Use all the tools you have.
I know it’s been a while. Some of you missed me, and probably some of you didn’t. But either way, I am back to tell you a little bit about HDR (High Dynamic Range). You can get it here. I used to think this was just some effect people got carried away with. If they were really good at it, they could sell their pictures of sunsets and pretty buildings and whatever else casual photographers took pictures of. While I was in beautiful Arizona shooting baseball, I also got the job to shoot some images of the Big League Dreams complex where the tournament was being held. It really is an incredible facility where they replicate pro parks like Yankee stadium, Fenway, and Wrigley field that you can play on. The kids just eat it up.
Anyways, this software can come in extremely handy when you have two areas that have more than 3 stops difference in exposure. And that is exactly what I had. The inside of the restaurant read ISO 640, f/5.6, 1/25 sec. The field outside read ISO 640, f5.6, 1/1600 sec. That’s a six stop difference. After combining the images using the software, and tweaking a few things in Photoshop, they were very happy with the result.
