Yes, we can! In fact, we’ve invested a lot of time researching and testing techniques to do just that.
HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography was developed to compensate for the fact that even the best camera sensors resolve detail over a much smaller brightness range than the human eye. In a photograph of a typical home interior, the camera sees the window as a big white blob and the shadow areas as dense black, with only the mid-tones having good detail. HDR photography uses special software to blend normal, under-exposed, and over-exposed images to compress the tonal range of those separate images into a single image with greater detail in highlights, mid-tones, and shadows. It’s a great tool.
The problem with HDR is that the process tends to exaggerate contrast and produce garish colors that look unnatural. Many photographers like the surreal look because it makes their images more vivid than real life, and the default settings for most HDR software cater to that taste.
However, it doesn’t have to be that way. After digging deep into the settings of several HDR solutions, and experimenting with other options, we’ve perfected post-processing techniques that enable us to capture scenes with huge dynamic range while maintaining natural colors and contrast. The result is an image that looks like what you saw with your eye. No surrealistic effects!
P.S. If you happen to like the HDR look, just let us know. We can do that too.