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Water Tips
Text by John Bentham
Water is extremely beautiful. It moves and morphs, it reflects, it shimmers and is one of the most mysterious elements in the world. in photography, water also appears in a multitude of colors. Water holds a profound and everlasting meaning to members of every culture. Throughout history, global exploration and expansion, survival and livelihood, regional and international cuisine, wars, conflict and national security have all been influenced and determined by the proximity to a body of water. Water is a great photographic subject, and an international subject and concern. Capture the surreal in a close up shot of the inhabitants of a fish tank, the exotic of a man at work with his beast of burden, a romantic moment accented by the silhouette of a mysterious woman. Any photograph takes on deeper meaning when it includes a body of water. In the endeavor of photography, water is your friend, embrace it.
Simplify the Elements
Often a simple photograph is more interesting than a busy one. By minimizing and reducing a photograph down to its basic elements you are refining the message...
Sunset on Songo Pond, Bethel Maine
For this image of a sunset on Songo Pond, I made sure to set the TZ-3 so the flash was forced off. The silhouette of the tree helps create a sense of scale and place.
The Importance of Time of Day
Shooting in early morning, or late afternoon as in this photograph, are the best times to photograph water...
The Motion of Water
Capture the motion of water, ripples and waves are great subjects...
Think Outside the Box
This photo was intentionally overexposed to give the fish tank a surreal otherworldly look. A very easy technique where you simply increase your exposure to add one or two stops (f-stops, exposure values)....
Water Reflections
Click here to read Boston instructor Steve Dunwell's photo tip on photographing water reflections for color effect.
Water-Bound Tornado
One night while my wife and I were having dinner I noticed a strange cloud formation out over the lake that we live on near Orlando, FL. Every summer the local news will show footage of a water spout at the beach and inform the viewer that a water spout is a tornado that forms over a body of water.
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