One fascinating thing about taking photos on the iPhone is it’s ability to take HDR pictures. HDR photos, unlike normal photos, allows photographers to take pictures that are impossible to take with one selected exposure setting.
(Left: Normal Right: HDR)
stadium by Ventro7
Once I started taking pictures in HDR it was hard for me to take normal pictures. Pictures with HDR came out more dramatic and normal pictures started to look plain and ordinary. I could also use my TriEye with it, hassle-free for optical effects!

During my visit to Xitang (check out my instagram)
I’ve really loved taking pictures with my iPhone SLR Jacket but lately I’ve lost my passion for it. I think the reason mainly is that pictures weren’t as dramatic as the HDR pictures I took on the iPhone. I had to re-kindle that love I had for the iPhone SLR Jacket somehow. I knew I had to find a way to make myself excited about using the DOF adapter with my iPhone.

The simple answer is was to try taking HDR photos with the SLR Jacket.
But how?
Our Turtlehead App don’t have HDR option. It’s hard use the iPhone SLR Jacket with the built in camera app.
So how?
Basically what most apps do for HDR pictures is that it combines 2 pictures with 2 different exposures (1 dark, 1 light). Of course I could do this on Photoshop no problem but that’s not convenient enough. I wanted a way to do it all on the iPhone.
Solution: Pro HDR

You can let Pro HDR take analyze the exposure, take 2 pictures, and combine them for you or you can choose 2 pictures from your camera-roll and have those combined to make an HDR picture for you. It also let’s you adjust some basic things like brightness, contrast, saturation, warm, and tint. Overall, a great app!

This meant that I could take 2 pictures (with 2 different exposures) with my iPhone SLR Jacket (Turtlehead) and combine them on the Pro HDR.
First picture with lower exposure

Second picture with higher exposure

After combining the 2 pictures with Pro HDR

Other HDR photos shot with iPhone SLR Jacket


I recommend using a tripod when doing this! Oh, and make sure you have plenty of fluids if you’re shooting on a hot sunny day.
Stay creative
Tombo
May 17, 2012
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