Landscape Photography: Waterfalls
32mIntermediate2014-07-18
Authors

Justin Reznick
Photographer
Course details
Waterfalls combine many of the challenges associated with nature photography: remote locations, fast-moving objects, and tricky lighting scenarios. In this course, landscape photographer Justin Reznick takes you through field and stream and shows how to capture the dynamic texture of water, whether it's a silky smooth brook or the cotton-candy clouds at the end of a waterfall. He'll cover the clothes to wear and the equipment you should pack for a watery shoot, as well as important composition and exposure factors to consider before you shoot. Justin also shows how to enhance your images with Lightroom, Photoshop, and some of the plugins in the Nik Collection.
Skills covered
Landscape PhotographyPhotographyDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Introduction to shooting a waterfall
1. Waterfall Field Shoot
- 02 - Scouting a location for the waterfall photo
- 03 - Reviewing the gear needed to shoot moving water
- 04 - Using the acronym HIPS for water shooting
- 05 - Composing the waterfall shot
- 06 - Setting the exposure for the waterfall shot
- 07 - Triggering the remote shutter release
- 08 - Checking for sharpness in the shots in the field
2. Waterfall Image Post Work
- 09 - Doing the first pass on the waterfall in Lightroom
- 10 - Working with Nik plugins to enhance water
- 11 - Finalizing the waterfall image in Photoshop
Conclusion
- 12 - Finishing the waterfall shoot day
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