Six Techniques of Shooting Desert

Lead: The desert can be said to be a very dramatic and beautiful scenery, but shooting it is also very challenging to avoid your photos being boring. Here are 6 tips to help you find the right shooting method.

Six tips for shooting the desert 1 It's no secret to catch the right light. Shooting in the early morning or evening can provide a wonderful soft light for your image, which can help you avoid making the scenery you shoot look unremarkable, and the desert is no exception. Soft light can give sand a beautiful light shadow. The red light in the evening can set off the color of sand and make the desert more beautiful. As usual, if you want to use a slower shutter speed, make sure you have a tripod.

One of the main challenges in finding interesting places to photograph the desert is to avoid making the photos look boring. After all, just shooting endless sand won't make your image stand out. Instead, try to find places of interest, such as shrubs, sand dunes, palm trees or people. If there is nothing to see in the picture below, it will look quite ordinary.

3 Lines and patterns One of the subjects I like to shoot in the desert is the wonderful sand line formed by the wind. These sand line shadows that look quite charming in photos can really make your photos stand out. So sometimes it's worthwhile to keep your head down instead of trying to capture the whole scene. Just bend down on the beach and focus on the details, and you can find such interesting lines.

Tell a story When shooting in the desert, we always shoot the scenery. When we look back at the photos, the striking sand dunes usually make us sit up and take notice. But it is also worthwhile to capture some images to tell a story. The photo below may be a local walking a camel. In addition, some footprints on the sand dunes or animals lying in the shade can enrich your photos and make the story more complete. This type of photos can enrich your photo types and prevent your works from looking too similar.

In order to be different, photographers always face the challenge of how to capture images that look diverse and unusual. Sometimes, it's luck, but most of the time, you have to be prepared and think about the theme and shooting method in advance. During my stay in the United Arab Emirates, I passed this road several times and always wanted to know what it was like in this vast desert. So one day, I came to the side of the road and climbed the biggest sand dune I could find? It is not easy. Mission. In this painting, the vast desert and slender roads highlight a sense of emptiness, and my efforts for it have also been satisfactorily rewarded.

6 Take care of your camera Unfortunately, sand is very destructive to the lens, so you should be more careful in the desert. Even in the calmest days, when the breeze blows, sand can do harm to the lens. So when I don't use it, I always put my camera in my bag or wrap it in cloth. I always carry a UV mirror to protect the lens glass, which is more necessary in the desert. I would rather replace a cheap filter than repair the damaged lens glass. In addition, if I need to change the lens, I must act quickly and have some protection. To get into the habit of cleaning the camera, clean the camera and lens as soon as you return to the hotel.