Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Myth No. 2 - You can't take landscape shots in the middle of the day

Who says you can't? Why, a lot of landscape photographers. Why not? Because the light's not interesting. So what is the result? Every shot is taken in the same light - now is THAT interesting?

Of course the light before, at and just after dawn and dusk is magical, and can produce terrific results. But any directional light can bring out the modelling of a landscape, and sometimes overhead sun with harsh shadows produces a terrific effect. And then there's bad weather - there's nothing quite like a stormy sky to add interest, and it really doesn't matter what time of day it is. But those who believe this myth miss out - I feel sorry for them.

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