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Waterfall Photography – Part 1

Posted date:  December 8, 2012  |  No comment

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Waterfalls are beautiful. That’s just a given. But have you ever wondered how to go about photographing them? It can be quite tricky, especially since you’re dealing with a moving element. Still, you don’t have to be an expert to do it. Instead, you just need to know some landscape photography tips.

To deal with motion, you can use a super fast shutter speed. This will make it possible to capture the motion of the waterfall without it blurring. Or, you can use a slower shutter speed to create a blurred image. This can be stylistically wonderful and create a very interesting visual element. You would need a tripod to make this happen.

One thing you’ll learn right here on this photography blog is that you need to take a control shot before you do anything else. To do this, you need to set your camera to auto then take a photo. Examine the exposure after the fact. You’ll likely notice that the water looks a bit frozen but that’s okay. It’s just a reference shot.

For blurred water, you should use shutter priority mode. This can give you a shutter speed of a couple of seconds so that the waterfall blurs in a beautiful way. Remember, you absolutely need a tripod to do this, otherwise you won’t be able to capture the blur effectively. That is, the picture itself will blur and the water won’t be as impressive.

Another of our landscape photography tips for capturing waterfalls is this: once you’ve got your camera attached to the tripod, set the camera to shutter priority mode and the shutter speed to two seconds. From there, all you have to do is take the picture. Well, sort of.

Increased shutter speed makes it so more light gets into the lens. This creates an overexposed photo and no one wants that! Thankfully, next time we’re going to talk about how to compensate for this over-exposure.

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