The forest is wonderful. This is a great place to stay. There you can breathe fresh air, calm down, admire the beauty of the wild. Capturing all these feelings in a photograph is not easy. There are some principles worth paying attention to.
Instructions
Step 1
Pay attention to what you are shooting in the forest. Try to find something unusual for the frame, some object or element that can become the center of attention. It's just that a row of identical trees is likely to look boring. Find a broken or oddly shaped tree, a stream, a meadow of flowers, or a path stretching into the distance. Compose the elements so that they are visible within a particular photograph, and work with this frame further.
Step 2
Apply different shooting points, look for different angles. Move the camera to the right or left, lower and raise it very high. It is worth watching the tilt of the camera. Try to keep the trees in the photo and the imaginary horizon line free of the tilt, which photographers call “blockage”. Experiment with plans. Try to make such a shot, which includes an object that is very close, and some elements of the background.
Step 3
Color can be very important in this kind of shooting. Shoot only in RAW to achieve natural, beautiful colors and midtones with further computer processing.
Step 4
For forest photography, as well as for classic landscapes, it is best to use wide-angle optics. However, super-wide-angle lenses should be used very carefully, as there may be too much distortion of the trees due to the peculiarities of the optics. Stop with lenses with a focal length of 24 to 35mm. Most of the time it is dark in the forest, so use a tripod.
Step 5
Among professional landscape painters there is the term "state". This is the main beauty of classic landscape photography. All of the above principles exist precisely to capture a certain state of the forest. Once you have chosen a location, the elements that you will work with within the frame, it remains to find time to shoot them. For example, it might be an autumn morning with a soft light, when all the trees are yellow and the ground is strewn with leaves. Use light. Take takes at sunrise and a little later when the light is not yet bright. Return to your subject on a foggy day. Try shooting in winter, when the trees are covered with frost. Experiment and look for a beautiful state.
