trying to find
interesting images somewhere which is every day which is normal
for you can be very very difficult its it's very hard to see
pictures somewhere that you've already done to death so it'll be interesting to
come out here
into the forest where I live and see what I can find we'll just go for a walk and
try and find two or three interesting pictures
and talk you through what I'm doing as I look for them
now you might be thinking but mike you're in a forest, for goodness sake with nice
light and a bit of autumn colour starting to happen, a bit of blue sky
and that's completely true people travel from all over the
country and from further afield to come here and visit the New Forest
but for me I've done it to death I've lived here for a long long long time
I've seen it all
before it's very hard to get inspired about somewhere where you've seen it all
before
i've just come back from our myanmaur workshop
and I think the images I took out there are some the best I've ever taken
and it's because I was so buzzing, the adrenaline was pumping so hard
that it came out in the pictures
to let's have a little let's see what the key is to get yourself inspired to
go find some interesting images
somewhere that is every day and normal
for you. I find the key
to finding pictures is to notice something that interests you
and then take lots of pictures of it, and as you take shots you'll start to
look at them and think mm that worked, that didn't quite work. Now I've come here
cause i'm interested by
this pools of light on the ferns, I like the colours, the lights coming towards me
so that back lit, i'm gonna be shooting into the light not gonna have to move
fairly quickly with this because the lights changing the Suns moving shadows
already coming across this since I first noticed it
which will help with my exposure so let's just see what can we do to start
getting of focus
here we go, I wanna see how close I can get because I wanna look along this little piece
of fern, I can't go as close as that.
but i do like the colors in the light on a shallow depth to feel so im using my widest
possible aperture I'm using f4
what's my shutter speed this is all part my seven building blocks for photography
right among the three hundred the second shutter speed
the lens 55 so I can take my iso down a bit,
let's go down I was on 800
actually, here we go im on 400 ive got a 150th of a second with a 50 mm lens
nice and fast wont get camera shake. lets get this shot in the bag quick
before, here we go
and there we go, it's just a nice little picture and
as we walk around things will build things ideas will start to grow
but there's one quite like the light down here too,
these little ferns down here are now back lit, it's quite interesting. Keep looking around
all the time
when you're in an environment because things change
its
which wasn't there earlier something some close up the stuff but
just like the thought of
all yes they look lovely what does my histogram have to tell me
says I'm a bit dark so I just wanna increase my exposure a bit
I don't to peak in the highlights there we go that's looking really nice
with the XT one other histogram display in the viewfinder so I can
increase my exposure that like how am I gonna do that I'm gonna do
my shutter speed if I can because I don't want to
a big depth of field I want it nice and shallow I also want to get on with it
because
the lights going to change, I like that its a much more woodland feel
shot make sure my cameras level and take it.
what was my shutter speed? 80th at 55, little bit dodgey im gonna take my iso up
little bit as a safety shot
was quite nice little or Tom nope woodland shot I think something which is
just draw my eye are these little red berries sitting up here,
red and green they work really really well together they're good colors and the
light as you can see is smacking into my face here
but for the berries their backlit now the angle you're looking at them from
they look kinda dull particu- when you get a little bit closer
when you come on the other side and put the light behind them
yeah its transformational isn't it
really different to how we gonna shoot the shot well I am thinking my way
through and I'm thinking with my focal length because I wanna longer focal X
I want to isolate these berries against the background I took a test shot
with the wider lens at fifty-five Mil and I don't like having that black heavy
tree trunk going on in the shot it just kinda disturbs me shoot test shots new get
yourself more inspired and motivated as you look at them
asking for help after questions so how would we go about the shot what we gonna
think well im gonna think a
longer focal length with the narrow field of view so I can lose the tree trunk I
didn't like
i want a shallow depth the field, that leads me to
wide aperture exactly see so simple isn't it? see stack this stuff together
what exposure? well they're back lit we could have an issue I don't know
just gonna have to have a look so
lets try it I've got my longer lens on which is the on that works the one that looks
right well
from here got my I was a Sr
55-200 lens on at the moment as I'm just to close so I need to move back
I'm gonna come back and shoot from over here somewhere
just focus on my berries now what's my exposure doing
to sum up do quite like the XT one is I can look at a histogram in the
viewfinder
I was need to make sure I have not lens flare this is really worth checking in I
just little around the front
there's a little bit like just touching the bottom of the glass but it's only a
tiny bit
I think we'll be okay I cant see any lens flare in the view finder
so focus up on the berries what's my exposure telling me
looks on FB care folks that don't wanna burn out the highlights blood on a black
but shadow day so I'm just gonna
take my spies it down a bit into my histogram showing
the most minimal amount at Peking on the right hand and focus on my barry's
and check my shop speed which is at 210
because I'm already using
almost 800 ISO I don't want cameras check and no one would
I know it's bright and sunny but what's going on over there his dark is woodland
so
you know I'm think it through
that's one way of doing things on just thinking how would it look
if we shot a vertical shot because I think they look quite nice this is all
about you know keep practicing to get itself inspired try different options
and keep playing with them
kick that stool at least a nice two day it was windy it be wandering around in
dreadful okay how we go how we doing all
Macy's I moved back to get a little bit of little bit at the overhanging
holy into my shot turn it kinda frames and I
sorta like that actually yeah
try again but holy later in the frame
here we go sorry the main pit with the berries later in the frame
a donut for cropland Leafs I see how long I'm spending fiddling
looking in the viewfinder and this is why I find you gonna do this stuff
on your own because if you are out walking with your partner
or a friend you wanna drive them absolutely insane
insight one more in close out very very careful going
into lens flare okay let's take that one from
their focus
now I know I could crop this in Lightroom or Photoshop or something
but I want to make up on you here in the sunshine during this tough
don't forget to look all around
I'm praying at the ground because I'm gonna find some their fungus
is one hand is a little one Canon here little tiny fungus
was lost in the leaves but
the light is coming across from the side which is
flowing nicely cross is giving a shape and the circular form
so against all those leaves just kinda works really
really nicely how we gonna shoot this how we gonna do it
well hun sinking they several ways for small issues unusual angle
wide-angle let's go to eighty millimeter lens
this get down low he's my little sleepy out screen because
easier than trying to lie on the floor when we look at trees stuff going on
over there we got nice light at the moment I would be fairly quick
I wanna put
I wanna look sideways on and my little mushroom
since we might were focus point where I want to be a single point were focus
week I am focus on the mushroom that looks so cool release British an idiot
the field on using
f/2.8 I got the camera almost on the ground
I'm going is close to the shroom as I can lucca
the hat I really really like that it's just a different sort of an angle
now it suggests that there's a leaf not seeking a swim
pop copper those leaves why so we've got a little bit more
height now whether this will work with roaches really I don't know
we will find out Cooper fair I can see most awk
I much prefer that and we got the leaves and all that stuff we got
tonight to scattering focus bit too close
come on you get
static likes
here we go as my focus their
the seagram a veranda gotta find the place
now the cameras getting exposure absolutely spot-on
all on the site I have had to adjust in any way I'm using up to purchase at the
camera
do with it has another way we teach you this handout from above
because we've got this this shape spots leaves back in there because I'm
modified it did not doing this or to make it look different to the rest of
the forest floor
cuz we got the circular shape against the leaves the line is going across a is
gonna that really great so how about shooting from above
extend the lens a bit get it's not my son dignified place
I know it's looking good is looking good by histogram says
it's about Ryan sentences
could be brighter now and then the brightest on the right now then I this
but we got lovely 9c for get closer
EC gotta find the place way a shot works
that's already have today I really kinda like that because
its shake thing circular
against early see how simple that was songs using
what F fall 55 millimetres
that's all there is to it really is net symbols
you know what
I actually started to cry enjoy that as we got going
before he came and started filming I was kinda dreading shooting in the forest in
finding a good pitches and I did I really enjoyed it
you should remain are kinda 5 myself up about an environment I know only too
well
so I hope that's when are some help to Oceania few techniques if it'll ideas
I know now and many people say mike has a beautiful part I get it I get it I get
it
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