Pierre Steenberg

Processing for shooting into the sun

November 20, 2016 • Leave a Comment

Disclaimer: never look into the sun; your eyes will be damaged. Do not look into the sun with a camera with an optical viewfinder; your eyes will be damaged. Shooting into the sun can be difficult. Many camera sensors find it hard to create good images while pointed directly into the sun. The problem is that those images typically have too much dy...

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Draw the viewer in

November 13, 2016 • Leave a Comment

You have read me say this over and over. I cannot say it enough. Amateurs look at an image from side to side - laterally. Pros that shoot landscape images look front to back - into the image. Pros do everything they can to draw the viewer into the image. They try to create depth. When a viewer looks at your image from side to side they see a flat p...

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Reflections in water

November 06, 2016 • Leave a Comment

Reflections in water can greatly improve an image. Many times the reflection cuts the image in two because it cuts right through the center of the image. Attempt to place the dividing line anywhere but the center of the image: The reflection in this image is placed on the lower third of the image rather than cutting through the middle of the image...

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Remember Panoramas

October 30, 2016 • Leave a Comment

I have written about panoramic photography in a previous blog. I would like to remember this kind of photography today. Let's start with a recent image: This place just called for a panoramic image. The light on the left mountains were nice and warm. Cathedral Rock is on the right. This image is just asking to be printed very large. To do so requi...

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Walking to location

October 23, 2016 • Leave a Comment

We can be so excited to get to the planned location that we don't even notice any photographic possibilities on the way there. As you can see from the last few weeks' blog posts, I was on my why to this location: I was dreaming of the shots I was going to get here (and it certainly was worth my while; at least I think so). I was so excited that I...

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Finding photographic locations

October 16, 2016 • Leave a Comment

I saw an image similar to this one on-line: I knew based on my search criteria that this image was of Cathedral Rock in Sedona, Arizona. I was busy planning a photographic trip to the area and wanted to find this location. I contacted other photographers who had images taken from this location on their websites to inquire where the image was tak...

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Simple images

October 09, 2016 • Leave a Comment

Simple images can be very effective. There are photographers who have built their careers with minimalistic images. You can also get some nice simple images. While on a trip to photograph Sedona, I encountered the usual problems; uncooperative weather, dead blah skies, overcast cloudy boredom. When this happens, just be patient and wait around. Som...

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Rainbows

October 02, 2016 • Leave a Comment

I was driving away from one scene to the next when I spotted a rainbow in my rear view mirror. I stopped and grabbed my gear. I moved fast to snap a few shots. Rainbows appear quickly and they can vanish equally fast. Time is of the essence. We cannot always wait to get to the perfect scene because by the time we get there the rainbow already hid i...

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Sunset Storms

September 25, 2016 • Leave a Comment

Always put safety first. Storms can be dangerous. Lightning can jump 10 miles and strike you. Follow the national weather service's guidelines for safety. The storm and rain were moving from left to right. The sun was setting. Warm orange hues colored the sky. I shot right into the setting sun and captured this image: In post processing I lighted...

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Cloudy days and post processing

September 18, 2016 • Leave a Comment

Many photographers prefer not to shoot landscape imagery when it is overcast and cloudy. While it is true that this kind of weather suits flowers, forest scenes, and outdoor portraiture well, there are many photographers who will do landscape images even when it is cloudy. Cloudy skies can be boring and pose exposure difficulties. So why bother tak...

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