Simple Guide to Flower Photography Styling and Color
Nov 5, 2010 Photography
“Roses are red, violets are blue, the honey’s sweet; and so are you” (Gammer Gurton’s Garland Pem). Flowers are a beautiful, colorful and passionate subject to shoot. Whether you’re shooting below, above, on the side, far or up close, flowers will always remain to be an interesting subject with many possibilities. If you’re using a DSLR for shooting roses or any type of flora and fauna, it is important to remember the color rule – that red is the most powerful color in photography. Even so subtle, the color red if placed in any photograph will tell your eyes to move towards it. Thus, red attracts the human eye.
If you have styling experience and want to go the extra mile, experimenting with dew drops can create very pleasant effects to your photos. Have you ever seen those photos where a plant leaf has a single dew drop hanging by its tail, waiting to fall to the ground? This very dramatic shot can be achieved in many ways but the formula for creating the dew can be made at home. There are two ways to recreate the image that your flowers are “fresh from the rain.” Simply put dewdrops can be sprayed onto flowers with water to create that artificial effect.
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Flower Photography Simple General Guide
Oct 2, 2010 Photography
Sometimes when we were at a wedding ceremony, we find a wide range of flowers as decor. As a professional wedding photographer or amateur photographer, sometimes we are tempted to take pictures of these beautiful flowers. But, there is nothing more bedazzling than an open field of flowers reaching out from the ground to caress the sun. As any amateur or professional photographer would claim, flowers have always been a staple subject in photography classes, being delivered by the bulk to the studio or having hobbyists going out to various flower markets.
If your conditions for shooting flowers are fixed by a studio, checking the fresh batch of delivery helps you segregate the worn flora from those that can be used. Damaged petals, impurities in the color and how the stems curve are a few things you can look at.
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Flower Photography Tips For Amateur
May 11, 2010 Photography
Flower Photography Tips For Amateur. The main tip that you need to know is the focus, where and what you are going to focus on. Is your focus would be on the flower, petals, stamen. This you need to sort out before you start up taking the photos. After knowing your subject to be focused, now you can determine how to get your subject, how to focus.
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