While clear skies are a happy time for many, for landscape photographers they can be a source of considerable frustration. That monotonous band of blue can remove a large portion of visual interest from a scene and make it difficult to create compelling images. However, before you pack up and head back to your car, check out this great video tutorial that will show you some helpful tips and techniques to deal with that dull sky and still get the hang of it. effective photos.
Coming to you from Christian Irmler – Landscape Photography, this great video tutorial will show you some useful methods for dealing with clear skies in landscape photography. By far one of the simplest ways to do this is to point the camera down a bit. If normally you create compositions with the sky taking up the top half or even the top 2/3 of the frame, look for photos where the sky is only the top 1/3 or similar, allowing you to reduce the appearance of the image. aspect of the sky and its effect on the frame. last shot. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Irmler.
And if you really want to dive into landscape photography, check out “World Photography 1: Landscape Photography and Post-Processing with Elia Locardi.”
