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Sometimes in life the things that seem to be the hardest turn out to be the easiest. It's ironic but that's how it is. An example of this is the photos of lightning and storms . Many amateur and beginning photographers find it so difficult to achieve that they don't even consider it. Many ask the question "How the hell can I photograph lightning, with how fast it is?"
Taking advantage of the fact that winter and the season of storms are just around the corner, in today's exercise I am going to teach you how to catch storm lightning very easily, without the slightest effort and following 12 very easy steps.
HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH THUNDERSTORM LIGHTNING IN 12 STEPS
- Fully charge your camera battery.
- Mount a wide-angle lens on your camera and set it to a focal length of 18mm or less.
- Put your camera in manual mode (M).
- Select an aperture of f/ value between 11 and 16.
- Select a shutter speed of 30 seconds or longer.
- Turn off the flash.
- Choose a "remote shutter" shooting mode. If you don't have a remote release, use the 2 second delayed release for example.
- Find and frame a good landscape. Take care of the composition.
- Put your camera on top of a sturdy tripod and make sure it doesn't move.
- Wait until there is a generous moment in lightning.
- As soon as you start to see lightning, shoot. It doesn't matter that right at the precise moment of shooting there are no rays, it doesn't matter, your camera will be recording the photo for at least 30 seconds, during which time there will be at least 1 or 2 rays.
- While that long photo is being captured, make sure not to touch the camera or let it vibrate. Yes, the photo will be fascinating but please contain your joy, if you jump for joy it is possible that you accidentally hit the camera, and you will be left without a photo, and without a camera.
Nothing else, this is it. You see how easy it is. If you want, you too can boast some magnificent photos portraying the force of nature, lightning.
Did you like today's tutorial? Well, now comes the moment in which I ask you two favors:
- The first, that you write yourself a note in which you put "PENDING TO PHOTOGRAPH STORM LIGHTNING" and that you hang it in your room, in some visible place and that you do not remove it until you have done it.
- The second, that you help me spread this article: give it a vote below by recommending it on Google+, Facebook or Twitter, so other readers will benefit.
