Weather!

Or, What to shoot when there is not much else happening. 

Hi All,

Was sitting in the yard drinking coffee this evening, and with an itchy trigger finger. Problem was, there was not much going on. The Eagle which has been terrorizing the ducks, and crows nest nearby was not around so things were pretty quiet.

But, as has been the case recently, and often is in the Maritime Provinces, the weather started to change. And fast. What was sunny and a few clouds deteriorated to black clouds and pound rain in about 15 minutes. If you don't like the weather- wait 15 minutes goes the saying around here, so the saying was bang on tonight.

Plus photographing clouds, and an ongoing cloud survey is fun, and good practice to look at things differently, and sharpen up the exposure skills, as the sky will be underexposed if one does not compensate.

Pro Tip:

Take a meter reading off of a mid-tone neutral subject, then shoot the composition whilst bracketing your exposures, as the "correct" exposure isn't always the best. Sometimes I will underexpose, or overexpose a subject to add drama. (The only kind of drama in life I like).

One other thing that applies to all photography, don't forget to include some vertical's in each shoot, no matter what the Instagram crowd says. Plus, one may just end being up a magazine cover!

Hopefully, this post encourages some of you to get out and try this, or some other out of the box shooting exercise, it always helps to try new things in life eh?

Feel free to comment, share or ask questions, and I will be happy to try and help.

Cheers,
G