Practical Photography - UK (2019-09)

26 PracticalPhotograPhy

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Light is a fickLe friend,

so when it changes mood you

need to be able to react quickly,

just as graham kirkham

(instagram.com/grahakirkham.

photography) did with this shot.

“t his is an image of the

corpach boat wreck near fort

William. i had wanted to return

to the location as i have had

success with it in the past

and wanted to try some new

compositions. the weather

that day was bright with

harsh and uninspiring light,

so i decided to pack up the

gear andcallit a day.Butas

i wal kedbacki noticeda big

bl ack cloudanda rainbow.

i ran backdownto wherei

had jus t been,hopingthatthe

ra inbowandthelightwould

still be there.i quicklygotthe

camerasetup in a spotthat

i kn ewwouldworkas iwas

aware i wouldn’thavemuch

time.theeditingwasquite

simple– basichighlightsand

shadows adjustmentsand

a fe w radialfiltersto bringup

theexposureof thewaterand

theli ghton thehill.”

# 9 Prepare for the unexpected

landscaP es

Findingbeautyin thebrutalis an art all of its

ownandDougCaplan(douglasedwardcaplan.

com)hasexcelledat it withthisstartlingimage.

“My Hong KongBrutalCompressionsportfolio

is a st udyof HongKongarchitecturefromstreet

le vel,andmy goalwasto capturethevertical

compactnessof thisarchitecture.Shootingfrom

th e streetsis veryharddueto thesheernumber

ofpeople,so I oftenhaveto stepintotheroad

and standin frontof a parkedcar.”

# 10 stand

your ground

urban

Fujifilm X-T2 | 28mm | 1/60sec | f/9 | ISO 400

Nikon D850 | 70mm | 1/10sec | f/16 | ISO 32

tip

usethe

te chnology

Appssuchas PhotoPills

andThePhotographer’s

Ephemerislet youcheck

lightingconditions

in advance.