Ten Techniques
1. Documentary: Illustrating water in its many forms and looking at the ways humans use and abuse water: i.e. pollution, fishing, transportation: Camera: Any Lens: Any Technique: Variety
2. The World in a Drop: Macro-photography. Camera: DSLR Lens: Macro lens Other: Tripod, macro-adapter, bellows, close-up-rings, ring flash Technique: Still day, low or overcast light is best (cloudy day). Use high ISO setting and stop down lens as small as you can go i.e. f 22. A remote trigger works best
3. Ethereal Waters: Photographing water so that it has a misty almost ethereal look to it. Camera: DSLR Lens: Wild Angle but try others Technique: Set ISO to 100, stop down lens until you have a shutter speed less than 1/10 sec. Tripod is essential. Set camera to fire on delay or use a remote trigger.
4. Underwater: Photographing underwater. Camera: Waterproof to at least 10 meters (if a diver use cameras rated to depth). Lens: Wide angle Technique: Be comfortable snorkelling or diving before you attempt this type of photography. I prefer sunny days. Flash adds to success but is only available on more expensive cameras, Waterproof housing are available for more expensive cameras.
5. Wave Photography: Photographing waves (can also use techniques suggested on #3). Camera: Any Lens: Any Technique: A low angle can give added height. Try include a familiar object to give scale, Slow shutter speeds can be effective.
6. POV: Extreme wide angle shots. Camera: GoPro Other: Remote release, IPad or IPhone. Long pole, Other equipment as needed. Technique: Variety
7. Wildlife: Capturing wildlife around water. Camera: DSLR Lens: Telephoto at least 200. The longer the better. 100-400 zoom is ideal. 1.4 or 2 X tele-convertor Other: Tripod, Better Beamer Flash Technique: Patience. Best advice is to get outdoors and invest time watching. Do your research on the species you want to capture of film.
8. Panoramic: Extreme wide angles, Camera: DSLR but many others will do this Lens: Wide-angle is best Other: Tripod Technique: Variety but the trick is to make sure you keep the camera on the same plane and you allow some overlap in each image for stitching them together. Best work is done in Adobe Photoshop or like
9. HDR: Spectacular range of tones but it can be a disaster too. Camera: DSLR but many others will do this Lens: Wide-angle is best Other: Tripod Technique: New camera often have a DSLR setting otherwise you need to set up a tripod and take 3 images with different exposure settings and then process in Adobe.
10. Weather: Capturing dramatic weather Camera: Any Lens: Any Technique: Variety but for rain in is essential to have back lighting.
Images, text & video Copyright: J.D. Taylor “Senses of Wildness” Inc. 2016
Music: used with permission of (copyright) Michael Caine
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