Sunday, July 28, 2013

Useful Landscape Photography Tips For Capturing Wonderful Photos of Nature

Landscape photos seems to be easy as compared to any other action photography or taking any picture of a animal or children, but it is really challenging, as there are many natural and technical factors that affect your work.
Here are some great tips to reduce your stress and help you out to shoot stunning landscape pictures.


Always choose a good view or aim something good
  • Taking a simple photos or pictures without any good view is useless and boring. It is very much important to choose a good view with different background, no matter what kind of landscape you are taking. You should have some type of focal point or subject framed in the image to give the picture a story. Each time you snap try to a new taste in your photography.

  • Always try to follow the Rule of Third so that you may know where you place the focal point in your landscape photography.
Prefer Using a Tripod
  • If your body is not still in photography, you are sure to miss good shots. For a longer shutter speed that you may need to select to compensate for a small aperture you will need a way to confirm that your camera is still while photography. A tripod is always beneficial for you in shooting ultimate pictures. So if you want good landscape portrait then it is wise to prefer a tripod.
Think for foregrounds
  • One thing that can set apart your landscape shots is to think carefully of your shots and by placing points of interest in them. This will help you to create a sense of depth in your shot.
Change your point of view or prefer taking photos from different angles
  • Always try to take the same shot from different angles or point of view to make the pictures look different and fell ‘wow’. You can get off the car, grab the camera, and turn left right, zoom in, set up angle before taking the shot. Take more time and analyze the scene before shooting your photo.
Try to work in different weather
  • Nature can change dramatically, and thus the scene can also change as well depending upon the weather at any given moment. Many photographers thinks that the sunny day is the best one to get good photos, but an changing day that is threatening to rain might present you with much better opportunity to create an image with real mood . 

  • So look for wind, sun, cloud, rain, mist, sunrise, sunset, lightening, rainbows etc. to get ultimate photos.
Take as many as photos and be Patience
  • Patience is the only quality you need while taking photos because landscape photography needs lots of patience, because you might have
    to wait for long to get quality photos.

  • Secondly, always try to snap many photos over one view to get good photos. Sometimes it may happen that you might miss quality photo which you want to show because you have taken only one snap, so it is better always to take many photos so that you may filter later on to get the good one.
Landscape photography is very interesting and the best photography to get awesome and beautiful natural photos. The above tips are sure to get wonderful landscape photos.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Tips for Outdoor Photography

Just because you have a high quality digital SLR camera, it does not mean that you can click professional quality pictures. The right photography skills develop with experience and knowledge. If you have right knowledge, you can do great photography even with basic cameras. Outdoor photography is slightly tricky, especially for amateurs, because you don’t the opportunity to control the quality, quantity, direction and even tone of the light. Below given are some useful tips for capturing better outdoor shots.

  • Find the right time for shots – For outdoor shots, the two best times are the beginning and end of the day. Move out to take shots half an hour just before sunrise or half an hour after sunset. Though sunshine is a good light source, but it is not good to take photos directly in the sunshine if it is afternoon time. This is because of the fact that the sun throws harsh shadows and light at that time. Look for shade if the photos need to be taken in the afternoon.
  • Beat low light conditions – Sometimes, there is not enough light for clicking photos or natural light is not best for taking those photos. At that time, use other light sources like reflectors, fill flash, strobes etc. Also use tripod when there is low light outside. This will help you to take sharper photos. Open the shutter for longer time if there is low light in order to let the light in and expose the shot.
  • Think differently – Great photos cannot be obtained just because you know all the technical tips to take photos. It actually means being creative and different from others. Thus, for taking great outdoor photos, look beyond what is obvious. Everybody uses natural daylight when taking outdoor photos, but you can look for reflections, shadows, sun flares etc. Also look for new perspectives when taking photos so as to boost your creativity.
  • Add filters – Add filters to get richer tones and colors in the photos. For example, polarizing filter cuts out reflections & adds rich blue into the sky. Another filter known as haze filter gives more contrast.
These are only some tips which can expand your outdoor photography skills to a little extent. But practice will make you perfect. Grab your camera & keep shooting different types of photos with different camera modes and different perspectives. Shoot more photos than required and select the best photos later. Even the professional photographers do not get right photos in single shots. So, try different shots each time.