Systems and methods for digital photography

1. A method for generating an image set for a photographic scene, comprising:

sampling evaluation images comprising an ambient evaluation image and a strobe evaluation image;

enumerating exposure requirements for each image comprising the image set;

selecting exposure coordinates for each image comprising the image set based on a corresponding exposure requirement and a corresponding evaluation image;

generating camera subsystem exposure parameters for each image comprising the image set based on corresponding selected exposure coordinates;

storing camera subsystem exposure parameters for each image comprising the image set;

sampling each image comprising the image set based on corresponding camera subsystem exposure parameters; and

storing each sampled image comprising the image set.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting exposure coordinates comprises searching an evaluation image for a coordinate that satisfies a corresponding exposure requirement.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the corresponding exposure requirement comprises a histogram median of pixel intensity values representative of the ambient evaluation image.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the corresponding exposure requirement comprises an exposure target defined by a user selected coordinate and a requirement to illuminate a scene with strobe illumination.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating camera subsystem exposure parameters comprises determining exposure time and exposure sensitivity for the selected exposure coordinates.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein storing camera subsystem exposure parameters comprises adding subsystem exposure parameters to a data structure entry for a corresponding image within the image set.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image set comprises one ambient image and one strobe image.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image set comprises two ambient images and one strobe image.

9. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to generate an image set for a photographic scene by performing the steps of:

sampling evaluation images comprising an ambient evaluation image and a strobe evaluation image;

enumerating exposure requirements for each image comprising the image set;

selecting exposure coordinates for each image comprising the image set based on a corresponding exposure requirement and a corresponding evaluation image;

generating camera subsystem exposure parameters for each image comprising the image set based on corresponding selected exposure coordinates;

storing camera subsystem exposure parameters for each image comprising the image set;

sampling each image comprising the image set based on corresponding camera subsystem exposure parameters; and

storing each sampled image comprising the image set.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein selecting exposure coordinates comprises searching an evaluation image for a coordinate that satisfies a corresponding exposure requirement.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the corresponding exposure requirement comprises a histogram median of pixel intensity values representative of the ambient evaluation image.

12. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the corresponding exposure requirement comprises an exposure target defined by a user selected coordinate and a requirement to illuminate a scene with strobe illumination.

13. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein generating camera subsystem exposure parameters comprises determining exposure time and exposure sensitivity for the selected exposure coordinates.

14. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein storing camera subsystem exposure parameters comprises adding subsystem exposure parameters to a data structure entry for a corresponding image within the image set.

15. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the image set comprises one ambient image and one strobe image.

16. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the image set comprises two ambient images and one strobe image.

17. A photographic system, comprising:

A camera module, configured to sample a photographic scene according to exposure parameters;

A strobe unit, configured to generate strobe illumination within the photographic scene;

A processing unit, configured to generate an image set by performing the steps of:

sampling evaluation images comprising an ambient evaluation image and a strobe evaluation image;

enumerating exposure requirements for each image comprising the image set;

selecting exposure coordinates for each image comprising the image set based on a corresponding exposure requirement and a corresponding evaluation image;

generating camera subsystem exposure parameters for each image comprising the image set based on corresponding selected exposure coordinates;

storing camera subsystem exposure parameters for each image comprising the image set;

sampling each image comprising the image set based on corresponding camera subsystem exposure parameters; and

storing each sampled image comprising the image set.

18. The photographic system of claim 17 , wherein selecting exposure coordinates comprises searching an evaluation image for a coordinate that satisfies a corresponding exposure requirement.

19. The photographic system of claim 17 , wherein generating camera subsystem exposure parameters comprises determining exposure time and exposure sensitivity for the selected exposure coordinates.

20. The photographic system of claim 17 , wherein storing camera subsystem exposure parameters comprises adding subsystem exposure parameters to a data structure entry for a corresponding image within the image set.