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Morning folks, following my Tech Talk segment on GlobalTV Sunday Morning News, here are more tips on taking great fall pictures.
Fall is my favourite time of the year to take pictures. The colours
are earthy and outdoor scenery changes quickly over a few weeks as nature
prepares for winter. The colour of leaves changes from dark green to
orange red and yellow and the grass is littered with leaves.
Mornings are
getting frosty with occasional fog patches but that’s no excuse for not firing
up your camera for fall.
Which camera you use does not matter. It’s what you do with
it and how to go about taking good pictures.
Here are a few tips:
-Keep your camera loaded with film and ready to go. Digital
cameras should be charged up with enough memory for picture taking.
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–Good photography doesn’t happen. You need to work at it.
Scout out scenes that will make a nice picture, whether your back yard or the
nearest ravine.
-Check out the weather forecast for the next day; foggy patches
means going to bed early for a morning shoot the next day.
-Plan to shoot the same scene at different times of the day,
from dawn to dusk for different colour tones.
-Shoot over-all panoramic scenes but also concentrate on
details, like close-ups of leaves on water’s edge, or arranged interestingly on
grass.
-Notice how light changes in a scene, even in just a few
minutes, as a tree that was brightly lit is later in shadow, changing the feeling
of the same scene in pictures.
Look around you shen taking scenic pictures, including over your head, like this beautiful oak tree in the fall
WEBSITE OF THE WEEK: The best way to become a good photographer
is to visit photo websites. There are many and some are tied to the camera
brand you have. I like
these sites for getting you started in photography. Click on the “LEARN” option available on both sites.
www.kodak.ca has excellent
easy-to-understand photography tips, sharing, organizing and storing photos.
www.olympuscanada.com
will email purchasers of their popular Micro Four Thirds series monthly,
with shooting tips, but their learning site open to everyone, features
many shooting tips from the pros.
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