One of the most important things I love about photographing in the desert are the wonderful sand , and beautiful landscapes and soft sun before sunrise and after sunset, if you want to capture such beautiful pictures you should definitely know about desert and safety tips to drive in the desert for that you can browse through the blog you will get basic idea what is important, keeping that aside of driving tips, I will tell you some important tips to capture stunning images of landscapes and dune bashing pictures of cars
About me just like most of them I am mad for photography. I started 5 years ago and learning there is no end for this, but during these years have learned lot of things, and instead of limiting myself with particular style , I have learned Fashion , Landscapes , portraits, Night Photography , Food Etc....Now I am back of videography lets see how I will turn it in the coming years…Just scroll Below to see how good pictures that you can make it in the desert…
Sports Photography
Continuous Shooting Mode:
Play with your continuous shooting mode to shoot the adrenal rush of dune bashers, just change your camera to continuous shooting mode and and Keep you shutter 1/125 and aperture 7.5 to keep the picture sharp, and ISO 100 because there will be enough light, So you can capture the silky sand From the tires. These are some of the pictures shot using these settings, Try yours with the same settings on your camera…
Landscapes and sunset
Don’t miss to capture the beautiful landscapes
Capturing images in desert can be luck sometimes and sometimes you should actually visualize by observing and walking on top of the dunes, or you are too good like Qatar4wheelers you can drive on top of the dunes,... and Explore more
When I ever I go on top of the dunes in different routes I used to get a chance to captured the emptiness of the desert, here is some of the clicks
Time Lapse:
Don’t stop yourself with just photos there is a lot of scenes you will be having a change to witness in the deserts like SEA, SAND , CLOUDS etc,,,,, Now all cameras have built-in future… if you can follow the below settings you will get a stunning footage….
You want 12 seconds of compiled cloud footage to be shown at 30 frames per second. This will require [12 x 30 = 360] 360 frames to capture. You can see that the clouds are moving moderately fast and you want a nice smooth video. You decide to shoot at a 2 second interval.
Videography:
If you are commercial photographer and videographer then there is no doubt, you can make amazing videos, you have ambient light and picturesque views that you find, to have beautiful video the perfect time is 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.
Recently I got a chance to capture a nice clip using Xt2 flog Mode, I have lot of ideas which I wanted to make some cinematic music videos… you can follow me on Instagram for future videos
Night Photography landscapes:
To capture beautiful pictures of milky way is desert is one of the Best place where you can avoid city lights, driving deep into the desert, you will actually see the milky way with your eyes, here are some of the pictures that I captured
Here's the 500 Rule: 500 Divided By the Focal Length of Your Lens = The Longest Exposure (in Seconds) Before Stars Start to “Trail” For example; let's say you're taking a shot with a 24mm lens on a full frame camera. 500 / 24 = 21 seconds, which you can round to 20 seconds.
Light Painting and Ghost Photography:
Night photography is not that difficult but there are a few essential pieces of equipment and subject needed to do the job right
Few things which are really important to do that…
- Put Your Camera in Manual Mode. It's actually easier to shoot in manual mode than any other mode when shooting night photography. ..
- Find a Tripod or Something for Support. ...
- Set Your Aperture as Low as It Goes. ...
- Set Your Shutter Speed to 10″ (10 seconds) ...
- Set Your ISO as 1000 – 1600 between in case if you excess light reduce it.
- Using flash light to light up the subject….There is lot of things are there to know more you can get in touch with me by connecting on instagram (see below)
How to Take Portraits at Night if you are inside desert:
Let’s make favorite desert as your studio to make amazing low key photography, portraits is all about lights and concepts, if you have one flash in your hand you can use this by adjusting your camera settings. You want to remove the ambient light from your images so set your ISO as low as possible. Next, set your shutter speed to the maximum flash sync speed, with most DSLRs this will be around 1/250. Leave your aperture fairly wide open as low as your lens compatible, and synch your flash mode in TTL and keep your flash on front of the subject and start clicking and see the magic..
There is no end to the photography you have to keep learning and keep shooting…For more pictures you can view my profile on instagram and our website….
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