Many people enjoy flower photography as their photography form of choice. There are different ways to go about this, including photographing flowers in your own garden or greenhouse or someone else's, flowers in indoor arrangements or wild flowers in the forest.
You can use a standard film camera or a digital one for flower photography.
Depending on your flower photography needs, you can choose from a variety of lenses, from 17mm lenses classified as ultra-wide to super-telephoto lenses measuring 300 to 400mm, but closeup flower photography would be best enjoyed with a macro lens on your camera. Digital cameras would often come with a similar macro mode you can use. When photographing flowers, you would really need such a mode that would allow you to magnify your subject as close as you possibly could.
To minimize the chances of your image blurring, you'll want to invest in a tripod as well. Be careful when choosing tripods, because if you're shooting low growing flowers, most tripods are too high for the job, even when completely collapsed. The tripod you'll need to look for has to work even if it is that near ground-level when shooting your subject. These tripods are called tabletop tripods, and are specifically designed for taking pictures of small objects - flowers included.
The film you choose has to be color saturated. For this, you will need to look for ISO 50 or ISO 100 film. Don't use film faster than ISO 400 for flower photography.
When talking lighting conditions for photographing flowers, make sure the light is soft - such as what you would see on a cloudy day. You can also get good results taking photos at night. Flash can take care of providing the lighting for your flower. The biggest challenge when photographing flowers is dealing with the wind, so take your time and wait for that fresh breeze to stop before taking your photos.
Whether you're photographing flowers indoors or outdoors,consider unusual angles. Try photographing your flowers in early morning light and photograph them again in late afternoon light. Use warming filters to create mood. Add water droplets to the petal of your flower and give it that dewy,morning look. Other options you have would be backlighting and transparent effects to highlight different petal textures.
You can take your photos in color, which is the most popular form of flower photography, but you can get that old-school feel if you wish when shooting in monochrome.
The only way of developing successful techniques in flower photography is to practice, and also learn more about flowers. You can learn about the flowers you photograph while engaging in your hobby by taking a trip to a nearby nature preserve or botanical garden.
You can use a standard film camera or a digital one for flower photography.
Depending on your flower photography needs, you can choose from a variety of lenses, from 17mm lenses classified as ultra-wide to super-telephoto lenses measuring 300 to 400mm, but closeup flower photography would be best enjoyed with a macro lens on your camera. Digital cameras would often come with a similar macro mode you can use. When photographing flowers, you would really need such a mode that would allow you to magnify your subject as close as you possibly could.
To minimize the chances of your image blurring, you'll want to invest in a tripod as well. Be careful when choosing tripods, because if you're shooting low growing flowers, most tripods are too high for the job, even when completely collapsed. The tripod you'll need to look for has to work even if it is that near ground-level when shooting your subject. These tripods are called tabletop tripods, and are specifically designed for taking pictures of small objects - flowers included.
The film you choose has to be color saturated. For this, you will need to look for ISO 50 or ISO 100 film. Don't use film faster than ISO 400 for flower photography.
When talking lighting conditions for photographing flowers, make sure the light is soft - such as what you would see on a cloudy day. You can also get good results taking photos at night. Flash can take care of providing the lighting for your flower. The biggest challenge when photographing flowers is dealing with the wind, so take your time and wait for that fresh breeze to stop before taking your photos.
Whether you're photographing flowers indoors or outdoors,consider unusual angles. Try photographing your flowers in early morning light and photograph them again in late afternoon light. Use warming filters to create mood. Add water droplets to the petal of your flower and give it that dewy,morning look. Other options you have would be backlighting and transparent effects to highlight different petal textures.
You can take your photos in color, which is the most popular form of flower photography, but you can get that old-school feel if you wish when shooting in monochrome.
The only way of developing successful techniques in flower photography is to practice, and also learn more about flowers. You can learn about the flowers you photograph while engaging in your hobby by taking a trip to a nearby nature preserve or botanical garden.
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