Forests are wonderful places to capture great images but it’s a source of frustration for many photographers. In this video, I show some simple techniques using your camera’s live view to identify good compositions in the forest.
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44 responses to “Forest Photography tips – finding compositions”
Good job Stuart.
One of the best videos I've seen for a while…shame he's vanished 🙁
I'm not sure I understand this. It seems people want to take photos but have no idea why and what for. They buy a camera and have to learn how to find compositions? Shouldn't it be other way around? You have an idea, inspiration, etc and then you buy a camera and go out to take photos?
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Great video, I learned quite a lot. Cheers 😀
Keep it up!
Don't care for this type of setting 😂😂
very nice way of explaining things 👍😃 Just got a Dslr myself and live very close to a forest. Tomorrow will be a Great day for me if its not Raining 😃😃😃
Very informative, thanks.
Very good advice, panning with live view, going to try that.
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I quite enjoyed that, as here in western Canada the forests are many. Great points of view, and hopefully you do a Part 2 on a very similar project!
were the photos you showed edited? It looked like the video didn't show the sunlight.
Thnx for the tips
This was a fantastic help! I've just started getting into photography for my job and a large portion of my shooting takes place in wooded areas. The two problems you address are EXACTLY what I've been struggling to tackle. I'm excited to get back in the field and try some of your suggestions!
This is really good, thanks for sharing! 🙂 Forests have always scared me as a photographer, haha.
Beautiful Tut , well explained, Thank you
Well done . That's a beautiful area.
Enjoyed this a lot Stuart. It's a subject I'm focused on a lot. Thanks. Looking forward to Part 2
Great video!
Enjoyed this very much. Very clear and easy to follow instructional technique and something I will look forward to exploring, thank you and good luck.
Great video. Thanks for the tips
Really good. I watched it a few times. Just never looked at composition this way. Thanks
Very informative. Thank you.
Nice vid Stuart
very helpful video. thanks
Thanks from Holland 🙂
Very helpful, thanks
Very clear and simple practical advice, thank you. Do you have a video on the processing techniques you used for these shots?
A very good video taken from a slightly different perspective of showing the dynamics of light. It's these nuances that can make or break shot and it was nice to hear someone explain why not to stick to the obvious such as leading lines when the light isn't suitable. One for the intermediate photographer as well as the beginner. One of the best tools on the camera to help prevent glaring mistakes, such as large areas of sky, is having the blinkies turned on. Excellent and subscribed.
Magic thank you for taking the time to show us how its done, All the best
I am also waiting anxiously for the second part. 🙂 This is one of the few good videos around to show other people what I am normally trying to accomplish in the city, but then in an even tougher environment. Let's see how much my next portrait shoot in the local park improves after letting this sink in!
Hello Sir! Big THANK to you for valuable and very good advice of portraying trees inside the forest/wood! Wishing you much inspiration and may you enjoy your great photography even more!
Wishing you sir all the Best (always!)
Best Regards,
Charl (Sweden)
Nice video. Do you ever use multiple exposure HDR to help with the contrast issues?
Nice and easy tips. Thanks
very nice
Thank you for this video! Its exactely what I needed right now!
Great tips! The viewing through live view is a great tip that I also use a lot. The walkthrough showing HOW you identify and build your compositions was very informative and entertaining even to a non-beginner.
I would like to add my 2 cents coming from early frustrations with forest shoots when I started years ago. Keep in mind that just because there is a lot of forest around you, that doesn't mean you have to get as much of it in the frame as possible. You can also look for interesting objects and compositional interactions to create a focal point or subject in smaller scenes. Case in point: https://500px.com/photo/147480391/portrait-of-a-tree-by-bryan … I used the framing of two trees' shadows to highlight this little tree standing in front of a rock face. This sets the little tree as the foreground subject while maintaining background interest with the rock face as well as creating a spacial interest with the looming shadows of the trees.
Very interesting !!! I am going to be doing a photo shoot in the woods, but with a model. I suppose I may have to use flash ..would you have any tips on this
REally this pictures are amazing https://gumroad.com/l/bdPn
very nice tank you
Thanks for your time and tips. I have been doing photography for a while, I always wish tips would be categorized as beginner, intermediate and advance. If an advance photographer watches a combination of tips, s/he might get bored as they know most of it. The beginner would not get all of it either, since they are not good enough yet to catch them all, they might need more explanation and get more out of it.
Hope it helps. Looking forward for your next videos.
Hi Stuart! I don't know if you remember me but I used to follow you on Facebook. We had different conversations on film photography, I now have my own film camera a Mamiya RB67 Pro S. bought it today. I am sorry I couldn't contact you any other way. Trust you are well. Regards Ken Holt
Great video! I am going to try your tips this weekend. thank you
VERY GOOD VIDEO….I.M GOING TO TRY YOUR IDEA;S………THEY SEEM TO WORK AND ARE SO SIMPLE…..THANKS….