If you have access to a flower garden, you probably want to make some nice flower photos. And most likely you will choose a nice, warm, sunny day to take out your camera.
But wait! That bright sunlight is actually not the best for showing your flowers at their very best. Rather, try a slightly overcast day. The softer light on such a day is easier to handle.
And there is more to it, too - here are six tips you can use to make pictures like the professionals:
Use a piece of cardboard to create a shadow: Hold the cardboard to shade the background. This will help to make the background darker and thereby less distracting.
Take a mirror, or a piece of aluminum foil, and use it as reflector. Hold it so that the flower will get extra light, this will make it stand out against a darker backdrop. (Adjust the camera setting to get the flower, rather than the background, correctly exposed.)
Is there such as thing as making clouds? Yes, there is. Just take a white plastic bag or a piece of white cloth. Get a wire coat hanger and bend it into a square shape. Take the hanger and attach it to the plastic bag or the cloth. Now hold it above your subject to diffuse the sunlight while you are taking the picture. This is how the professionals do it.
If the sun is out, then experiment with backlit photos. This means you shoot the picture into the sun, making your flowers lit from the back. In some cases they will come out looking almost transparent!
Avoid taking photos of flowers in the middle of the day. That is when the sunlight is the most unforgiving. Instead, try to take photos early in the morning or right before the sun goes down.
Most of us have a camera with a zoom lens. Using this feature allows you to more easily find a shooting angle that will fit the subject of your photo. You can often fix a distracting background by zooming in - this will make the background area smaller and easier to manage.
All these methods are stuff the pro's use all the time, and some of the reasons their results look so fantastic. You too can make photos like that if you learn their secrets. - 16492
But wait! That bright sunlight is actually not the best for showing your flowers at their very best. Rather, try a slightly overcast day. The softer light on such a day is easier to handle.
And there is more to it, too - here are six tips you can use to make pictures like the professionals:
Use a piece of cardboard to create a shadow: Hold the cardboard to shade the background. This will help to make the background darker and thereby less distracting.
Take a mirror, or a piece of aluminum foil, and use it as reflector. Hold it so that the flower will get extra light, this will make it stand out against a darker backdrop. (Adjust the camera setting to get the flower, rather than the background, correctly exposed.)
Is there such as thing as making clouds? Yes, there is. Just take a white plastic bag or a piece of white cloth. Get a wire coat hanger and bend it into a square shape. Take the hanger and attach it to the plastic bag or the cloth. Now hold it above your subject to diffuse the sunlight while you are taking the picture. This is how the professionals do it.
If the sun is out, then experiment with backlit photos. This means you shoot the picture into the sun, making your flowers lit from the back. In some cases they will come out looking almost transparent!
Avoid taking photos of flowers in the middle of the day. That is when the sunlight is the most unforgiving. Instead, try to take photos early in the morning or right before the sun goes down.
Most of us have a camera with a zoom lens. Using this feature allows you to more easily find a shooting angle that will fit the subject of your photo. You can often fix a distracting background by zooming in - this will make the background area smaller and easier to manage.
All these methods are stuff the pro's use all the time, and some of the reasons their results look so fantastic. You too can make photos like that if you learn their secrets. - 16492
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