The Landscape Photography Book

How to Shoot HDR Images

You’ll be merging multiple shots of the same image into a single image, so while you could shoot HDR bracketed images hand-held, for the best results, shoot on a tripod. Set your camera to its lowest, cleanest ISO, switch to aperture priority mode, and choose an f-stop that keeps everything in focus, like f/11. The key to this technique is setting your camera to shoot bracketed exposures. When you turn on this feature, called “Auto Exposure Bracketing” or “AEB,” you take one photo, and then your camera automatically takes at least two more of the same photo, but darker and lighter. On my camera, I set it to take a 2-stop ...