Monday, February 23, 2009

The Coming of Spring


Changes in Light

When I was getting serious about landscape photography, I was instructed that the best lighting of all the seasons occurs in fall or spring. At this time, I was shooting with film cameras where there was only a 4 to 5 stop difference in lighting. If you wanted a good print from the dark room, you were forced to meter correctly.

At my home in the northwest portion of the Southwestern Desert, spring offers a longer photography opportunity than the fall season. In northern Nevada, spring can arrive as early as late January and last through June, depending on the mildness of the climate.

The lighting in spring is kinder to the camera, whether film or digital, due to a number of reasons. The sun light striking the earth is diffused because the earth’s revolution is still at an angle. Diffused light is softer and causes less metering problems. As the earth progresses around the sun, its tilt angle becomes reversed, causing the sun’s rays to become refocused, giving us more daylight hours. The increase in daylight signals nature to wake up and be reborn. Longer daylight hours provide the photographer so many different opportunities to photograph the renewal of spring, whether it’s through the diverse color schemes of the landscape, the variety of wildlife, or dramatic climate changes.

So, unpack your camera gear, charge up your battery and trek out to enjoy the splendors offered by the spring landscape.









What an exciting and interesting photo-adventure this day has been.  I love it when I am drawn to an area and not knowing what to expect I get treated to new experiences. 

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