It seems impossible, right? You need at least 5 different exposures for every wonderful tutorial on capturing and merging HDR photos with third party software and Photoshop. It’s well worth checking out before diving into some of the more advanced techniques.

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Today we’ll show you the first part of Blinq’s JPEG-HDR tutorial. We need a photo in JPEG format and Photomatix Pro 3.1.

The first thing we have to do is to make three copies of the photo we’re going to use:

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In this HDR tutorial, instead of using three RAW photos taken with different exposure settings, we used a technique that only requires the use of one JPEG image, an HDR software, and an image-editing software–a technique that is highly useful for photographers who either doesn’t have cameras that are capable of taking photos, or wants to use an action shot to make an HDR photo.

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Surely, by now you’ve seen some samples of HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography, a processing technique that produces photos that are sharp and has very strong contrasting colors—so much that they look slightly surreal.  Here are a few samples of HDR photography:

Photo from Flag Staff Blog

Photo from CNET News

Photo by exxx2005

Pretty interesting, huh? It’s hard not to get blown away by the sheer awesomeness of this kind of photos, and it’s not an odd thing to wonder how that kind of look can be achieved, and to itch with the desire to try it out. Thankfully, there’s an extensive, step-by-step guide on how your photos can look this amazing available over at Paul Stamatiou’s site.

Paul discussed every stage of producing HRD photos, from the gear and software you need and down to the nitty-gritty specifics of the process. Check out his tutorials here.