UDI (Ultra Deep Image) Photoshop technique
Anyone who has ever worked with exposure bracketing knows the problem: individual photos are often either overexposed in the highlights or underexposed in the shadows. Classic HDR can compensate for this, but it quickly produces an unnatural look or distracting artefacts. With HDR, it is usually only worth taking series of 3 images, because the processing causes the data from all images to be lost, meaning that this data is no longer available for further processing. UDI is completely different, as all data is available until the finished image is output.
Camera profiling made easy – why it's worth it
Profiling a digital camera refers to the systematic process of capturing the specific characteristics of a camera system and mapping them in a camera profile. The aim is to achieve colourimetric correction and consistent image output, regardless of the camera used or the time of recording.
In professional photography, camera profiling is essential to achieve high colour fidelity from capture to print. In product and fashion photography, this colour fidelity is absolutely essential. But even for amateur photographers, it is worth profiling the camera, as it saves time in post-processing and delivers better results.
