{"id":1028,"date":"2017-02-22T18:59:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T18:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2020-03-23T11:22:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T11:22:55","slug":"autumn-forest-impressionism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/autumn-forest-impressionism\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Forest Impressionism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Impressionist photography is one of the personal projects I\u2019ve been working on for the past couple of years. And since\u00a0autumn is my favourite season, photographically speaking, \u00a0I strive to take as many impressionist pictures as I can during the fall.<\/p>\n

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I immediately noticed this tree. I was attracted by the pastel colours.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the techniques for rendering impressionist pictures involves in camera multiple exposures. I learned it from one of my photographic heroes, Bryan Peterson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The leaves were backlit, an ideal situation. And I figured the touch of red\/orange would make the picture ‘pop’.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Working in the forest, I found that moving the camera down a little bit after each frame produces the most pleasing results. How much movement is a matter of taste and also depends on the focal length of your lens. The photographs in this post were taken with a 35mm lens on a DX camera, corresponding to a 50mm lens for a full frame sensor.<\/p>\n

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It is harder to get the overcast sky out of a vertical composition, and I believe this is the reason I have fewer of these. But I’m very pleased with this one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A bit of experimentation is in order, and with practice, you develop the muscle memory that allows you to generate impressionist photographs of your liking without much trial and error.<\/p>\n

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I took a picture from pretty much the same vantage point the year before, but the colours are never quite the same from year to year (or week to week for that matter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But even with the practice I\u2019ve got under my belt, I always take several\u00a0pictures of a given composition to make sure there is at least one I really like. If your cameras allows for multiple exposures, I would encourage you to give this technique a try.<\/p>\n

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I try to find compositions with a pleasing arrangement of trees. It’s harder than you think.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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