How to set the camera when shooting mountains?

The difficulty of shooting mountains lies in its unique picture composition. When arranging the subject, we must choose the shooting angle, be creative in using light, and then apply the practical photography knowledge and basic principles learned from still life photography to daily photography.

Basic camera settings (1) Make good use of aperture priority mode (A mode)

When taking mountain scenery photos, except for night photos and starry sky/orbit photos, aperture priority (A mode)+average photometry can generally be used for shooting. First determine the required aperture //ISO (as described below), and then shoot after focusing, which is very easy! In fact, mode A is also the most commonly used mode by the author, so photographers must make good use of it!

(2) Aperture selection

When taking mountain scenery photos, there is no specific range of aperture, mainly depending on the subject matter to be taken. Here are some references:

(3) ISO calibration

ISO tuning is very simple, just remember the following points:

Using ISO 100 plus a 20-second slow shutter can make the sea of clouds more poetic.

(4) setting of white balance

The function of white balance is to adjust the color temperature and color of the photo, so that the photo can show the feeling at that time. For example, when shooting the sunrise and sunset of mountain scenery, we can adjust the white balance to a high k number, so that the photos will be warmer; In normal sunlight, you can shoot the color of a normal month by adjusting the white balance of sunlight.

(5) Adjust the exposure value (+/-EV) at an appropriate time.

If you use aperture priority mode, you must learn to use the "exposure compensation" button, because when you shoot a lot of white things such as clouds, the camera's metering may be wrong. At this time, you should increase the exposure with +EV to avoid underexposure. The larger the white area, the stronger the increase.