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in this video I'll talk about the most
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important element that makes photography
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possible why
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[Music]
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I'll explore different types of light
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and how it can transform your images and
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I will also share some tips and some
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mistakes that you want to avoid along
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the way there are two quotes from Ansel
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Adams that at their core at their
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Essence talk about light a good
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photograph is knowing where to stand
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or sometimes I do get to places just
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when God's ready to help somebody click
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the shutter
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both of these quotes talk about light
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light is the decisive element is the
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element that makes you click the shutter
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now let's talk about different types of
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light natural light is a photographer's
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best friend it's the easiest light to
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encounter because it's everywhere around
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us
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Sometimes It's tricky to master it so if
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you want to make the best of every
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situation as a photographer you need to
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master the understanding the
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understanding of life because you can't
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change natural light it's there
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and you have to know how to use it in
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order to take great photos
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number one the best natural light
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possible it's golden hour our golden
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hour as the name suggests you can think
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of it as an hour before Sunset and an
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hour after Sunrise it's not necessarily
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one hour it depends on the season in
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your location but you get the idea if
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you are photographing within this hour
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you're going to get longer Shadows lower
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contrast and you're going to have those
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lovely orange reddish tint on your
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subjects this is the perfect moment if
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you are a landscape photographer or also
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a portrait photographer it enhances the
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skin color it enhances the landscape the
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colors of fall the colors of the snowy
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if you're photographing in Winter
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everything is
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um looking like a fairy tale if you want
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the second type of light is blue hour
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now the name says blue hour but it's not
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one hour it's in the hour after sunset
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or in the hour before Sunrise it's those
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moments when the sky it's not fully
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black it still has some blue in it and
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it has deeper Dark Shades of Blue and if
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you're photographing for example
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landscapes in Winter you're going to see
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those shades of blue really well because
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the snow will reflect this type of light
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and you will have some eerie and
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dramatic and really beautiful scenes now
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this type of light is perfect to
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photograph cityscapes because at this
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moment you also have details in the sky
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but you also get the lights in the city
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and you are capturing a magic moment if
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you want the third type of light
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overcast like this is happening when
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you're having clouds all over the sky
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and the clouds are acting like a really
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huge diffuser then the Shadows are
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really soft and you can't necessarily
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see a true direction of light although
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this uh the direction of light can be
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visible in some elements this is the
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perfect moment to photograph portraits
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because you have even light and you
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still get some really thin and low
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contrast Shadows that you can control it
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really easily it's the perfect moment if
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you're a landscape photographer to
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photograph inside the forest before
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photographing in the forest in a day
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with when the Sun is up in the sky
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you're going to get all those patchy
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areas of light that don't look
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interesting but now you're having evil
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light and there's a lot it's a type of
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light that kind of floods the forest and
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it can create really beautiful and
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interesting images the the fourth type
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of light is Harsh light or midday light
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this type of light is characterized by
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having Deep Dark Shadows and the
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contrast is really big the differences
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between the highlights and the Shadows
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these are um are really great in terms
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of stops of light and that is why some
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cameras have problems in capturing the
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entire dynamic range and in only one
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setup and even in this type of light you
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can have some really interesting
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opportunities if you're photographing
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portrait you can look for buildings that
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either block the light of the sun
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completely and now you're having a
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uniform light on your subject or you can
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use buildings to reflect the light on
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the face of the subject
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you can also use elements inside cities
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that filter this type of light and then
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sometimes create beams of light or let
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only part of the light to pass and
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you're having the subject in that
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Spotlight in that area of light and you
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can create some contrasty and beautiful
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images now if you are a landscape
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photographer some people are afraid of
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photographing in the middle of the day I
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if I'm in the perfect location and the
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perfect location for me for the midday
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is for example in the Dolomite where
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there are so many Peaks and you get
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areas of Shadow and dark and Darkness
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and Light and this alternation between
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these two elements can really create
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some beautiful and spectacular black and
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white images and the last type of
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natural light before I talk about some
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mistakes When approaching light and
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photography is stormy and foggy
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situations these two types are let's say
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something
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that can happen in any day but when you
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get stormy light you have
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um a part of the sky covered by storm
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clouds and then you get to have a place
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from where the sun is shining its light
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through those clouds and those moments
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are really great they're dramatic they
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are for great contrast and they're
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really spectacular
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the other type 4G situation it's perfect
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to photograph inside the forest it's not
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a situation when you want to photograph
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on top of the mountain because only the
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only thing you see is fog in front of
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you but if you are in the forest you are
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going to get some really nice images
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that you can relate them to fairy tales
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if you want and now let's quickly talk
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about six mistakes that you can do in
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approaching light one you can overexpose
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in her slide when you have deep and big
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contrast between the highlights and the
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Shadows I always prefer to consider
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details in the highlights and take the
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Shadows even to completely black mistake
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number two is underexposing in low light
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the problem with this is when you're
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going to want to increase the exposure
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depending on the camera that you're
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having and the sensor you're going to
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have have lots of noise that's why if
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you had to increase the iso in a low
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light situation make sure the exposure
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is okay you don't need to drag it even
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more to expose it even more mistake
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number three is ignoring the white
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balance now you can set the white
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balance in camera or in Lightroom but
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you need to not forget about it if a
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photographing for example the blue hour
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in Winter you want to have those blue
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tints you want to have that blue feeling
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if you're using going to use a shade
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white balance in a situation like that
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then you will probably get rid of most
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of the blue and you're not going to have
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that feeling again if you're going to
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use another white balance that can take
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the oranges of the golden hour and shift
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them more towards blue then again you
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lose that feeling of golden hour so
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white balance is really important
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mistake number four is not paying
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attention to the Shadows sometimes
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especially in harsh light the Shadows
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are really short and can create some
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artifacts that are not pleasant to look
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at so make sure you pay attention to the
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Shadows mistake number five is not
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exposing for light usually I'm looking
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for scenes where I'm having Darkness I'm
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sitting in the in the darker area
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and I'm photographing towards light and
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you always expose for that area of light
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and mistake number six is not placing
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your subject in light the area of light
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will attract the more
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um the most attention so it makes sense
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to have the subject over there and to
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also expose for the light and create a
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contrast and have an image that
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represents something and talks about a
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subject now if you want to learn more
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about landscape photography I have a new
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book on my website I also have a
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workshop slash photo touring to skinny
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next years and people are already
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starting to join the list for that
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Workshop so if you want to learn more
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about landscape photography there's a
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link to my website in the description of
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this video and until next time keep on
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photographing because it's the only way
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that you can get better bye bye
