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Using Lightroom and Aurora HDR to create a HDR Image

Using Lightroom and Aurora HDR to create a HDR Image

Thomas Fitzgerald
Video, Lightroom, Learning

I was recently working on some bracketed exposures that I shot while on a walk by the coast north of Dublin. It was a beautiful and moody day, but the light was pretty strong, and I was shooting with my D700, which hasn’t the greatest dynamic range. With that in mind, I shot multiple exposures with the aim of combining them later so as not to loose any detail in the highlights and shadows. I originally tried combining the exposures in Lightroom, but I wasn’t happy with the results, so instead I decided to use Aurora HDR.

The Benefit of Having a Camera that Shoots Video

The Benefit of Having a Camera that Shoots Video

Thomas Fitzgerald
X-Pro2 Diary, Video, Fuji X-Series, Editorial

With most cameras that are released these days having video, it may seem like a pointless exercise to point out the benefits of having the feature. However, if you read the comments on reviews of new cameras (and you probably shouldn’t for your own mental health) there’s always someone who complains about the video functions, saying that they are a photographer and “real photographers” don’t care about video. Even if you don’t like shooting video, I think that there are times when it’s a real benefit to have video in your camera, and the other day I came across a perfect example.

X-Pro 2 Video: "Dappled"

X-Pro 2 Video: "Dappled"

Thomas Fitzgerald
X-Pro2 Diary, Fuji X-Series, Autumn, Video

I was walking through a local park here in Dublin the other day, and I loved how the low Autumn sun was creating these lovely patterns of Dappled light on the ground. In the shadows of the trees there were patches of sunshine that danced as the breeze blew the leaves. It was quite beautiful and relaxing, and as I had my trusty X-Pro 2 with me I decided that I would shoot some video as well as stills.

Video: "A lazy Sunday Morning In Dublin City" - Shot on the Fuji X-Pro 2

Video: "A lazy Sunday Morning In Dublin City" - Shot on the Fuji X-Pro 2

Thomas Fitzgerald
X-Pro2 Diary, Fuji X-Series, Video

It was a beautiful sunny Autumn morning here in Dublin last Sunday, and so I set about doing something I had wanted to do for a while, but I had kept putting off for various reasons. When I saw the beautiful light, I decided to head out and shoot some video (semi-properly) on my Fuji X-Pro 2. I had shot some clips before, but I hadn’t set out to do a proper shoot. For this test, I wanted to try and shoot reasonably properly, so I took my tripod, and more importantly, a proper variable ND filter. While I had a few hiccups, for the most part I’m happy with what I shot. 

The Wind Garden. A short video with the X-Pro 2

The Wind Garden. A short video with the X-Pro 2

Thomas Fitzgerald
X-Pro2 Diary, Fuji X-Series, Video

Because we’re pretty terrible at looking after plants, and because everything we plant usually dies, we’ve been looking for ways to decorate our balcony without condemning some poor flowers to their untimely ends. So my wife came up with the ingenious idea of creating a garden out of windmills. I was sceptical at first, but now that I’ve seen the finished product, I’m really impressed.

Sequence: Food Fight

Sequence: Food Fight

Thomas Fitzgerald
Random Acts, Video

Here's a little distraction for a rainy Friday. I was taking some photos in the Stephen's Green park in the centre of Dublin yesterday, and as I was lining up a different shot, I noticed some commotion in the lake behind me. There was a guy there feeding the seagulls, and they were getting quite frenetic. So I shot off a sequence on high speed with my D700. 

Video: Autumn in the Park - Shot on Sony A6000

Video: Autumn in the Park - Shot on Sony A6000

Thomas Fitzgerald
Video, Sony

As I've mentioned many times on this blog, I really love Autumn. I love the colours and I love the light, and I wanted to capture it in a different way this year, so as well as shooting lots of photos (more on that to come) I set out to shoot some video too. In the centre of Dublin city there is a famous park, called "St. Stephen's Green". It's one of my favourite places in the city. It's not a particularly big park, but it's a lovely combination of trees and walkways, and when viewed from certain angles, looks like you could be somewhere in the countryside, and not in the heart of a city.

Landing in Dublin Airport at Sunset in Hyperlapse

Landing in Dublin Airport at Sunset in Hyperlapse

Thomas Fitzgerald
Video

I was coming back from a week in London on Saturday, and our flight was approaching Dublin at sunset. The view out the window of the plane was amazing with the sun just sitting above the clouds. As we began our descent it looked even more impressive, so I grabbed my iPhone and fired up the hyper lapse app, and recorded our descent through the clouds, and then down until we landed. 

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