Comments on: When Bad is Good http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/ The Photography of Brian White Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:24:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Derrick http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/#comment-47 Derrick Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:12:36 +0000 http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/#comment-47 I thought you didn't like shooting in the rain??? I love shooting in bad weather, although I'm nervous that I'll drown my D80. Brian, Scotland trip is off.. California instead.. Let me know when you head out that way, maybe we can spend a day shooting. Cheers, Derrick I thought you didn’t like shooting in the rain??? I love shooting in bad weather, although I’m nervous that I’ll drown my D80.

Brian, Scotland trip is off.. California instead.. Let me know when you head out that way, maybe we can spend a day shooting.

Cheers,
Derrick

]]> By: Brian White http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/#comment-48 Brian White Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:42:16 +0000 http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/#comment-48 I don't like being out in the rain! I'm a fair-weather outdoorsman by nature. But, I can brave some clouds now and then for shots like this one. I got lucky, really... It would rain for a while and then stop for a while. I just wish I'd had my lens hood. There were a few tiny drops on the front of the lens, but they didn't seem to affect the picture quality. I'm in CA until late February, and then back from mid-March to mid-May. I don’t like being out in the rain! I’m a fair-weather outdoorsman by nature. But, I can brave some clouds now and then for shots like this one. I got lucky, really… It would rain for a while and then stop for a while. I just wish I’d had my lens hood. There were a few tiny drops on the front of the lens, but they didn’t seem to affect the picture quality.

I’m in CA until late February, and then back from mid-March to mid-May.

]]> By: PhotoGirl http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/#comment-49 PhotoGirl Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:12:06 +0000 http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/#comment-49 Thanks for commenting on our blog, Brian. You are right, of course, about blaring sunlight creating too dark shadows. We should have added that pictures should be made early in the morning or in afternoon to avoid bright sunlight. Thanks for commenting on our blog, Brian. You are right, of course, about blaring sunlight creating too dark shadows. We should have added that pictures should be made early in the morning or in afternoon to avoid bright sunlight.

]]> By: Sergei http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/#comment-65 Sergei Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:07:02 +0000 http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/#comment-65 Well.. I'd say - it depends. Many years ago, me photography teacher used to say that cloudy day is best day to shoot. And i always agreed with him. But then times passes and you hitting places like Moab, where you getting best colours on clear sky and morning/evening angles.. Or you getting in places like sand dunes - where you getting true and interesting shapes only when sun hit them just right. So in my opinion - it always just depends on type of things you trying to shoot. Light is just paintbrush. You cant use same brush to draw all the pictures in the world. And to help with some harshness - you can always use HDR for digital, and film pushing for.. well.. film :) Well.. I’d say - it depends. Many years ago, me photography teacher used to say that cloudy day is best day to shoot. And i always agreed with him. But then times passes and you hitting places like Moab, where you getting best colours on clear sky and morning/evening angles.. Or you getting in places like sand dunes - where you getting true and interesting shapes only when sun hit them just right.

So in my opinion - it always just depends on type of things you trying to shoot. Light is just paintbrush. You cant use same brush to draw all the pictures in the world.

And to help with some harshness - you can always use HDR for digital, and film pushing for.. well.. film :)

]]> By: Brian White http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/#comment-71 Brian White Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:20:17 +0000 http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/#comment-71 A good point. The best conditions depend first on what you are trying to photograph. If the play of sunlight on the land, and the harsh shadows that can come from it, are part of the effect then cloudy weather will just ruin it. A good point. The best conditions depend first on what you are trying to photograph. If the play of sunlight on the land, and the harsh shadows that can come from it, are part of the effect then cloudy weather will just ruin it.

]]> By: dZeal http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/#comment-67 dZeal Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:33:07 +0000 http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/#comment-67 I can't agree more to what you said about sunny bright day being too harsh to us, the photographer. I live in Malaysia where you will get almost summer all year round and almost daily sunny spell. That's why sometime I have to shoot outdoor scene by hiding under the tree. And of course I will loose the dynamic range and unable to produce images that look right when printed. But I have no choice as I don't own that expensive filters and diffusers. See sample of photo I took in Malaysia, here: http://item.slide.com/r/1/0/i/OnbYna_jqChM07qVOvWjry8QxA6_Sv9k/ I can’t agree more to what you said about sunny bright day being too harsh to us, the photographer. I live in Malaysia where you will get almost summer all year round and almost daily sunny spell. That’s why sometime I have to shoot outdoor scene by hiding under the tree. And of course I will loose the dynamic range and unable to produce images that look right when printed. But I have no choice as I don’t own that expensive filters and diffusers. See sample of photo I took in Malaysia, here: http://item.slide.com/r/1/0/i/OnbYna_jqChM07qVOvWjry8QxA6_Sv9k/

]]> By: Brian White http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/#comment-70 Brian White Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:02:39 +0000 http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/#comment-70 Another option is to try HDR. Basically, you capture several images at different exposure and then merge them in a computer. You can then play with curves to your heart's content or use "tonal mapping" to compress the dynamic range by skipping those ranges that are almost empty. (That's a very simplified explanation.) I have an article I'm writing on that... Stay tuned. Another option is to try HDR. Basically, you capture several images at different exposure and then merge them in a computer. You can then play with curves to your heart’s content or use “tonal mapping” to compress the dynamic range by skipping those ranges that are almost empty. (That’s a very simplified explanation.)

I have an article I’m writing on that… Stay tuned.

]]> By: Bridging at Travel Exposure http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/#comment-91 Bridging at Travel Exposure Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:23:01 +0000 http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/29/cloudy-day-photographs/#comment-91 [...] drove up to San Francisco on Saturday, but it wasn’t a very good trip. The weather was bad (too bad to be “good”) to the point where I didn’t even want to get out of the car. As night came though, the rain [...] […] drove up to San Francisco on Saturday, but it wasn’t a very good trip. The weather was bad (too bad to be “good”) to the point where I didn’t even want to get out of the car. As night came though, the rain […]

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