Full Moon and Firelight A five second exposure |
Tripod Tip
For Still or Video Photography a Tripod is essential. Most Tripods nowadays come with amount that screws to the base of your camera for quick and easy attachment to the tripod head. Here's an idea for preparedness in the field: get two tripod mounts and leave one attached to your Video and one to your Still Camera, that way you can use and exchange one or the other on same tripod and do it quickly.
"Follow the Light"
Sounds corny but it's good advice to Nature Photographers. A good friend and great photographer (Geoff Moore) said it to me once and I'll always remember it. Indoor Pros make their own light and lighting conditions but Photographers outdoors have to "follow light". We go to the light and find our pictures there. It doesn't mean to put your camera away on overcast days. There are still-lifes, studies and electronic flashs. And video especially likes close-ups when that glary old Sun goes away. But to "follow the light" means to use every moment when you're in the natural world and look for that "magic light" that lights the world evenly and in a glow. That light is most prominent and most easily captured at dawn, at dusk and when the sun breaks through the clouds after a rainstorm.
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