful photo opportunities from knurly trees to old architecture. In this video, professional photographer Tony Sweet uses the HDR format to photograph a weathered stone wall. You will learn how to set up the composition and read the camera’s histogram to capture the darks and lights in your multiple exposures.

Tony makes five exposures of the beautiful stone wall. He carefully studies the histogram to make sure he has covered the shadows, highlights, and mid-range. He also consults the RGB graph in order to capture the reds, greens, and blues. A successful HDR image should cover the complete tonal range.

See all of the videos in our Visual Artistry Course:

Visual Artistry – Course Preview
Using Long Exposure to Photograph Water
HDR Photography: Capturing a Water Scene
Close-Up Photography: Capturing the Details of Shells
Photographing Scenery with Multiple Exposures
Black and White Conversion
This video: Capturing the Beauty of Downtown Charleston
Infrared Photography: Tips on Shooting and Editing
How to Mirror an Image Using Photoshop
How to Photomerge to Create a Panoramic Image
Creating a Digital Sandwich
Capturing Unique Shots in Drayton Cellar
Capturing HDR Images at Drayton
Capturing and Editing Infrared Images
Mirroring Images at Magnolia Garden
Photographing Charleston Gallery
Stitching and Merging Photos from Drayton Hall
Assembling a Digital Sandwich at Magnolia Garden
Photographing Trees with Multiple Exposure