How to shoot the waves well?

Beach is a popular place for summer vacation, and it is also a place with natural beauty, where you can enjoy amazing scenery. In addition to filming the sea, the beach and the beach activities, the waves are also beautiful. How do photographers shoot waves to make them look beautiful and interesting?

1. Prepare equipment, tripod and cleaning tools.

Besides the camera, lens and battery, you need a tripod and a cleaning kit. Because taking pictures of the waves will make the equipment more easily damaged, the cleaning kit is essential. As for the tripod, you need to find a stable tripod. Because the tripod must support the weight of the camera, it must be placed firmly.

2. Choose the right place and time to take photos

Choosing a place is very important for getting a good photo. Another important factor in finding a corner with few people is the time to take beautiful photos. No matter in the morning, at noon or at night, you can clearly see where the waves beat.

3. Find an interesting foreground to help create a visual dimension.

Choose the foreground to create a three-dimensional appearance. Maybe you can choose rocks, rocks, flowers or marine life, which will make the picture look interesting. And has a shallow depth. For example, you may only need stones or wood to make a picture look like a story and make it look more interesting.

4. Use the landscape filter to take beautiful photos with richer colors.

At present, landscape filters are designed to make users work more convenient, relaxed, lightweight, durable and not easy to damage. In order to make the picture more beautiful, they help to filter out too much light entering the camera, reduce reflections, better maintain the details of the picture, and also allow shooting with the shutter speed adjustment effect, making the picture look excellent.

5. Design the image with shutter speed

By adjusting the shutter speed, an image is obtained. There seems to be different picture details, so you can try them at the right time. Or find the shutter speed to get the desired image, by adjusting the camera for a long time, such as long shutter speed.

30 seconds or 1 min. This will be a long exposure photography, making the image move and the waves look soft, or it will stop moving and use the shutter speed, which is about 1/250 or.

1/500, which also depends on the setting and the distance of the lens.

6. Choosing a style helps to draw attention to the picture.

Choosing a style can help connect the visual experience with the audience, because when someone watches, the audience will imagine themselves in the picture.

7. Use waves as a guide line to attract people's attention to pictures.

In addition to shooting waves, it will show the beauty of nature, and you can also use waves or wavy lines to attract the attention of the picture, because the lines that appear will automatically guide your line of sight into a line.

8. Make a composition by looking for angles or buildings to attract people's attention to the picture.

Look for angles from nature, trees or buildings. Form a wave image, thus forming the focus and story of the image.

9. Change the camera angle to attract attention.

To attract the viewer's attention, it is necessary to change the angle of view, which can be parallel to the ground, or choose to shoot at a high angle, use a drone, or walk to shoot at a high angle. These different angles of composition will attract users' attention.

10. Adjust the color in post-processing.

Adjusting the light color or cutting off some elements in photo editing software is helpful to decorate the picture and make it stand out. Adjusting the light, color, tone or artistic conception of the picture as needed will make the picture more beautiful, prominent and eye-catching.