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the cooler weather means great colors
 
As I notice the daylight hours growing shorter, I’m a little sad to see the summer slowly fading. Luckily, the arrival of fall is a sure signal that they’ll be color to accompany the change of seasons.

These brilliant colors are ready to serve as spectacular backgrounds for your photos. Don’t let the cooler temperatures keep you stuck indoors.

Here’s a few snapshots that I took today to demonstrate this theme.


 


Sometimes the clouds obscure the bright sun thereby muting your subjects. At other times, the sun provides an overpowering brightness that beautifies your subjects. Whether the light is reflected or backlit, the fall offers you a prime time to capture those brilliant, rich colors. Get out there and enjoy the fall colors.

 

 

Written by Arnie Lee

 


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Lighting Tip # 1

05th October 2010

It’s not too Late to Capture the Fall Colors

 

This article was a fun and easy assignment for me. From beginning to end it took barely two hours to shoot and write.

Confession: I spent an additional 30 minutes driving back to the office to fetch the camera’s memory card which I inadvertently left with my computer.

Why was this assignment so easy? Because the colors and lighting do all of the talking.


Here the sun is at my back. This emphasizes the texture of the leaves.

Here I’ve moved a few feet so that the light is now coming from in back of the leaves.

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