A Little Closer To Heaven

I don’t know about you…but I love taking pictures and am always looking for new tips on how to make my photography better. I just learned a few new tips and wanted to share them with all of my readers.

Photographing Waterfalls:

1. Unlike many assume, sunlight is not your friend. Waterfall pictures turn out much better when it is cloudy outside.

2. To get a better effect from your pictures, slow the shutter speed down to 1/4 second or slower. This will create a flowing effect, instead of a rough looking picture.

3. In order for these pictures to turn out okay…one needs to adjust the exposure to make the picture darker. If the exposure is normal…then you will be left with a very pale picture because the slower the shutter speed, the more light in the picture. Many of my pictures don’t even turn out if I don’t adjust the exposure.

4. Take lots of pictures…the more you take…the more of a chance that you’ll get some keepers.

5. Finally, make sure you either have a tripod or something to sit the camera on. The slightest movement on your part…and the picture is ruined.

Okay…so those tips revolutionized how I take waterfall pictures. Let’s move on to sunrise and sunset pictures:

1. Place something in the foreground of the picture to create a shadow. This will look much better than just a picture of the sun going down.

2. Remember to adjust the exposure to less or more light in order to get better pictures.

3. A tripod will help, but is not necessary.

4. Once again, take lots of pictures because a sunset is constantly changing.

5. Slowing down the shutter speed may also help in some pictures…though you may have to make other manual adjustments to get the desired effect.

Well, all of these tips have been helpful to me, and hopefully they’ll be helpful to you. Good luck trying to capture the beauty of nature and the outdoors on your camera. It can be really tricky sometimes to relate what you saw with what the picture shows.

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