How can the desert produce excellent works?

Lead; This desert vast expanse, with unpredictable weather, is a natural wonder. It is also a place that many photographers yearn for. But how can we highlight the author's personality in a large number of photographs with desert as the theme and shoot distinctive desert works?

How can the desert produce excellent works? For a fan who is new to the desert theme, first of all, read more books. What I'm talking about here is usually paying attention to photography and TV scenery works with such themes, carefully observing and pondering, absorbing and drawing lessons from the composition and light consumption of excellent works, so that we can know fairly well before shooting in the desert.

In actual shooting, don't rush to start work after arriving at the shooting location. It is better to spend some time first, carefully observe and record the direction of the desert, the characteristic sand dunes and the direction and time of sunrise and sunset, and test the exposure characteristics of the desert shooting area through shooting to make necessary preparations for actual combat.

Shootable objects in the desert:

1. Sunrise and sunset in the desert

Morning songs in the desert

Rainbow Valley/Photography

The desert morning song was taken in Mingsha Mountain Scenic Area in Dunhuang, Gansu. Because I live near the scenic spot, I got up early on the day of shooting, advanced into the scenic spot and caught the opportunity to shoot the sunrise.

2. The picture of desert living in harmony with people, animals and plants.

Rainbow Valley/Photography

3. Morphology and structure of sand dunes.

Skylight below

Rainbow Valley/Photography

"Under the Sky" was taken in Xiangshawan Scenic Area on the edge of Kubuqi Desert in Inner Mongolia. Go deep into the desert to shoot the sunset around 4 pm. This is because there are few tourists in the desert, and the sandstorm has just ended, which makes the texture of the sand perform well.

4. Make full use of light and shadow effects

Take a six-way trip/photography

In any case, an excellent work must have exquisite light and shadow effects. When the sun shines on the camel team and casts a long shadow in the desert, we must seize this opportunity, keep pressing the shutter in our hands and try to shoot pictures from different angles.

Of course, all this has a premise, that is, with the cooperation of God, there is no good shadow without good light. Only by the perfect combination of conception, composition and light and shadow can a good photographic work be born.

Like landscape photography with other themes, desert photography is the most distinctive and fascinating time before 9 am and after 3 pm. It is more necessary to show the dynamic and beautiful curves unique to undulating deserts and sand dunes. Because the light in this period is not very strong, the reflection on the sand surface is also very small, and the color temperature is warmer at this time, which is conducive to the effect of Jinsha. At the same time, it can also express the texture and texture of sand well.

In view of the fact that most photographers go to the desert, most of them are commercial tourist attractions located on the edge of the desert. Every day, many tourists, camel teams, desert cars and other entertainment projects make it difficult for photographers to create in a more primitive desert. But don't lose heart, as long as you are willing to use your head, there are still ways. One is to strive for the first batch to enter the scenic spot early in the morning every day, so that the sand dunes trampled yesterday will have a chance to show their natural features again after the wind and sand flow at night. In addition, it is also possible to capture the beauty of sunrise in the desert at this time, which depends on luck. Another way is to leave the places where tourists are crowded (on the premise of ensuring safety) and go deep into the desert for a period of time, so that the flag at the end of the sand dune in the scenic spot can still be seen from a distance (there is such a flag in the desert scenic spot), so that new discoveries may be made and it will not be lost.