Taking a Warm-Up Shot

Steve starts out with what he calls a meatball shot, a landscape scene with balanced lighting from sky to land. He suggests first focusing on composition, a good foreground element, a distant middle ground, and a background sky. He follows simple steps: set the aperture and shutter speed, take a vertical and a horizontal image, then check the histogram for exposure and the focus for sharpness.

Come along with pro shooter Steve Kossack in the high desert for landscape photography tips to help you create your own warm-up routine.

MORE IN THIS COURSE:

• Telling a Story with Pictures—Course Preview
• Taking a Warm-up Shot
• Bringing Out the Elements in Your Photos
• Capturing a Desert Photography Scene
• How to Use a Tilt-Shift Lens
• Photographing a Desert Wave
• Photographing a Geographic Story
• Capturing an Iconic Image in Outdoor Photography
• The Backwards Image in Landscape Photography
• The Flying Angel
• The Flying Angel Reversed
• The Exit
• Capturing Canyon Debris Inside an Arizona Canyon
• Composition for Abstract Photographs