Photo Friday

Hey everyone! Where did the summer go? At least here it feels like summer still. Do not fear, there are a lot of out door activities still ahead! Picking apples, harvesting a garden, going to the pumpkin patch or a picnic in the park can be a great opportunity for some outdoor photos. Here are some tips on photographing an outdoor event:

Tip #1

If it is really sunny, try to move your subject into the shade if at all possible. If you have more than one person in the photo, they either both have to be in the sun, or both in the shade. Turn on your flash and use your flash when photographing outdoors in the shade. If there is no shade, turn your subject so the sun is to their back, and use your flash.

Tip#2

Take some close up shots to help tell the story. If you are picking pumpkins, take a close up of a pumpkin, or a close up of a bushel of apples.

Tip #3

 

Not all your photos have to be perfectly posed, nor does the subject have to be looking at the camera. Sometimes the really candid photos capture the event better than the posed photos.

Tip #4

Try a new perspective. Take a photo from up high, down low, or use a short depth of field to have your subject in focus and an object out of focus, or vice versa (like this photo).

Tip #5

Take some scenery shots, you don't need people in every photo. Take some landscape shots, zoom in and take a few shots of the surrounding elements.