Let The Shadows Be Shadows - In Post #486
In today’s video, I share thoughts about a sunrise photo where the camera is pointing into the sun. This high dynamic range situation means the foreground is very dark. I resisted the urge to open the shadows a lot. Why? That wasn’t the story of the photo. Open the shadows too much would be more of a distraction for my viewer than keeping them dark and playing their secondary, supporting role. I explain my thinking in today’s video.
Watch the corresponding In The Field video, too.
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Scott Davenport
Scott Davenport is a landscape photographer and photo educator and based in San Diego, California. He leads photo workshops, writes photo books, hosts podcasts, makes tutorial videos, and feels weird referring to himself in the 3rd person.
He also can't help getting his feet wet photographing at the beach.