Nature Photography 101: Harnessing natural light
Fred Brisker is all about photography. It’s his life’s passion. Over the past months, he has kept himself busy by sharing what he knows to readers everywhere through a series of blogs on photography. He touches on a variety of topics that cater to shutterbugs of every skill level. For today, Fred Brisker discusses how photographers new to nature photography can use natural light during a nature shoot. The fact of the matter is a lot of photographers use artificial light to get their desired image. And while that is all well and good, photographers should also learn how to handle natural light, which gives off an entirely different quality of lighting for a shot. First off, Fred Brisker reminds photographers to plan their schedules very thoroughly. Natural light differs literally at almost every point of the day when the sun is out. When photographing a certain object using natural light, the composition of the shot will differ during sunrise, midday, and sunset. And it may