yeah sometimes you're driving along in the car and
you see something out the window I think that like an amazing picture and you
find a car park your rush around you come back with your camera
you take a few pictures and they're not quite what you expected
having a brilliant subject to photograph
isn't all it takes you also have to think about how you're going to
photograph it
as well as lighting and things like that theses sculptures are brilliant aren't they I
love the curviness of them,
I like the whole everything about them I think they're absolutely bloody
brilliant.
Sorry shouldn't swear. But what a messy place this is, we've got traffic lights
and cars, we've got
building sites but I particularly love this office building over here
and the blue sky above it you cant see the blue sky
because Jayne has had to expose for me because i'm in shade. Trust me there is a blue sky
if she exposed for the sky you wouldn't be able to see me, i'd be a silhouette.
3 years ago I came down here and I photographed these sculptures for our
beginners downloadable course digital photography exposed,
because I really wanted to sort of show people how to separate the weat from the chaff.
how to find the image in a cluttered environment so let's just go through
that let's just go through what I did back then
now the first thing you're gonna need to do is walk about come on let's go have a wander about
and look at things
just look at them think about them for a minute think differently
just kind of take a moment, don't just go mad with the camera
don't be afraid to sort of bend your legs and start looking at things from
weird angles I know people might turn round and stare at you but so what
you know it's like have they taken a picture or have you?
another that will take is to get your I'm close to something
and just kinda look at it from a totally different ok you can I've accidentally
the Camry
but different point of view I actually car like this just for getting my wide
lens in really close to that i are actually
you know it's a bit cluttered you know what kinda like it
from but that's not what I meant stay sorry I got sidetracked
also you need to hire lenses were can check out the lenses films
because different lenses per tray things differently I know the I made about 12
to forty millimeter lens to get the shot that i won nice the curving it for the
sculpture
over the QB NIS the office block
now then point bending my legs a bit
checking the composition I don't want that lamp posts picking up in the show
either
by bending my legs checking the composition just the minute out a little
melatonin is even now sorry move in and out a little
until a there it is there I got the building
i dont got the sculpture but because
its three years later I've got something else trees
they were about five feet shorter the last %uh like a bit is still a nice
image that if you do revisit a location you been to before but things have
changed like the trees are grown up with is another building
don't give up just keep walking around just for me walking around the back
there
I realize what a great shot Jane had at the opening of the film
it's so simple just to take this curvy shape
I'm put it smack No
our games no the blue sky
now that's part of it me something I also want to show you and I as the
thought process behind the picture
so I'm just gonna show you how I thought out one of my favorite images
couple years ago I came down here one cold frosty morning to one of my
favorite places ever
this one to the bike sitting quietly on the water with their reflections
now the reason we come back here is because I want to take you through the
thought process that went behind taking that picture
both people quite surprised when they when I to lean on the professional
I don't just walk around a guy click award-winning picture click
award-winning picked up I have actually have would be to work into it myself
now it's different for everybody but only coming down here in two ways to do
but
I took bigshot a wide angle shot now you can just say kinda then they are sitting
in the middle is this a little
exterior it and there's always the potential that
now the lights completely different without here early in the morning
one very obvious other differences that there wasn't a lot
white by there if you really picky there too great but was actually my shot there
that
rate and a great but please don't get picky about those details what I want to
do is take you through the process
so I've got a wide angle shot with my two little by sitting in the middle
yes it's kinda pleasant but it's a little bit dollars in it
so the known for putting on to a third by using the rule of thirds regain its
still not that exciting
going close another shot it's still really not doing it
so my next thought was 101 what they look like
from the other side over there
as you can
see is a walk toward you the Suns now behind me even though it's gone in
compared to me right there
when I was down here that first time the Sun was over there to just come over the
horizon
dorm and these little boat were being let
from over there now
and you can undertake the shot again but as you can see from the original picture
is really rather dollars in it
because they lost in the background is the red line against the Red Bank and
it's all a bit who are dear that really doesn't work on
better off on the other side so that leaves the final option
for going up here on the bridge
so this is gonna give me a completely different perspective a different view
son looking down at the bags back home never be afraid to spend time walking
round
your shot and thinking about it considering it I know if you go for a
walk with your family or your husband or your wife or a friend you gonna driving
completely around the bend
this is one most professional photographers especially landscape
photographers
tend to be solitary soul to people who enjoy their own company rather a lot
to fight me I'm try looking down here the bugs
I then was thinking now that looks so much nicer because
we've got the light coming from the horizon
off to the right and it's kinda washing this warm red eagle owl across the bow
the boats
so I hope lining up the shot here
other types employed again actually
the boat to the box now the Prime the
soundcard we've got a nice reflection and we got the light coming in from the
side but this still
for me there was something missing and I honestly kid you not I must have stayed
here for
on a good 10 minutes or so before it dawned on me
that something as ridiculously simple as tilting my camera down a bit
from top position which has the boat to the bottom so that position
which puts them at the top that's all it is a movement from there to their
and suddenly you got this really quiet peaceful picture too little bites with
their reflections
on a lovely lovely sunny early morning few people have seen the shop
have said to me but do you think it looks a bit spooky cuz the sky is at the
bottom and the bugs are the top well actually I kinda like it that way
but it does kinda work if left up the other way
so you've got the reflection about as the top about
and the reasonable you dan here's a really wanted you to get the hang of
this whole
Fort process is moving around and looking at different things and trying
different angles
I'm not back experience with landscape love shooting landscapes and have done
it for a long time but it's not my specialist failed documentary life
people on the run yet then I can probably just see something here
something know what day
it all comes with experience and practices really important you do get an
experience in practice
I was and I keep banging on about not being lazy
and I'm sorry for him to be rude but so many people just stand there go click
and then a disappointed you need to move around
get on the move try things out to not only is it good for something decorative
to put on your wall it's good for your figure 2
but while I'm I L