Lever de soleil
aeroport d'entzheim
Lever de soleil
Holtzheim
Lever de soleil
Holtzheim
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Here is the melting Bras-du Nord river, near Saint-Raymond. Luckily, two of my friends followed me and woke up at 5h00 "just to take photos". Thanks to Jean-Sébastien and Isabelle which made this moment much more fun than when I am alone. While the sun was rising up, a mouse jumped right in the water. I hope for it that there was a tunnel somewhere under the snow.

Voici la rivière Bras-du-Nord, tout près de Saint-Raymond, qui commence à dégeler. Deux de mes amis ont bien voulu m'accompagner dans ma folie de me lever à 5h00 du matin "juste pour prendre des photos". Merci à Jean-Sébastien et Isabelle, c'était bien plus agréable que lorsque je suis seul. Durant l'attente du lever de soleil, nous avons eu la surprise de voir une souris se lancer volontairement à l'eau pour aller rejoindre un tunnel sous la neige. Enfin, j'espère qu'il y avait un tunnel.

This work by Frederick Beaupre is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
Published on 2012/12/02 by Denis on http://denisgrenier.com

This is a book review about Creating Deeper Photographs & More Engaging Experiences with David Duchemin

One of the greatest challenges of a photographer is representing a world in three dimensions through a two dimensions medium.  I take pictures since more than 30 years now and often my pictures do not work.  They do not engage the viewer more than a few seconds.

In my pursuit to become a better photographer I am listening to podcasts, reading books and e-books and I went to multiple workshops.

Recently I came across “A Deeper Frame” by +David Duchemin.  This e-book is a great source of inspiration.  Moreover, this book explain concepts skillfully and simply.

David covers multiples topics and illustrates concepts about Depth and Perspective with photographs.  Using graphical elements over these photographs, these concepts are easier to understand.

David tells us in his book:

“The more a photograph recreates the illusion of reality as we experience it, the deeper the potential experience, the longer the memory of the image, the greater the possible impact…”

In order to help us recreate this illusion of reality, David goes through the following concepts:

Depth and Perspective
The Frame Cubed
The use of different optics
Depth of Field
Use of Colors
Use of Light
… and Emotions
This book has only 45 pages.  It is a fast read and this is welcome. Early on we feel the urge to try these techniques with our own pictures.  This is exactly what a good book do.  Urge us to experiences by ourself and changing the way we are making pictures.

In this picture, I tried to build upon David’s advice about creating a greater engagement.  The lines in the rock are heading into the picture and there is clear foreground, middle ground and background in this picture.


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And at 5$, this book is cheaper than a magazine and about the price of a Cappucino.

I strongly recommend this book from Craft & Vision
Published on 2012/12/01 by Denis on http://denisgrenier.com

Foreground background and middle ground elements will create better pictures.
Foreground background and middle ground could blend in landscape photography.  Most often, the subject is the picture in its entirety.  This means that you need to make sure that the entire picture is sharp and in focus.   In order to do so you will select a small aperture (f/11 or higher) a wide-angle lens and you will focus a third into the scene.

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Focusing a third into the scene might be challenging.  A third into the scene would means that these front water plants will be out of focus.  In a picture like the one in this article, there is a better way: Hyper focal distance.


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You could calculate the Hyper focal Distance for a specific aperture on a specific focal length and sensor size, using tools available on the web or that you application that you can load on smart phone.  A great site to understand Depth of Field and Hyper focal distance is http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html

These applications enable you to calculate for a given focal length and sensor size, which aperture and focusing distance would give you sharp picture from 4 feet to infinity.

In this picture, I had a Canon 5D3 with a 24mm focal length at f/14.  Using these parameters I was able to get this picture sharp from 2.25 feet to infinity when focusing at 4.5 feet.

This method is more accurate than shooting one-third in the picture.  Moreover, in this picture I would be hard press to find out where one-third in the picture was.  The water plants in the foreground where at three feet.

When you want to maximize Depth of Field and you have foreground elements near the camera, knowing about the Hyper focal distance and having tools to calculate it in the field is invaluable.

A strong foreground element, like these water plants,  in front of a lake, with rolling hill and tortured sky are a perfect combination of foreground, middle ground and background to create a dynamic picture.

Try it out by yourself, download a DOF apps on your smart phone and take control of your Depth of Field.

Do you have a DOF apps on your smart phone?  Which one do you like the most?
Lever de soleil
aeroport d'entzheim
Lever de soleil
aeroport d'entzheim
Lever de soleil
aeroport d'entzheim
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