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Exposure DABBLE’S CREATIVE DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHER SIMON BURN STEPS FROM BEHIND THE LENS TO SHARE A LOCATION ANECDOTE AND PHOTO TIP
Bad weather – a photographer’s friend The week I was shooting in Prague, it was overcast and rained nearly every day. Hardly ideal circumstances, however, attending fog and mist worked to my advantage when it came to shooting evening photos. These same elements, which ruin daytime scenic shots, offer huge potential to photographers at night. Providing there is wellilluminated architecture (as there is in Prague) a low mist actually brightens the sky and brings shapely buildings into sharp focus. Check out the identical scene (inset) as photographed on a clear night—not nearly as effective. MAIN Low mist and rainy
weather illuminate the sky, providing contrast that enhances the final image. INSET In this image, the clear
night sky provides no contrast to illuminated buildings and the photo falls flat.