Pierre Steenberg

Wait for the right moment

January 21, 2018 • Leave a Comment

Even fleeting moments have the right moment. Since fleeting moments do not last shoot them fast. Once you have a few images you can now look at what is happening to get that special right moment. Please do not just wait for the right moment before capturing what you see because that right moment may not come and these special times do not last. So...

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Go where the action is

January 14, 2018 • Leave a Comment

Deadvlei is an ancient dry pan with dead acacia trees surrounded by sand dunes. Deadvlei is located in Sossusvlei, Namibia. Don Smith and I are hosting a photographic workshop in Namibia in August 2018 (click on workshops for more detail). On a recent scouting trip there we were photographic this ironing place. It was beautiful. There are hundreds...

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Milky-way photography

January 07, 2018 • Leave a Comment

Night photography is not my bread and butter. It just seems like a one trick pony. All star photography images tend to look the same. There are three variants to choose from: Pin stars - short shutter speeds of 90 seconds or less (preferably less than 60 seconds). The stars show no movement. Milky-way - short shutter speeds as above but showing...

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Shoot front and back

December 31, 2017 • Leave a Comment

On a trip to Yosemite I wanted to get some elevation and headed for Sentinel Dome. I was on the dome before sunset. One thing about higher elevation is that twilight wedges seem more beautiful. So while it was still a little dark I started looking for compositions to capture the twilight wedge with when it appears. Twilight wedges appear on the opp...

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Water flow and depth

December 24, 2017 • Leave a Comment

My wife is not a big fan of flowing water in images. She prefers faster shutter speeds that freezes the water more. I just love flowing water in images. Such images tend to evoke mood within me. The flowing water just takes my eyes on a journey. The water often forms strong lead-in lines that help to create depth. Let's look at an example: I just...

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Editing Software

December 17, 2017 • Leave a Comment

I have watched many PhotoShop tutorials over the years. Many of them are so complicated. Other are not intuitive. PhotoShop is incredibly powerful but with that power comes complexity. I just don't have the time to really become a pro at PhotoShop. So I am always looking for shortcuts and easy ways to accomplish what I want with my images. During...

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Good equipment

December 10, 2017 • Leave a Comment

I am not endorsed or sponsored by Sony. Great equipment will not necessarily make you a better photographer as photography is still about the photographer's ability to read the light and to see the image (compose it). Equipment does not do that for you. However, today I want to share with you the difference good equipment makes. I have been shooti...

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Seascapes

December 03, 2017 • Leave a Comment

I had a few minutes at the ocean near Monterey, California to photograph. The weather was foggy and the light was no good. Yet, I want to shoot whenever I can. How then can I get a shot worth taking? Since there was not much light I decided to use that in an attempt to make something of the situation. A neutral density filter was used to get an eve...

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Backlighting

November 26, 2017 • Leave a Comment

People seem to be brainwashed to always have the sun behind them when they shoot. I love shooting into the sun. There is just something special about shooting a scene backlit. I am not just talking about landscape photography here, I am also including wildlife photography. Backlighting can give you a beautiful rim-light around your subjects. It can...

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Tell a story

November 19, 2017 • Leave a Comment

A picture is worth a thousand words. Are your images telling a story? How about using a sequence to tell the story? Images do not have to be used in isolation. You can use a few still images to tell a story. The best stories to tell are those with some kind of action or implied action. Once again it requires patience to sit there and follow these...

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