​6 blue sky and white clouds photography tips

Blue sky and white clouds is the subject that photographer often takes all the time, canvas prints the whole method that shoots about blue sky and white clouds offers below, hope to be helpful to you.

1. Weather matters. We need a sunny day, do not require clear skies, with a little white clouds better effect. Shooting location suggested Mountain View sea view ok, pay attention to the horizon level.

Second, the lens first chooses the wide Angle lens. Because the nature of blue sky subject is broad and free, canvas australia shooting blue sky and white clouds with wide Angle lens can highlight the vastness of the sky. Wide Angle lens is preferred, and other shots are also OK.

Third, the direction of shooting should be along light or side light. Backlight shooting will lead to over-brightness of the picture, so when shooting blue sky and white clouds, choose along light or side light to make the picture more fresh and bright. The brightness of blue sky and white clouds is closer to that of ground scenery, but we should avoid mixing our own shadow into the picture.

The first three points are general requirements, split canvas and the last four points are parameter setting and specific operation.

Measurement and exposure.

1. Photometry:

(1) "Central key average metering" is used to measure the light in the middle of the blue sky and white clouds. After adjusting the exposure parameters, the exposure compensation can be adjusted according to the needs. When the light is in the right direction, the exposure compensation can be reduced to about -1ev to make the blue sky appear more saturated and blue.

(2) When the sky area occupies a very large proportion of the picture, "evaluation metering (average metering)" can be used to ensure the correct exposure of the air part, and then adjust the exposure compensation according to needs.

(3) when we use the three-point method to compose the picture, we can use "point metering" for the side light of 2/3 of the sky and 1/3 of the ground, and choose the area with high brightness for the point metering, so as to ensure the accuracy of exposure.

2. Exposure parameters:

(1) The aperture is recommended to be set around f8-f16, because the light is strong in sunny days, and a smaller aperture can ensure the exposure. At the same time, using a smaller aperture can make the sun have a smaller ratio at some times, so that the sun can produce star-studded effect.

(2) Sensitivity, it is recommended to set as low sensitivity 100.

(3) Shutter speed, this time to ensure the aperture and sensitivity, shooting mode set to aperture priority, the shutter speed requirements are not high, let the shutter speed automatically adapt. Choose a fast or slow shutter speed if you want to show white clouds moving. Exposure compensation can be adjusted for over or under exposure.

5. Set the appropriate white balance.

Usually, the K value of white balance is adjusted to about 5000 in sunny days, or the K value of "daylight" of white balance can be set at 5200 or 5300. It is highly recommended to store the image in RAW format and adjust the white balance as needed when processing the image.

Use filters.

1. Polarization mirror: eliminate reflection of white clouds; make blue sky blue and white clouds more stereoscopic and intuitive.

2. Medium gray gradient mirror: balance the large light ratio contrast of the picture, reduce the overall brightness of the blue sky and white clouds, and keep the ground light normal. The final effect will make the ground exposure normal and the sky exposure will not be overexposed.

3, reduce light lens: this is when we shoot with the slow door to shoot the white cloud flow effect, the light is too strong and then use the slow door to increase exposure time, do not use the reduce light lens will inevitably cause overexposure, recommend commonly used have 10 ND lens.

6. Composition.

1, thirds method: blue sky 2/3, ground 1/3. Or the blue sky 1/3, the ground 2/3 make full use of the ground foreground to increase the content of the picture.

2. Shooting from a low Angle: similar to 1, it accommodates flowers and plants on the ground to add interesting content to the picture, and at the same time, it captures different feelings from a lower Angle to attract the audience's attention.

3. Frame composition: Windows, Windows, door frames, large canvas ball nets, etc., can attract eyeballs to highlight the subject and create interesting and creative images.