Landscape Photography - When Sh*t happens.
Channel: andy sheader
Date: 2019-03-09

Video is self explanatory.

My notes:

1. Why shoot panoramas:
2. I get more data, but this is not about the why, it’s about the how.
3. Advisable to use an L bracket, so your camera is not flipping about and unbalancing your tripod
4. LEVEL. LEVEL. LEVEL. CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT
5. Level off you tripod. Without your camera on, if you are not on firm ground press your tripod down a little so it does not move, if you are on sand or snow, use snow shoes, they are invaluable
6. Level off your tripod head. 
7. I use a levelling plate as it I find it easier to level off than having to level by using the individual tripod legs
8. Once I place the camera on I double check all is level
9. Once tripod and tripod head is all levelled, compose your photograph and pan the tripod head to ensure all the scene is in frame, cropping off a mountain top or some of the foreground interest, can not be fixed once you are at home
10. I mentioned earlier about ensuring your tripod and tripod head are level, well I’ll shoot the same photograph with the tripod and tripod head level and one with the tripod slightly un level
11. I’ll also show you via a shot video how not having a level tripod and tripod head has on the horizon 
12. Use a shutter speed fast enough so there is not too much movement in the scene, for example in the clouds, although Lightroom is very good at dealing with some movement
13. I shoot in Manual mode for exposure and focus so nothing changes with the exposure. I’ll also use a specific WB rather than auto. Either focus then switch to manual focus or BBF
14. Ill pop a photograph I took when I first started taking photographs, as you can see the exposure has changed in each exposure
15. Careful when using polarising filters with wide angles as they can result in uneven colour in the sky
16. You can use graduated filters but just be careful if photographing in mountains as the filter might cover part of the mountain. Can be fixed when postprocessing, to a degree
17. I sometimes bracket: correct exposure, 1 over and 1 under exposed and use the HDR panorama function in LR which is very good indeed at processing the files  
18. I always try and take an  photograph of my hand at the start ond finish to make it easier if I take more than on pano
19. Start on the LHS
20. I use a remote release
21. Rotate and ensure you overlap by at least 25% to enable LR to process the files
22. Review the photograph once completed just to make sure.
23. I always take a few more than I need, one on the left and one on the right, in case I need to crop in sightly
24. Once processed, the detail will be amazing.