Most people like to take photographs in nice weather. If you want to make more striking images, adverse weather gives you more opportunities. I like making pictures in the Autumn and Winter when the days are shorter, and the Sun is low. In Scotland the weather changes frequently, photography is all about chasing and learning to use light. Clouds, Rain, mist and fog alter and diffuse light. Giving an image something different from the norm. It’s easy to continually focus on light from the Sun, but don’t forget about artificial light. This can be from speedlights, cars or street lighting.
Aberdeen has an essentially Scandinavian Climate being situated on the North Sea Coast in Scotland. On a recent evening we had good weather during the day. As day turned to evening, and the temperature cooled, Fog started to roll in from the Sea. I like the liquid quality that fog gives to Street lighting and the soft diffused textures that you get. I added some on camera flash to a couple of exposures, but you need to be careful in thick fog as it can reflect back and over expose the image. Remember to use a higher ISO if shooting at night, and take care where you focus, if this is linked to your meter. You might want to use a tripod, but I managed to shoot hand held and kept an eye on my Shutter Speed.
[…] up, I love it when the fog occasionally descends. This doesn’t happen very often, I have a previous article about Fittie in the Fog from 2018 so I managed to get a few interesting images when there was a few […]
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These are fabulous photos, very nice response to the challenge.
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Thanks Very Much
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What an excellent idea for a response to the theme! I love taking photos in fog as well, although we don’t usually get fog of this magnitude. B&W is the perfect vehicle.
janet
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Thank you, we don’t get it too often either. Yes, I’ve been shooting B&W so long now that I tend to ‘see’ it before I press the shutter.
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Great! I love this atmosphere of silence and privateness.
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Thanks Ilka, I used to work offshore and it felt like that. The water was very still, the only sound was a fog horn.
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I always feel like living in another world especially when I have to drive through fog. It’s magic… even if I often get lost, haha!
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