Would You Like To Take Flower Pictures Like the Pros?
Imagine walking around in a garden on a nice sunny day. How beautiful everything looks! The sunlight seems to bring out all the colors and shapes so well.
However, people who think that they need that sunlight to take a good picture are sadly mistaken. When it comes to taking photos of flowers in a garden, an overcast day may actually work better.
That was the first practical photo tip in this article. And here are a couple more:
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.
Want more light on that special flower? Then take some object with a reflective surface like a mirror, and use that to shine extra light on your subject. The pro's use this method all the time.
Need to soften up that harsh sunlight? Then make a diffuser - take a white plastic bag or some other semi-opaque stuff, and stick it to a frame made of a bent wire coat hanger. Use this to diffuse the sun's rays and create a more subtle effect.
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.
Nowadays every camera has a zoom lens. Use that zoom function to make your flowers stand out better, by "zooming in". This tends to give you less problems with distracting stuff in the background, since it enlarges your subject relative to what is further away.
Even though you may not be a professional, these tips can help you take professional-looking photos of your flowers and your garden as you experiment with the tips above. If you use a digital camera you can take a lot of pictures, and simply delete those you do not like. - 2361
However, people who think that they need that sunlight to take a good picture are sadly mistaken. When it comes to taking photos of flowers in a garden, an overcast day may actually work better.
That was the first practical photo tip in this article. And here are a couple more:
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.
Want more light on that special flower? Then take some object with a reflective surface like a mirror, and use that to shine extra light on your subject. The pro's use this method all the time.
Need to soften up that harsh sunlight? Then make a diffuser - take a white plastic bag or some other semi-opaque stuff, and stick it to a frame made of a bent wire coat hanger. Use this to diffuse the sun's rays and create a more subtle effect.
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.
Nowadays every camera has a zoom lens. Use that zoom function to make your flowers stand out better, by "zooming in". This tends to give you less problems with distracting stuff in the background, since it enlarges your subject relative to what is further away.
Even though you may not be a professional, these tips can help you take professional-looking photos of your flowers and your garden as you experiment with the tips above. If you use a digital camera you can take a lot of pictures, and simply delete those you do not like. - 2361
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