TECH - 1  Now What Do I Do

 

    Your subject is in front of you.  Some of the possible techniques to consider:

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Now What ?

       

 

  

Technical.

Intro

 

     

 

    

 1. Now What?

 2. Composition

 3. Technical

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   1)  Initial Capture:               

  Look high, look low, left , right, up, down, behind.

  Warm up.  Be Impulsive.  Insurance shots.

  Tripple expose.  (0 / -1 / +1)

   2)  Big capture:               

  Sense of location.  (Think 6x19)

   3)  Tele compression:      

  Capture the essence of a scene.

  But don't forget to see the forest for the trees.

   4)  Wide angle expansion:  

  Environmental shot especially with good cloud formations. 

   x)  Different:          

   Shoot something different or something in a way seldom shot before.

   5)  Panorama:                 

  Consider this option if the scene lends itself to this format.

   6)  Bracket Exposure:  

             (Check histogram)   

  Exposure bracket in difficult light situations.  Intentional under or over exposure. 

     (The "correct" exposure is not necessarily the "right" exposure.)

   7)  Extreme close-up:     

  (Use "Live View" when using telephoto zoom.)

   8)  Shallow DOF:       

  Make duplicate images at different focus points.

   9)  Extreme DOF:           

   Helicon Focus in post processing.

   10)  Very long exposure: 

         (Try multiple shorter

          exposures & stack in CC.)

  Smooth out rough water or clouds.  (For > 30 seconds, see slo-mo technique.)

      (For < 30 seconds, use bracketing with .6 ND filter.)

      (If windy or tripod unstable, shorten legs.)

      (Absolutely VR off and AF off - focus first with AF on.)

  11)  Extreme Back Lighting:

  Bracket on tripod - Photomatrix and or blending in Photoshop.

  12)  Elements of light:

  Mottled light / sun strategically located in image / fog & clouds

  13)  Alpine Glow:

  Shoot scenics 25 minutes after sunset.

  14)  Water:                       

  Rough, smooth, reflection, close-up details. 

  15)  Creative:                       

  Move body and down or sideways while shooting

  Zoom in or out while shooting. 

  16)  Double Exposure in Post:

  Take multiple images in slight breeze and FOCUS STACK in post. 

  17)  Start over:                  

  After shooting a subject, walk away, re-look at the scene, shoot it again.

  18)   Focus:                  

  Get immersed in the subject.

         Minimize Grain:

  Take identical images and stack with opacity in post.

         Glow:             

  In-focus image and out-of-focus images stacked in post.

 

 

     Summary

 

 

 

     

 

 TECHNIQUE:

    1) Exposure Bracket.

    2) Focus Bracket.

    3) Monochrome  (if lighting not good)

    4) Multiple shot grain reduction.

    5) Panorama captured with 14-30 and cropped to 9x16. 

  

 POST:

   1) Trying to replicate the experience of being at a location?

   2) Sense of place?

   3) Does the image feel right?

   4) Is it an image I would want someone else to look at?

   5) Is it Boring?  WOW factor!  Different?  Stop viewer.  Make viewer look & think?

       

 

  

     Other Considerations: 

 

 

 

     

       

    You've been seeing and shooting for years.  Trust your instinct. 

    There is a difference between "taking a picture" and "making a picture".

    Plan for luck. - If it happens, it happens, if it doesn't, it doesn't.

    No one cares about your photos but the world needs work that matters.

    Viewers don't know what they want.  You have to show them what they want.

   Take a picture ..... Capture an image ..... Make Art

   Think about what the final image would look like as a print.