A Free, Open, Constantly Expanding Ebook on HDR Photography.

Posted by ForwardTwo on February 18, 2013 06:53 pm 14

Hi guys, my name is Dylan Colon. Over the past couple of years I've picked up Photography and have fallen in love with it.

From the beginning, I started with a D80 and jumped right into my school's photography program. High school was rough, and my camera was the one thing that got me through it. The fact that I could be alone and capture everything I felt and saw into a frame of data was beautiful.

Fast forward and I attained a D300. I started to get serious about my photography and really try to improve my technique. I learned the basics- shutter speed, aperture, ISO, flash setups. Then I jumped into the slightly more advanced topics- Image editing, RAW processing, photo manipulation, and panoramic photography. I got bored and decided to jump into the much more advanced topics- CCD/CMOS design, image sensor theory, HDR theory, algorithm development, scripting, professional color correction, LAB color, HDR Panoramas, and various other sub-topics.

I started as a nobody in my school. By senior year, I taught the AP Photo II course and won design student of the year. I got multiple scholarships, and multiple first place awards from high school level competitions.

So here I am. A freshman in college studying computer science. I've always recorded video tutorials on various miscellaneous topics that I knew I had trouble with when I was learning, and wanted to teach other beginners.

Now, I want to take it a large step forward. I want to create a free book that is open to everyone. A massive collection of information and knowledge culminated from hundreds of hours of working with HDR photographs and post processing.

I've yet to really push the concept. I only have an index to illustrate everything I want to teach, and a couple of friends who are begging me to go forward. So I'll start here by asking you guys:

Any interest? I plan on creating a KickStarter once I've got enough to show off, with some added benefits to people who donate (Early access, request priority, in book promotion, free prints, etc.)

So, what's the consensus?