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PHOTOPILLS APP
IT’S important
to understand
which angle the
sun is coming in
at, as this will
directly affect
how your focal
point is lit. Drew
uses PhotoPills,
a fantastic app
that you can
download to
show you the
angle of the sunlight on a specific point,
at different times of the day – endlessly
helpful. Having this knowledge will allow
you to plan the order of your shots better
and you’ll have a greater understanding
of which direction to shoot toward.In association with
EXPERT INSIGHT
CHECK YOUR IMAGES
UNDOUBTEDLY the single biggest advantage
of modern digital Canon DSLRs and CSCs over
film cameras, is the abilit y to check your work
as soon as you’ve taken them. Be sure to press
the Playback button on your Canon camera
after every important photo to make sure the
exposure and composition are how you want
them to be. It’s also well worth zooming in
using the rear LCD to make sure your focal
point is absolutely pin-sharp.RONNIE’S COMMENT
For our first shot Drew
and I picked this part of
the dilapidated Coity castle to
use as the focal point – it looked
like it was erupting up and out of
the ground! I use a narrow aperture of f/16 and
the yellow buttercups worked well as a good dose
of colour in the foreground. But the bright sky was
a bit problematic, so we used graduated ND filters
to get a consistent exposure across the frame and
stop the sky from blowing out.