10 tips for beach shooting

1.Look for focus:

A friend of mine once told me that he would not take his camera to the beach to look for anything. All I can say is that I'm incredibly sorry, and when I walked on the beach, I thought if you could just look a little bit further there were lots of opportunities to shoot. For example, when I was shooting facing the sea, I found a very interesting event. I walked to the shore first and then turned around to see what I would get in that Angle shot. A common problem with beach scenery photography is that you may get a beautiful view, but you seem to have no interest in it, and the resulting picture is empty and uninteresting. When taking pictures like this, it's best to look for things you're interested in and focus on things that give you a sense of beauty. Maybe it's just a model in the sand, a trail of footprints. Maybe it's just the waves crashing against the rocks; or just a rescue tower you can also film stories about what happened on the beach, such as shoes left on the shore, sand dunes, sunglasses, sunscreen...

2.Choose your time

The start and end of the day is the perfect time to shoot at the beach. For beginners, there won't be many people at any given time, and the sun will create a wonderful light and shadow, which will be of great interest to you, especially in the evening when the soft golden light will be intoxicating.

3.Look at the horizon:

One of the most common problems in beach photography is the tilt of the horizon at a wide junction with the ground. Try to keep the horizon perpendicular to the direction of the composition. And try not to put the horizon line in the middle of the image, because if that's the case, the whole image is cut in half.

4.You go when no one else does:

Another problem with timing is that people avoid going to the beach when the weather gets bad, but that's when the coast is most active and alive. The storm at sea, the thundering thunder, the shifting clouds, the wind that blows the flag and the leaves... All these provide good conditions for meteorological photography.

5. Surround exposure:

The biggest challenge in photographing beaches in the middle of summer is the sheer intensity of the sun. If your camera has manual mode, none of this is a big problem, and you can try different exposure levels to get the best results.

The method of surrounding exposure can solve this problem well. Its practice is according to the exposure metering value a first, and then on the basis of the increase and decrease exposure each exposure, if still not, change exposure taken more than a few pieces, according to differential for a third EV and 0.5 EV, 1 EV to adjust exposure, exposure of each photo is not the same, so you can choose from a series of photos out a satisfactory is sometimes the case may be, of course, want to let the scenery bright up it's not easy, especially where there are both dark and light. It's often important to find the part you want to expose first, but it's not easy to get a good layout.

6. Spot metering:

If your camera is a bit of a photometer, you can get past the exposure problem. The advantage of this method is that it can be used to measure the light of a certain point that the photographer thinks is correct, or the subject being photographed can be measured correctly according to the photographer's preference, without being interfered with by other light nearby. For example, when you're photographing backlights, it's absolutely necessary to spot the face. When you take large light ratios (like half the sky, half in the shadow) you need to measure the right parts of the image you want to expose.

7. Forced flash:

If you take a portrait on the beach, you'll find that there is usually a shadow on the face of the character (this is caused by the light hitting the hat, glasses or nose). In this case, you'll need to use the flash to shoot, so that the shadows don't show up and you'll be exposed more. This is especially important when shooting in reverse light, without the use of flash, the resulting portrait will be silhouetted. If your camera has the ability to adjust exposure levels, you may want to try overexposure, where the resulting image looks like it has faded and looks a little artificial.

8. Uv filter:

UV filters are very useful for users of digital SLR cameras in beach photography, for several reasons. First, it protects the lens from damage, while filtering out ultraviolet light to a certain extent. In addition, it can also reduce the haze (mainly cyan haze and tone). Although it doesn't have a big visual effect, when I bought a new lens for my DSLR camera, the first one I bought was an ultraviolet filter.

9. Polarizing filter:

The polarizing filter is one of the most useful accessories for your DSLR lens. There's not a lot of process. A polarizing filter just filters out the polarized light. This means it reduces reflection and increases contrast. The most striking places it affects are the blue sky and the sea, where it has a noticeable effect. In fact, I know a lot of photographers who use sunglasses when they don't have polarized light filters. Try a polarizing filter, and you'll be fascinated by its effect.

10. Black and white photography:

Black and white photography always has its unique charm. The black and white photos taken on the beach completely changed my emotions and feelings about the shoot. Photographing people on the beach on a cloudy or rainy day is a great option, and it will take some color out of the whole beach.