Charming landscape photography shooting skills

Landscape photography is a shooting subject loved by the photographer. As people living standard rise, more and more people when they got out traveling, they like to use a camera to record the beautiful scenery, reserved for memories forever. If you want to shoot good scenery photography, not only need to have a pair of good eyes to find beauty, but also need to master some photography skills. Here are some tips for your reference:

Tip 1: the choice of the camera and lens

"To do a good job, you must first sharpen his tool", so it is very important to choose the right equipment to shoot. To produce high quality landscape photos, you had better choose more powerful, high image quality, focusing system advanced SLR cameras, although 1 dx, 5 d3 has higher quality and function, for the general requirements of people EOS 70 d is shooting scene is very high cost performance machine, and the price is not expensive. Wide Angle lens is most suitable for shooting scene, because wide Angle lens view is broad which suits to take pictures of the big scene.

Tip 2: use a tripod

Some people doubt tripod is necessary accessories only when shoot at night? Actually, tripod because of its stability, in the process of we shot, long exposure picture will often need use it. The people photographed enchanting scenery pictures to put in front of the panoramic view, it's need to use a smaller aperture (e.g., f16, making, etc.) to deepen the depth of field, thus the outlook and vision are clear. Photos of high quality need low sensitivity (e.g., ISO100, 200), when the shutter speed will be slower, to 1/15 of a second or more slowly, holding it easily, had better use stable tripod fixed camera, combining use of shutter release to make the reflector beforehand, the autodyne setting of camera tricks to try to reduce vibration produced by the shutter, making a clear hd movies.

Tip 3: the selection of the filter

Shooting scene, the sky and the ground scenery exposure difference is bigger, the brightest part tend to be the sky, according to the reading of the exposure of the sky the ground would be underexposed, deep black piece; The flatness of the exposure metering readings, if the sky will be blown out and lose the level. In order to balance their exposure, gray gradient in the mirror is very necessary, you can choose according to the sky and the ground exposure readings appropriate multiples of the filter, so that the sky and the ground will have more accurate exposure.

Tip 4: focus skill

Very convenient af mode, the photographer half press the shutter button to start the focus, camera focus quickly and accurately; Using automatic focus when shooting can also use the locks focus, so easy to take mobile camera composition; The photographer should give preference to af mode. Manual focus is usually used in automatic focusing effect is not ideal situation, such as shot through the water or glass, and the camera from different objects in the picture, focus picture color small changes, etc.

Tip 5: accurate metering, exposure

Numerous landscape photographers scenery mainly adopts exposure aperture priority mode, metering with most is average metering. As long as the picture has a striking high light, almost all of the camera's exposure to the value of the exposure compensation. Even in light even in the rainy day, as long as the frame has a bright color, make the appropriate negative exposure compensation (e.g., 0.3 or 0.7 file exposure compensation).

Tip 6: use RAW format

Although the JPEG format photo is more bright-coloured, but if contrast between light and shade is bigger, use JPEG format will lose some information and details, which is not good hierarchy of both light and dark parts. RAW format images, though large, contain information more fully, later also facilitate change, also can adjust the white balance will be late to deal with plenty of space. Use Photoshop or other software for the late, adjust the degree of saturation, contrast, tone, etc., and enhance the effect of the photo.

Tip 7: the light

Photography is the art of light, the light has a great influence on the stand or fall of photography. When shooting scene, some of the photographers a beam of light would like to wait a few days. The quality of the light may bring a huge difference to the image, bright light can bring life color, highlight the outline of land.

Tip 8: composition skills

Gold line is relatively reasonable composition rule, regardless of the fact that some rigid, but more accord with people's aesthetic habits, of course, Of course, if the level is higher no need rigidly adhere to this. Outstanding prospects is a kind of common shooting skills, purpose is to highlight the depth in the photo, help to attract the reader's line of sight, the eyes of the readers to frame, effectively enhance the artistic effect and visual impact. We have encountered of rocks, flowers, and fences, river, etc during your travel, these can be a prospect. Introduced through above several skills, I believe everyone filming a new understanding of scenery, found beauty in all ordinary scenery. Quickly picked up a camera to practice to record their travel the most unique scenery on the way!