{"id":475,"date":"2014-09-01T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/?p=475"},"modified":"2020-03-19T18:02:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T18:02:41","slug":"impressionist-photography-summer-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/impressionist-photography-summer-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Impressionist Photography: Summer Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Until recently, in my impressionist forest project, I had only used diffused lighting. The reason was that I believed the high contrast scene produced by sun rays into the forest wouldn\u2019t work when panning my subjects.<\/p>\n

A few weeks back, I was on a scouting trip with a camera. It was a beautiful sunny day that made the excursion very pleasant. The road to the location went inside a wooded area, and since I hadn\u2019t taken pictures for a while, I really felt the urge to take some photos. In the digital age when film cost is no longer a factor, there isn\u2019t any valid reason not to experiment. And since I hadn\u2019t anticipated getting any decent pictures from the scouting trip, there was no pressure of any kind. Even though I was kind of convinced it wouldn\u2019t work, I decided to experiment anyways. Who knows, may be I could add some photographs to my impressionist forest series.<\/p>\n

\"Panning<\/a>
The sun rays coming from the back of this forest scene add an interesting touch of warmth to this panning impress inis picture of the forest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was partly right in my initial judgement, in that the strong highlights in the sunny forest scene did ruin a lot of my attempts. But in some cases, as in the photo above, these highlights could be tamed in Photoshop and give me a picture like no other in my collection.<\/p>\n

\"Panning<\/a>
The light was significantly softer from this angle, but the few patches of sunlight make for a better image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I now have a better idea of the kind of subjects that might work for this kind of panning photography, and I look forward to going out on sunny days in the forest to see if I can further add to my collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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