Don’t Shoot One Bracketed Shot at a Time

If you’re going to shoot a series of bracketed HDR shots (like three or five bracketed frames), don’t shoot them one at a time. Instead, switch your camera to automatically shoot a burst of all three (or all five) when you press-and-hold the shutter button down just once. Here’s how: On Nikon DSLRs, you choose burst mode (called “Continuous High Speed”) by going to the release mode dial on the top left of your camera and switching to CH mode. On Canon cameras, you press the AF•Drive button on the top right side of your camera, then rotate the quick control dial on the back until you see a little symbol that looks like a stack of photos next to an H on your LCD (this is called “High-Speed Continuous Shooting”). Now, once you’ve turned brack....