There are those purist that only feel HDR (High Dynamic Range) photos are achieved from multiple exposures. But you don’t always have HDR in mind when you shoot. Especially if your shooting for your own image catalog. So, where do you start. There are commercially available Photoshop filters that let you accomplish faux HDR from a single image. One example might be ReDynamix, it looks good but I haven’t tested it out. I started out with some canned PS Actions I downloaded from the internet. Mixed results, and some interesting outcomes. Nevertheless, I wanted a specific look. I hate that little voice in my head that says, “I’ll know it when I see it.” Found an interesting HDR Tutorial online. Played around with what I learned in the tutorial. Best thing about tutorials is refreshing your knowledge base. There where a few PS techniques I had neglected to use and since overlooked them in my day-to-day workflow. Some of the best results came from my photographer pal who says he gets good results in Camera Raw.

So, Combining techniques I managed to have some fun. Better yet, I look forward to integrating HDR in my design. Here are some of my experiments: