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Mood: View from the Window |
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| OVERVIEW |
| The view from your window is an ideal place for photographs which communicate a variety of moods. You can conveniently observe and photograph lighting effects at different times of day and in all kinds of weather. Such variations in lighting change the characteristics of even the most routine settings. Here, the late afternoon sun backlights the scene, producing long shadows, silhouetting the tree trunks, and fringing leaves with light. The old fashioned automobile tire swing, now still, contributes to the serenity of the moment |
| CREATIVE HINTS: |
| Shooting from your open window gives you the unpressured opportunity to spend time carefully preparing the photograph. On you find a scene that appeals, explore the picture possibilities with different focal-length lenses (or a zoom lens) until you have the composition you like. Shooting through a closed window can be tricky because of reflections. Clean the glass, and place camera near it so that the lens flange (without the lens shade) just touches the window pane. If possible, leave the camera on a tripod so you can shoot the same scene on successive days under varying light and weather conditions. For example, photograph at dawn, on an overcast day, in bright sunlight, or during a storm. Each image will have a quality and mood all its own. İYale Joel. |
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