3 Quick Sunset Photography Tips

3 Quick Sunset Photography Tips
Interesting Photo of the Day: Seemingly Sad Frog
Prominent Street Photographers Describe Their Favorite Shots (Video)

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 09:32 PM PDT

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In today’s landscape photography photo tip, we will discover three more ways to get better sunset photography.

“Biển Ke Ga” captured by Trandinhkhiem (Click image to see more from Trandinhkhiem.)

We’ve been discussing adding a “star” to your sunset photography. This will give your viewers somewhere to focus their attention. The pretty colors are not enough to generate contest winning photographs.

The last couple articles have focused on adding a person as the star, but the star can be anything. It could be some birds flying by, a silhouette of a pier, a palm tree, or even a particularly interesting cloud formation. It doesn’t much matter what you use, as long as you make your sunset photography about something.

Photo Tip #1: As far as settings go, always shoot in RAW format. Not JPEG.

Shooting in RAW format will gather a lot more visual information than JPEG. There are a lot of delicate colors in a sunset that just won’t get picked up in JPEG. Plus, shooting in RAW format makes it much easier to later make changes in Photoshop if you should so desire.

Photo Tip #2: Hang around for a while.

We all know to shoot a sunset photo as the sun is about to dip below the horizon. That is a classic and a given. But, hang around for a while. After the sun goes below the horizon you can still get some very nice shots. Actually, you can get great shots for as much as an hour after sunset.

Here is something many of you may not have heard before. About 20 to 25 minutes after the sun dips below the horizon, there is a “second” sunset when the colors in the sky are often even better than they were before the sun went down.

“Binh Minh” captured by Trandinhkhiem (Click image to see more from Trandinhkhiem.)

Check it out. A lot of your favorite sunset photos will have been shot after the sun is below the horizon. It’s the colors from this “second” sunset they are after.

Photo Tip #3: Know when to shoot.

Now that we know what format to shoot with and when the best colors are likely to pop up, we need to know when to shoot so we can actually see something worth hanging on the wall.

A clear sky will NOT give you what you are looking for. To get the most stunning sunsets, you need clouds in the sky. If there are no clouds, you may as well stay home. But, not just any clouds!

A solid gray cloud cover just won’t do. You should be looking for broken cloud cover. Notably, you want light, wispy clouds. If it has been a rainy day, you are in for a treat! Often, the rain clouds will begin to break up around sunset and provide the ideal conditions. There are enough clouds to reflect all the gorgeous colors, but they’re broken up enough to provide visually interesting patterns.

“Enjoying Little Things” captured by Nebojsa Novakovic (Click image to see more from Novakovic.)

I once heard a talk by a master salesman who said that no salesman should ever be at home on a rainy day, because that’s when all his prospective customers will be at home. We can change that slightly to read… No photographer should ever be at home on a rainy day, because that is when the best possible sunset photography presents itself.

There you have it: three more landscape photography photo tips that will give you better sunset photography.

Make a note of these landscape photography photo tips then get out there and start shooting! Shoot in RAW format and shoot as the sun is setting, but don’t leave too early. Stay for the second sunset and you will be richly rewarded. Never stay home on a rainy day–that’s the ideal time to be doing any sort of landscape photography, but particularly sunset photography.

About the Author:
Dan Eitreim writes for ontargetphototraining (insert link). He has been a professional photographer in Southern California for over 20 years. His philosophy is that learning photography is easy if you know a few tried and true strategies.

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Interesting Photo of the Day: Seemingly Sad Frog

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 02:10 PM PDT

Being able to capture emotion in a portrait is a good part of what makes an image good. This holds true for animals as well as people. While it’s impossible to truly know what an animal is thinking or feeling, the frog in the photograph below sure is doing an incredible job convincing viewers that he’s feeling a bit down in the dumps.

A white lipped tree frog captured with a Nikon D7000 (Via Imgur, click to see larger size)

The portrait of the white lipped tree frog was taken using a Nikon D5000 and a 18-55mm kit lens, which goes to show you that you need not own the latest and greatest in camera equipment to take a high quality photograph. The photographer did, however, have to crop down the original image to make the frog fill up so much of the frame. While not always a viable substitute, this technique can be a very useful tool if you do not have a macro lens in your camera bag.

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Prominent Street Photographers Describe Their Favorite Shots (Video)

Posted: 12 Oct 2013 11:11 AM PDT

Street photographers are always on the lookout for that perfect candid shot. Being able to capture that favorite moment on the fly is an ability that every street photographer should possess. This video talks about street photographer’s favorite shots and the story behind it. It features Scott Schuman, Tommy Ton, Jonathan Daniel Pryce and a few other creative street photographers who share some insights into their work. They discuss and share a few pointers about what would comprise their favorite shot as a street photographer:

A few aspects worth choosing while doing street photography include -

Posture of the subject
Background details behind the subject
Clothing and styling of the subject’s physical characteristics
Capturing the subject in a moment
Contrasting or conflicting details
Creative details and the lighting surrounding the subject
Understanding if the subject offers a unique personality worth capturing

A lot of factors play a role when doing street photography. Finding the right lighting, backdrops and an interesting subject are critical! Being present at the right moment also is critical. And above all running one’s imagination and creative abilities to perfection is what makes a street photographer stand out.

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