Description
Capturing the grandeur of landscapes or mood of a certain natural light is challenging but ceaselessly the simple details of a texture or color evade photographers most of all. In Close Up Photography in Nature, best-selling authors and nature photography pros, John and Barbara Gerlach, share the tips and techniques important to successfully photograph the beauty throughout you.
The Gerlachs are celebrated teachers who consider a photographer’s mind so they begin this book with a brief overview of the fundamentals before delving into one of the crucial more advanced and unique challenges of close up photography. Topics covered include: advanced flash techniques specific for close up shooting, in addition to a discussion on focal point stacking strategies and tilt-shift lenses for getting maximum depth-of-field. The Gerlachs also discuss their strategy of mixing flash with natural light when shooting close up, which opens up all sorts of photographic possibilities – opening up shadows, creating shadows, separating the subject from the background, reducing contrast between the subject and the background, making improvements to the color rendition, shooting sharper images, and a lot more. This book will change the best way you see the world in addition to the best way you share it through your work! the world through your work!