Photography Advice: Take a Slew of Photographs
Slew: A large amount of something (Webster’s Dictionary)
When I studied photography and filmmaking at Ryerson in Toronto, Canada, my professors always reminded us that “film is cheap.” Of course, today, most of us use a digital camera rather than film. With a digital camera, after you buy the media card, you can take endless numbers of photographs.
I drove around Mount Reiner National Park. As I drove, I kept looking for a place where the mountain had a looming feel to it. When I came to the place, I knew it was right.
After finding the right place to take the photograph of Mount Reiner that became the February photograph in the Edgar Cayce Divine in Nature 2008 Calendar, I took a slew of photographs.
Some of the reasons I regularly take a slew:
- The image is often changing, in the case of the Mount Reiner photograph described above, the mist over the mountain constantly changed dramatically altering the photograph
- Especially in nature photography, I often don’t notice something magnificent like a hawk flying overhead (Please see the December photograph in the Edgar Cayce 2009 Calendar. If I take many photographs and examine them carefully afterward, I may discover something wonderful.
- It’s good to vary the image changing the angle, from the right, from the left, higher, lower, zoomed in, wide angle, etc.
- When I went to photography school, we were taught to “bracket the exposure,” meaning that we should vary the light intensity of the photograph from darker to lighter.
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