I started to carry the camera with me again pretty much every were I go. Comes with the summer I guess. There is more light to play around with. Last week alone I’ve shot ton of images that I will never show to anyone.
You know what I mean. Kinda beginer stuff when a shooter does not really know what he/she wants to shoot. Everyday scenes and small details here and there. Of course one part of this is location scoutting.
What do you look for when scouting for locations? Anything in particular, or do you just see a place and start thinking images to shoot there?
Here we see again why photography is such a great hobby, it has so much to offer… You look for locations for creating your pics, I look for the pics at one specific location, the things to document from it…
Ouh, great question..
Texture=Backgrounds out of DoF
Light=Where does it come from, how does it fall off
Veratility=What happens when we turn around
Feel=what this location reprisent
Focal length = 24 – 200mm and what to use and how
Shelter
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Does that make any sense.
Good location is like good lighting the viewer doesn’t see it because it builds to the photograph and does not atract the eye..
Last night I ran with crooked eyes to see how the lights of the train track would look in bokeh.. almost ran over a elderly lady.
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Come to think of it.. do you think – light wise – where you put the hide? Is there even a chance for that..
Ok. I was wondering if I might be able to spot something for you in this area when moving around. I’ll try to keep my eyes open.
Good question. Yes, I do. Or at least try to. Obviously, the location of what I’m trying to photograph dictates where I can put the hide. The birds or animals are at certain place and I have to get close. One limiting factor with me is the terrain, some places are just too wet and soft to set up. On the other hand, getting good images requires good light. I try to balance all these factors to get the images I’m after.
My recent grouse pics are a good example of setting the hide a certain way. I had to compromise setting up in a rather wet and soft spot with lousy anchoragepoints because I wanted to get the light from a certain direction in relation to the spot I expected the birds to be at. Getting the light of the rising sun to come from the side instead of the front or back just makes that much more in the pics..
I’ve been wondering about the placing of the hide and as figured it is a compromise.
Repostitioning it payed off nicely! The latest pictures are very,very good indeed! The muted color of the spring swamp is awsome.
You have one huge advantage againgst people like me. You are there pre dawn and get to shoot in the golden light..
We play a very different game in this field also. Your location is what.. 4-6km2 area? I can do with 2x2m slice of wall…
Who says you can’t take models out before dawn and use the light to your advantage? You’re right about the difference in the size of our locations, the actual swamp is about 4km2 and then there is the surrounding forrest. The thing is, I use only an area of about 100m x 100m at a time. But yes, it is still a hell of lot bigger than what you use.
I’m glad that you liked the pics, that was a better than average morning and I’m very happy with the pics I managed to get from it.
I think I’ll start writing a post in my blog about selecting the location for a hide. This talk about lighting got me thinking about it a bit more, maybe somebody might find my observations and experiences on the topic useful. Thanks for setting the idea in my poor old overloaded brain..