The warm weather is here (well almost here in Michigan...some days warm, other days, not so warm!) But Spring is definitely in the air and most of us can't wait to get out and photograph Spring! It never gets old!
Here are tips to enhance your photography experience!
Photographing Spring!
Happy Spring!!
Ellen
Appleberry Photography!
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Tips on How to Photograph Autumn
Continuing with posts on capturing the spectacular opportunities that the short window of autumn provides, here are more tips!
12 Fantastic Fall Photo Tips — Our Extra-Crunchy Guide to Leaf Peeping
Fall has up and arrived – kamikaze leaves crash down on unsuspecting passersby, leaf peeping is a thing again, and reports of rumbles coming from the Great Pumpkin have spread throughout the nearby towns and villages.
Any time of year is a great time to snap a photograph, but Fall is, of course, at least twenty times more so. (IOHO, of course.)
And since last year we wrote about how to get those perfect Halloween shots, this year we’re tackling Fall. We’ve jam-packed this edition with tips for photographing our leafy friends and fun ideas for fresh-new Fall shots.
Grab your camera and enjoy this Autumnal Equinox to its fullest!
Most people head out to take photographs in the Fall because of one reason: the changing of the leaves. Ordinary greens turn to shockingly vibrant reds, oranges, and golds…. Plus the leaf throwing, leaf crunching, leaf gathering – who can resist snapping a few shots during this fun Fall season?
Here’s some tips on how to get the best of it:
When
we were growing up, we often heard that the early bird gets the worm.
Well, we’re not big on worms, but the adage does apply when you’re
trying to get the perfect shot of autumn foliage.
(1) Photograph around sunrise and sunset for the best light and color.
The first and last hours of sun during the day (the times right around both sunrise and sunset) have a brilliant quality to the light that can yield great photos. Movie people call these times “Magic Hours” – at least for the morning one, we call it doggone early. But there’s just something about the soft, golden light around this time (which brings out the reds and golds in your photos) that you can’t help but love.
Other quick tips:
Some seasons only give you a few possibilities for how to frame your shots outdoors –- not so with Fall! Get up close for detailed leaf shots, or take a step back
and take in a technicolor landscape. There’s so much change come Fall
that the only thing you need do is look around you (or look up!).
You might also want to try:
So to find out, we called up Mr. Pederson, our former Junior High science teacher. The short story: leaves don’t change color!
Instead, during the Fall the chlorophyll molecules in leaves start to
break down. Normally, these chlorophyll molecules absorb almost every
color in the sun’s light spectrum and only reflect green back to our
eyes. But once the chlorophyll starts to go, and the Carotene in the
leaves progressively takes over, our eyes see less of the green and more
of the yellows, reds, and oranges in the sun’s light spectrum,
reflected back to us from the leaves. -Courtesy of Photojojo
In Michigan, the leaves peak the third week of October!
Please visit our Artfire shop:
APPLEBERRY PHOTOGRAPHY
Ellen
Appleberry Photography
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Any time of year is a great time to snap a photograph, but Fall is, of course, at least twenty times more so. (IOHO, of course.)
And since last year we wrote about how to get those perfect Halloween shots, this year we’re tackling Fall. We’ve jam-packed this edition with tips for photographing our leafy friends and fun ideas for fresh-new Fall shots.
Grab your camera and enjoy this Autumnal Equinox to its fullest!
Most people head out to take photographs in the Fall because of one reason: the changing of the leaves. Ordinary greens turn to shockingly vibrant reds, oranges, and golds…. Plus the leaf throwing, leaf crunching, leaf gathering – who can resist snapping a few shots during this fun Fall season?
Here’s some tips on how to get the best of it:
The Best Times to Photograph in the Fall
When
we were growing up, we often heard that the early bird gets the worm.
Well, we’re not big on worms, but the adage does apply when you’re
trying to get the perfect shot of autumn foliage.(1) Photograph around sunrise and sunset for the best light and color.
The first and last hours of sun during the day (the times right around both sunrise and sunset) have a brilliant quality to the light that can yield great photos. Movie people call these times “Magic Hours” – at least for the morning one, we call it doggone early. But there’s just something about the soft, golden light around this time (which brings out the reds and golds in your photos) that you can’t help but love.
Other quick tips:
- (2) Photograph outdoors when your shadow is longer than you are, usually in the late afternoon. (That one’s from professional photographer Susan McCartney, BTW.)
- (3) Don’t overlook overcast days. They can often be wonderful to shoot on because the sun isn’t drowning out the colors and the shadows are softer.
Technical Tips
- (4) Use a tripod. Especially when shooting with dusk encroaching, tripods really, really help. (Don’t have one? Make one with a soda bottle, or buy one of the nifty Gorillapods and attach it to a tree branch.) Turn off your flash, set your ISO to 100 to minimize noise (sharper detail!) and start shooting. Experiment with your shutter speed -– a 1-3 second shutter can do wonders, stilling the foliage and the colors, while letting the rest of the world turn into a blur.
- (5) Polarize your lens! Got an SLR? A polarizing filter can increase the contrast in your photos and make your colors richer, to the point where you’ll feel like it’s the 1950s and Technicolor just hit. If you don’t have one of these, or you have a point-and-shoot, no problem. (6) Underexpose your shots slightly (which most cameras, even point-and-shoots, will let you do) to deepen the saturation in your colors, then use your computer’s photo software (iPhoto, Picasa, or Photoshop) to increase the contrast and play with the color saturation to warm things up slightly.
- (7) Experiment with your white balance settings. Don’t be afraid to take your camera off Auto mode and play with those settings. Increase the little numbers manually, or select a white balance setting like “cloudy”.
- (8) Try a macro lens or macro mode. For those expert-looking close-ups of leaves, a macro lens is indispensable. No macro lens? Set your camera to macro mode and get really close -– that works too. Tripods are handy at this point so that you can really focus on the leaves without worrying about blurring your shot.
What to Photograph
Some seasons only give you a few possibilities for how to frame your shots outdoors –- not so with Fall! Get up close for detailed leaf shots, or take a step back
and take in a technicolor landscape. There’s so much change come Fall
that the only thing you need do is look around you (or look up!).You might also want to try:
- (9) The Panning Technique – “Switch your shutter speed to around the 1/8 mark, zoom in on a part of a tree’s foliage (try to frame it with some nice blue sky in the background), as you hit the shutter speed pan your camera up and down or side to side. The results should be some lovely movement blur that give the impression that the leaves are moving in the wind.”
- (10) Make-Your-Own Leaf Studio – Too windy to get those up-close macro shots of leaves to work? Try bringing some leaves home. With some good ol’ Scotch tape, stick the stem to a large open window that has some natural light coming through it, so that the leaf lies flat against the window. Now set up your camera and start snapping. Voila, brilliant leaf close-ups!
More Creative Ideas
- (11) Take leafy portraits. While you’re busy raking those leaves up in the backyard, don’t forget the leaf fights, leaf forts, leaf heaps… they’re fun and the spontaneity will give you opportunity for dynamic portraits like this one by reader Heather Robinson.
- (12) Capture a tree-changing time-lapse. As our very own Alicia Kachmar suggests, try taking a photo of the same tree, from the same spot, once every day for the next month. Take the shot around the same time every day if you can, and watch as the tree slowly transforms before your eyes.
- Leaves and trees aren’t the only thing to photograph in the Fall. Visit a farmer’s market and snap some of the beautiful colors and shapes of Fall fruits and veggies. Go apple-picking or stop by the pumpkin patch.
The Star of Fall: Leaves, Leaves, Leaves
While we were thinking about how best to photograph leaves as they change color this time of year, we began to wonder why, exactly, they change color.So to find out, we called up Mr. Pederson, our former Junior High science teacher. The short story: leaves don’t change color!
Instead, during the Fall the chlorophyll molecules in leaves start to
break down. Normally, these chlorophyll molecules absorb almost every
color in the sun’s light spectrum and only reflect green back to our
eyes. But once the chlorophyll starts to go, and the Carotene in the
leaves progressively takes over, our eyes see less of the green and more
of the yellows, reds, and oranges in the sun’s light spectrum,
reflected back to us from the leaves. -Courtesy of PhotojojoIn Michigan, the leaves peak the third week of October!
Please visit our Artfire shop:
APPLEBERRY PHOTOGRAPHY
Ellen
Appleberry Photography
Monday, August 19, 2013
Tips on photographing Fall
Wow! Summer is still with us! The temperature is rising to 87 on Wednesday!
It's not too soon to learn how to capture the autumn splendor!
It's not too soon to learn how to capture the autumn splendor!
To photography
enthusiast, autumn must be the most pleasing season. Away from the wet
spring, heat summer, and cold winter, the refreshing fall is the most
comfort season for shooting. If you take photos regardless of the unique
of fall, it is difficult to produce excellent work. Here are just
little experiences of photography in the fall.
When we talk about the fall, it is a common condition that we think about the gorgeous colors, all the trees are good subjects. Want to restore the golden Indus or red maple leaf in the photo? The key is the choice of the light. It is better to use back light while shooting, let the bright sunshine go through the leaves. There will make the leaver look a bit transparent, which will totally express the bright colors.
At the same time, we must pay attention to the exposure. If you are using the manual mode, you can use the spot metering to the leaves, and then add the aperture or reduce the shutter, otherwise, the details of the trees will be lost.
If you are shooting at the lakes and mountains, there will be greater. Want to take a clear reflection in the water? The best solution is using backlight.
If you want to let more scenes go into the water, simply reduce the shooting angle. The exposure is similar to the backlight photography. Different state of water can reflect different expressions. If you throw some leaves to the river, it may be more like a static photo. If you throw a stone into the rivers, the ripple will produce a feeling of moving.
While shooting, we need to pay attention to the feature of the water surface: the near is dark while the far is bright, especially when the water is clear and low. In this situation, we have to choose different amount of exposure by the subject.
Besides the trees and water, the wind must be another thing we can think about the fall. It will also be a great photography material. However, while shooting the scene under the blue sky and white clouds, it may be overexposed. The solution is metering on the ground, and then reduces the amount of exposure based on measured data. A filter will be necessary in this condition.
The clouds performance also is influenced by the sunshine: the intensity of light, the level of irradiation angle. Especially at dawn and dusk, the colors of the clouds can be described as colorful. At this time, the hue of the clouds can be changed by changing the amount of exposure, if you want to dilute it, you can increase 2 or 3; if you want to strengthen it, you can reduce 1 or 2 in exposure.
Photography is not just using your own camera, but also your minds. Go out and start your shooting.
-Courtesy of dingjhzt I'm a video producer and photography lover. Below are the tools I often using: PhotoShop, video converter (convert avi to mp4 on mac), Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, AE, and so on.
Here is one of our favorite autumn photographs
This pumpkin picture was taken in Northville Michigan at an old farm on Currie Road. The day was perfect for photographing! The semi cloudy day was wonderful to capture the brilliance of the fall leaves and allowed us to have just the right shadows on the ground and pumpkin.
Please visit our Artfire Shop: Appleberry Photography Art Fire Shop
We have more pumpkin photos!
We also feature Halloween cards,
Ellen
Appleberry Photography
When we talk about the fall, it is a common condition that we think about the gorgeous colors, all the trees are good subjects. Want to restore the golden Indus or red maple leaf in the photo? The key is the choice of the light. It is better to use back light while shooting, let the bright sunshine go through the leaves. There will make the leaver look a bit transparent, which will totally express the bright colors.
At the same time, we must pay attention to the exposure. If you are using the manual mode, you can use the spot metering to the leaves, and then add the aperture or reduce the shutter, otherwise, the details of the trees will be lost.
If you are shooting at the lakes and mountains, there will be greater. Want to take a clear reflection in the water? The best solution is using backlight.
If you want to let more scenes go into the water, simply reduce the shooting angle. The exposure is similar to the backlight photography. Different state of water can reflect different expressions. If you throw some leaves to the river, it may be more like a static photo. If you throw a stone into the rivers, the ripple will produce a feeling of moving.
While shooting, we need to pay attention to the feature of the water surface: the near is dark while the far is bright, especially when the water is clear and low. In this situation, we have to choose different amount of exposure by the subject.
Besides the trees and water, the wind must be another thing we can think about the fall. It will also be a great photography material. However, while shooting the scene under the blue sky and white clouds, it may be overexposed. The solution is metering on the ground, and then reduces the amount of exposure based on measured data. A filter will be necessary in this condition.
The clouds performance also is influenced by the sunshine: the intensity of light, the level of irradiation angle. Especially at dawn and dusk, the colors of the clouds can be described as colorful. At this time, the hue of the clouds can be changed by changing the amount of exposure, if you want to dilute it, you can increase 2 or 3; if you want to strengthen it, you can reduce 1 or 2 in exposure.
Photography is not just using your own camera, but also your minds. Go out and start your shooting.
-Courtesy of dingjhzt I'm a video producer and photography lover. Below are the tools I often using: PhotoShop, video converter (convert avi to mp4 on mac), Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, AE, and so on.
Here is one of our favorite autumn photographs
Please visit our Artfire Shop: Appleberry Photography Art Fire Shop
We have more pumpkin photos!
We also feature Halloween cards,
Ellen
Appleberry Photography
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Summer Photography
It's hard to believe that we are in mid August! The summer of 2013 is quickly heading into the memory books! It's been unseasonably cool here in Michigan, but there
is still plenty of summer left to capture the beauty of summer!
Here is a fantastic video on summer photography
5 Tips for Summer Photography
Before the leaves turn and the days grow shorter, we hope you have the opportunity to take some awesome summer photographs!
Ellen
Appleberry Photography
Visit our photography shop on Artfire!
Appleberry Photography
is still plenty of summer left to capture the beauty of summer!
Here is a fantastic video on summer photography
5 Tips for Summer Photography
Before the leaves turn and the days grow shorter, we hope you have the opportunity to take some awesome summer photographs!
Ellen
Appleberry Photography
Visit our photography shop on Artfire!
Appleberry Photography
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Digital SLR Photography-Landscape photography continued
Continuing with Digital SLR Landscape photography, here is another great article on the subject.
Advance Landscape Photography Tips and Techniques
A landscape is really a section or part of scenery as seen from one viewpoint. Landscape is the subject of a landscape image. Typically, people and animals aren't shown inside a landscape, unless they're relatively small within the image and also have been contained in the composition to exhibit scale.
A landscape is really a section or part of scenery as seen from one viewpoint. Landscape is the subject of a landscape image. Typically, people and animals aren't shown inside a landscape, unless they're relatively small within the image and also have been contained in the composition to exhibit scale.
From a purist perspective, they are probably correct, since a landscape is a picture of the land and its aggregate natural features. However, if natural scenery dominates an image, it can probably be accurately termed a landscape, even though there may be a farmhouse in the distance, a city skyline on the horizon or a road or path in the foreground.
Shoot close to sunrise and sunset to achieve more balanced exposures. Shooting during the harsh daylight produces very contrasty light and is difficult to capture details in both the shadow and highlight areas. If it's one thing you take away from this guide it should be this!Compose an image to exclude more and include less; remove any element that does not add to the image. Simplicity is often the key!
Scale can often be important to the understanding of a landscape, and can be achieved by including an object of a known size in the scene.The quality of the light is perhaps the most influential attribute of a successful landscape. Waiting for interesting lighting that is moody, dramatic or diffused usually pays off in a memorable photograph. Top landscape photographers will often return again and again to a location until lighting conditions
are just right.
At Landscape photography ensure that your camera's flash is turned off when shooting landscapes, unless you require it to brighten a foreground object. Flash in a dusty, misty or
foggy scene may cause flare by reflecting off the droplets of moisture or dust particles.
Use a tripod to ensure sharpness, especially in low-light conditions.
In very low light, be sure to select a fast film speed or a high ISO sensitivity setting in your digital camera that will permit proper exposure and good depth of field.
Shoot in RAW format for maximum quality if any post production editing will be performed later. This is really a big deal!
Switch to manual focus and focus one-third of the way into a scene and do not use the smallest aperture of the lens (i.e. f/22). Instead use at least 2-3 stops up from the smallest opening in order to achieve sharper images.
john herry
i am describing here about Landscape photography, photography tips, photography, Landscape photo shooting or photography techniques.
Digital Landscape photography is one of the most popular choices in photography. There are so many beautiful scenes to capture!
Here is a photograph shot in early spring of a barn in Northville, Michigan, using Depth of Field Aperature..
The foreground and the background are in focus, though the main focal point is the white barn.
Hope you are enjoying the beautiful weather, and find a wonderful place to photograph scenic landscapes!
Ellen
Advance Landscape Photography Tips and Techniques
A landscape is really a section or part of scenery as seen from one viewpoint. Landscape is the subject of a landscape image. Typically, people and animals aren't shown inside a landscape, unless they're relatively small within the image and also have been contained in the composition to exhibit scale.
A landscape is really a section or part of scenery as seen from one viewpoint. Landscape is the subject of a landscape image. Typically, people and animals aren't shown inside a landscape, unless they're relatively small within the image and also have been contained in the composition to exhibit scale.
From a purist perspective, they are probably correct, since a landscape is a picture of the land and its aggregate natural features. However, if natural scenery dominates an image, it can probably be accurately termed a landscape, even though there may be a farmhouse in the distance, a city skyline on the horizon or a road or path in the foreground.
Shoot close to sunrise and sunset to achieve more balanced exposures. Shooting during the harsh daylight produces very contrasty light and is difficult to capture details in both the shadow and highlight areas. If it's one thing you take away from this guide it should be this!Compose an image to exclude more and include less; remove any element that does not add to the image. Simplicity is often the key!
Scale can often be important to the understanding of a landscape, and can be achieved by including an object of a known size in the scene.The quality of the light is perhaps the most influential attribute of a successful landscape. Waiting for interesting lighting that is moody, dramatic or diffused usually pays off in a memorable photograph. Top landscape photographers will often return again and again to a location until lighting conditions
are just right.
At Landscape photography ensure that your camera's flash is turned off when shooting landscapes, unless you require it to brighten a foreground object. Flash in a dusty, misty or
foggy scene may cause flare by reflecting off the droplets of moisture or dust particles.
Use a tripod to ensure sharpness, especially in low-light conditions.
In very low light, be sure to select a fast film speed or a high ISO sensitivity setting in your digital camera that will permit proper exposure and good depth of field.
Shoot in RAW format for maximum quality if any post production editing will be performed later. This is really a big deal!
Switch to manual focus and focus one-third of the way into a scene and do not use the smallest aperture of the lens (i.e. f/22). Instead use at least 2-3 stops up from the smallest opening in order to achieve sharper images.
john herry
i am describing here about Landscape photography, photography tips, photography, Landscape photo shooting or photography techniques.
Digital Landscape photography is one of the most popular choices in photography. There are so many beautiful scenes to capture!
Here is a photograph shot in early spring of a barn in Northville, Michigan, using Depth of Field Aperature..
The foreground and the background are in focus, though the main focal point is the white barn.
Ellen
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Photography Tips for Beginners - How Shutter Speed Works
Photography Tips for Beginners - How Shutter Speed Works
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Part 1: How do you photograph action or movement, using shutter speed and panning? What shutter speed will freeze the action and what speed will blur the action?
In this video I show you how I shoot action photography, using different shutter speeds to create the illusion of movement and I test the concept of panning.
More free photography tips and tricks on my website.
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Enjoy. Brent
Part 1: How do you photograph action or movement, using shutter speed and panning? What shutter speed will freeze the action and what speed will blur the action?
In this video I show you how I shoot action photography, using different shutter speeds to create the illusion of movement and I test the concept of panning.
More free photography tips and tricks on my website.
http://www.brentmailphotography.com/
Enjoy. Brent
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