macharose

Point Reyes CA

Canon EOS REBEL T4i

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Aperture f/10.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 28/1

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Mar, 2015

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken on Arch Rock in Point Reyes California

Time

This photo was taken in the late afternoon at the end of a hike. The fog was just starting to come in which gave it this lovely hazy feeling.

Lighting

This is natural light, I believe in fall so the sun was low.

Equipment

I only used a Canon t4i here.

Inspiration

The California coastline is beautiful, and I wanted to try to capture how it makes you feel to be there.

Editing

Absolutely. The original photo is very bright, because of the time of day. When I noticed the haze, I started to play with the contrast and really wanted to bring that out. The haziness gives it a more ethereal feeling, so I messed around until I found a good balance. All adjustments were made in lightroom. I actually like the silver gelatin look so much I made myself a preset. You can find a similar one here http://digitalphotobuzz.com/lightroom-presets

In my camera bag

Depends on where I'm going. These days I mostly shoot on film with my Lomography Diana F+ toy camera because it's so light that or the medium format Diana with the instant back. Also super light, and photos print right there. I was also given a Nikon D5500 for Valentines Day and have been using that a lot to get used to switching between Canon and Nikon. In terms of other stuff, I love my LED light as a spotlight or highlight for night/studio stuff. Second favorite is doing the infinite black with a flash and silver umbrella. For nature stuff my favorite items are a macro lens or adjustable zoom lens. I tend not to use flash or lights or anything with wildlife because I want to be low impact and not scare them. To get a good photo it's all about trust. I'm not a gear head, it all get's to heavy and I want to shoot things while also having a good time. The photos convey that I enjoyed my subject. I'f I'm weighed down I get tired and cranky, and no good photos. So I try to have the least amount of items that are the most flexible.

Feedback

Honestly I feel like a lot of what I shoot is just me trying a bunch of settings until it looks good. I don't usually go in with the idea that I want to shoot at f whatever unless it's a style shoot. For nature I only do a couple things. 1 is aperture priority - mostly because I know what depth of field I want, but since you're outside in varying light your camera has to adjust quickly, which it can do faster than you. If it's controlled - like animals in captivity I might have outright settings but I still will typically shoot at aperture priority. Some call it cheating, I call it adapting! The biggest thing for me in this photo is composition. I'm a HUGE fan of negative space, and I really wanted the sky and ocean to blend together so that the coastline was highlighted and the standing rocks. I knew ahead of time I was converting this to black and white after, so think like that. Knowing it's not in color will lead you to knowing what will likely blend together.

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Point Reyes CA

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