Sunday, August 29, 2010

Tip for better photographs: don't take photographs only when it is sunny


Fly, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Autumn garden, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

I was browsing a macro photography discussion thread, and all photographs posted there seemed ... bad. And I wondered why it was so. And then I realized almost all of them were taken in direct sunlight, that is very harsh lighting. And thus all were very bright and colorful and not good.

Thus, as a reminder to myself: remember to go out when it is not bright and sunny. Photographs succeed better when the weather is not "nice".

2 comments:

ssp said...

Sounds very true. Those digital cameras are horribly good at ruining pictures both for lack of light and for too much of it :/

Juha Haataja said...

One has to learn to cherish the dark - which is quite difficult, at least here in Finland during the long winter months.