Week 12

When I graduate college, I want to live near the ocean somewhere. There are always beautiful pictures of the ocean and the coastlines, but I realized on my trip around the Pacific Coast, I didn't know how to capture the beauty that I saw. So, I thought that I would share some tips that one photographer revealed to make our ocean pictures better.
Tips:
1. Find reflections
2. Notice the color of your photograph and adjust accordingly (the sky can give off amazing colors)
3. Be cautious of the seasons and the tides
4. Be sure to adjust your shutter speed in order to capture the movement of the water.
5. Mix up the format of your photo. Try taking the photo in a vertical position so you can capture both the foreground and the detail in the sky.

In this picture, they made their coastal picture better by finding a subject and capturing that with the coast in the background.

In this picture, they captured this picture noticing the colors that they were capturing, and turning the camera 90 degrees allowing them to have many elements of this picture.

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Week 11

In going on the trip to Yellowstone, and seeing everyone else's pictures, I noticed that they all look a little different. I read an article this week about when shooting landscape photography one has to think about their viewpoint. This article said that you have to change your viewpoint in order to get the picture you are looking for. I learned this in Yellowstone. It mentions that sometimes you have to change locations, or sometimes you just need to get down to the level that isn't standing level to get a different picture and view.
Being in Yellowstone, we were all exposed to the same things, but every one of the pictures we took turned out different. This is because our vantage points were different. Some of us only stayed at standing level, while others were crouched, or stood on things to get different angles and let their photos tell different stories. So next time we are all out taking pictures, this is something to think about when we aren't getting the pictures we want, or like the article said, to find something truly unique.

 

http://digital-photography-school.com/11-surefire-tips-for-improving-your-landscape-photography/

Week 10

I found an article that I found very interesting. This photographer went to Antarctica to photograph animals underwater. He came face-to-face with the most dangerous of them, it was a leopard seal. These seals are seen praying on penguins. The photographer swam up to the seal, even though he was terrified, and something amazing happened. The seal was so curious about him. He began to bring the photographer penguins. When the seal was confused as to why the man didn't want the seal, it brought him wounded penguins, dead penguins, and even tried to eat the penguin for him and give it back. The seal thought that the camera was the photographers mouth, and once realizing that the photographer was harmless began to feed and play with him. He was a National Geographic photographer and was able to capture amazing pictures of this deadly animal.

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Week 9

Since we will be going to Yellowstone National Park in the next few weekends, I thought that it would be a good idea to remember how to take photographs of animals in motion, in hopes that when we are out in nature, we will be prepared to take awesome pictures, and not have to be trying to remember what we learned. I have learned in the few months of photography that before going out and trying to capture something, it was most useful for me to before leaving, thinking about what I am trying to capture, and dissect what it is I should be doing with my camera to get the picture I want. That being said, here are some reminders while trying to take pictures of animals in motion:

• Shoot in Shutter Priority mode. Use a shutter speed of at least 1/250 of a second if you’re panning with the subject (faster if you’re not panning and the subject is coming toward you).
• Pan with the animal. If the animal is traveling from your left to your right or vice versa, pan with it. When the animal comes into frame, press the shutter button half-way to achieve focus, pan smoothly by pivoting at the waist, and then press the shutter button.
• Follow through. Keep panning even after you press the shutter button. If you stop panning when you press the shutter button, the image won’t be as sharp as it could be.
• Leave more room in front of the animal. This gives your viewers a sense that the animal is going somewhere.

 

 

Yellostone Trip

Since we will all be going to Yellowstone National park, and some of us are not from here and may have never gone before, I decided to give everyone a little information about it so we can be more prepared for our visit. In October, the average temp. is around 29 degrees to 50 degrees, so prepare to be cold. We can usually be certain that by around the time we are going there will be snow on the ground, and there already is now, along with road closures. The main animal that everyone was raving about online for this time of year is an Elk. They are all certain that we will be able to see many of them when we are out. Bison, elk, bears and wolves will all be on the move feeding heavily before Winter hits.