With summer approaching it is now time for vacations, those long awaited long weekend. Where we can pack our bag and to head to beach. Chilling out at the cottage drinking beer and watching the sunset. Why not pull out your camera and capture a new wallpaper or create a piece of art to hang over your bed. My friend ask me “How do you get a stunning pictures of gleaming sunsets, rich with colour and warmth that seems to reach out beyond the boundaries of the photograph” I will share with you a quick an easy way to do so.
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That perfect sunset:
With summer approaching it is now time for vacations, those long awaited long weekend. Where we can pack our bag and to head to beach. Chilling out at the cottage drinking beer and watching the sunset. Why not pull out your camera and capture a new wallpaper or create a piece of art to hang over your bed. My friend ask me “How do you get a stunning pictures of gleaming sunsets, rich with colour and warmth that seems to reach out beyond the boundaries of the photograph” I will share with you a quick an easy way to do so.
Top Tips:
- Depending on the position of the sun, metering above the horizon, or below will determine how the shot looks like.
- Setting your camera (a manual camera is best) Shutter speed is key here, first make sure you are not to high never go above 1/125 sec, Don’t go below 1/30 unless you have a tripod or a stable object to put your camera on.
- ISO should be at the lowest as possible you want to try to eliminate noise, don’t forget the sky is still bright.
- White Balance setting it to daylight is a good place to start, to get that rich red sky.
- Finding the right spot, move around don’t get lazy and just don’t go where every tourism goes, some times moving a few meters is just what you need.
- Try using reflections when possible.
- Silhouettes of people or trees, really just anything against the sky.
- Why not try a panorama quite useful when you don’t have a super wide lens.
Last thing, shoot more than one photo, try darker or lighter, you might prefer having a rich dark sky, or be able to have details of the surroundings.
Last tip of the day:
Get to know your camera, don’t have time then switch stop play Angry birds tonight play with your camera, what you can get out of it much more rewarding.
Thanks to Eric for this Article, he is a instructor here at WCB and if you would like to follow one of his classes check out the One Day Photography Course or Photography – Essentials.
