Friday, March 16th, 2012

Shoot right at night – Tip #7 – Night activity

In busy cities and even in country towns you will find that the activity at night differs from that during the day.

Tankers deliver fuel, people clean areas that aren’t cleaned during the day and they are all great subjects to shoot.

Take the time to search out unusual activities to capture them. Here a cleaner was throwing up a cloud of steam and water and, captured in the night lights of the shops it made for an interesting shot.

 

 

Helen Bradley

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Shoot right at night – Tip #6 – Early Morning Sun

If you’re shooting after sundown or if you are up early in the morning before the sun is up look for drop dead gorgeous skies.

If you can capture the last rays of a dying sun or the first rays in the early morning you’ll get great color and wonderful silhouetting of anything between you and what light there is. Look for interesting trees, buildings and other features to capture as silhouettes.

Use a slow shutter speed, wide aperture or a high ISO (or all three) and be ready to capture the hues as they change from minute to minute across the horizon.

Helen Bradley