Outdoors Beauty

Back to photography, there is so much to say about this even when the basics can be found on any site today. As we know there are many kind of photographers, some work in a studio taking care of each detail and element of their composition as they want to show an accurate idea of what they have in their own mind, others make photographs and then digitally produced them either by taking only some of the elements or the composition as a whole, and others go out to look for beauty in order to capture it with their camera. Any of these styles is valid and can have an amazing final result.

When we go looking for the beauty of the environment we must be flexibe and be aware of what we have in front and that will change from a moment to another because of the light, wind or movement of what we want to capture. What do we must consider when capturing images outdoors?

- be patient, things are not waiting for us but we have to wait for them. For example, there is a special moment to capture a sunset and if you are not patient enough you could miss the special second that makes it magic.
- be creative, you can find a new way to capture what you want. Let's think that you wanted to capture an animal roaring, you imagined it with the animal in a particular position, its head leaned with wild eyes..., but that's not possible and you get tired of waiting, perhaps you should change your own position and think in another approach.
- be perseverant, if not today, tomorrow or next month we'll achieve what we want to capture. We all wanted to take that lovely scene of a mother with her cubs, but you arrive there and the mother is gone or the cubs are not close enough, anything can happen, don't get dissapointed just wait or come back later.
- be reasonable, and aware of how reasonable it can become your idea. We may have an idea too far from reality, we get stressed and start to doubt about about our ability, remember that sometimes we can't find what we want just because it's not the right place or the right way. Evaluate your purposes.
- have thousand eyes and take into account the eye of the camera sees different to yours.

Today I want to show you Aimee L Maher's photographs, she is a great example of what I'm telling above. Her awesome photographs of nature remind us how magical a camera can be when we have talent. Click on the images to enlarge them and visit her gallery and biography.