Taking your camera on vacation!

With my college graduation trip coming around the corner, I wanted to learn some tips on taking the best pictures I could with my camera. Therefor, I visited the outdoor photography website. I found 5 great tips to keep in mind while I am in Italy!

1. Capture extraordinary things: look for something out of this world, an interesting photo is a good photo.
2. Find shapes: Cultures use shapes, lines, and curves in architecture very differently.They help create a sense of perspective, putting your viewers in the photo. Look for curves.
3. Seek the light: Lighting makes or breaks any photo. Make your images dramatic with dynamic lighting. Turn off the flash when taking photos inside basilicas and cathedrals. Skylights, rose windows, and stained glass windows give stunning effect. Using the flash can ruin this beautiful lighting.
4. Look for contrast: Contrast in photography is an effective way to directing your viewers’ attention to the subject of the photo. Position subject elements to create contrast. It gives added emphasis.
5. Look for textures colors and content: Unify all photographic elements to a picture that will visually make sense.

 http://www.outdoorphotography.com/2013/04/17/taking-your-camera-on-vacation-2/

Graduation Trip!

 

This is a picture of Ponto Vecchio in Florence. It is one of the places that I want to see when I go to Italy this summer. My mom and I are going in May after graduation. Only 102 more days... but who is counting!



Mystic Lake

Bernie Siegel once stated, "If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn". This quote accurately portrays my feelings about backpacking. Backpacking is my most favorite thing to do in the summer, I go as much as a possibly can. I love that Montana has so many beautiful places to backpack. There's just something about the smell of mountains, how nature welcomes you, and about the upward climb to get to your destination.

 

 

Stop and smell the flowers

We have all heard the phrase, "stop and smell the roses" but I think more often then not we forget the importance of seeing the beauty around us. Because of that, I think that it is important that through the chaos of life we continue to stop and smell the roses. Since this class is nature photography, I decided to research the best ways to photograph gardens. I visited the website given in class, and came across 4 great tips as to the best ways to shoot garden photography. Below you will find these  great tips:

1. Don't shoot at noon: The sun is high at noon and it can bleach out your photos which causes them to have little detail. Instead, shoot in early morning or late afternoon.
2. Use weather elements: By using weather elements you can create dramatic effects. For instance, on a misty morning you can see water droplets on flowers.
3. Capture other creatures/things: Gardens are not just about flowers, roots, etc. Instead also try to capture insects birds, and other types of wildlife that you can find in a garden.
4. Compose your shot carefully: Good composition is key especially in close up shots.

 

http://www.outdoorphotography.com/2013/04/26/garden-photography-tips-2/

 

 

Photo taken by: Saxon Holt