 | | A bright blue butterfly perches on colourful flowers at the Butterfly Conservatory in Niagara Falls. Photo: Cheryl Power |
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Photos of the Week for the month of October |
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| Other photos we featured in October included a close-up of this dried thistle (photo by Yves Langlois), a shot of a moose horn on the river by Derek Deredin and a fiery sunset in Newfoundland from Cathleen Russell Lynch.
We choose a new photo every Monday to be our banner images on Facebook and Twitter, plus we share the picture on Instagram too!
Want to see your photos featured? Be sure to join and upload to our Photo Club. |
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Upgrade your photo game: Four tips from award-winning photographer Scott Forsyth |
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Looking to take your nature photos to the next level? Scott Forsyth, a professional photographer specializing in Canadian landscape scenery, has put together four tips to set the scene for your next adventure:
Light: First and foremost photography is about the light. Wherever you happen to be, look for the source of the light and follow it to where it leads you, and you will discover beautiful compositions. The Golden Hour just before sunset, and just after sunrise, produces naturally warm light against which silhouettes make striking contrasts.
Composition: The basic principles of composition, common to all visual art mediums, are fundamental to an impactful photograph. The challenge and joy of outdoor photography is striving for simplicity or compositional order, amid nature’s visual complexity. Watch for distractions near the image borders, look for contrast in shapes and lines that balance each other.
Exposure: I still use the adage from lessons by Freeman Patterson who stated “add light to light, and subtract light from the dark.” The camera always tries to brighten a dark image or darken a bright image to middle grey so we need to adjust the exposure to represent what we see. I use the camera’s full frame light meter and adjust the exposure compensation +/- to achieve the correct exposure, always checking for confirmation with the histogram.
Painting with Light: I still use the adage from lessons by Freeman Patterson who stated “add light to light, and subtract light from the dark.” The camera always tries to brighten a dark image or darken a bright image to middle grey so we need to adjust the exposure to represent what we see. I use the camera’s full frame light meter and adjust the exposure compensation +/- to achieve the correct exposure, always checking for confirmation with the histogram.
For more of Scott's work, check out his book Wild Coasts of Canada — which recently won The Mountain Image award at the 45th Annual Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival (taking place until November 8th).
Follow Scott on Instagram: @canadian.landscapes |
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