These images are from my recent flight out of Reagan National Airport at sunset. These provide a good example of the limitations of shooting with a camera phone instead of traditional camera. In the first image, the center weighted meter…
Tag: commercial photographer Larry Shapiro explains the process of changing the feel of a sunset image
The sunsets now seem to be beautiful and dramatic every night. Tonight while driving home, I had no place to stop to capture the brilliant sunset. There was no low horizon accessible … until I came to a stop at…
Several individuals helped me find a location to capture a desert sunset behind the mountains near Phoenix. Previous recent attempts resulted in failed attempts to combine the setting sun with the mountains due to the lack of open space in…
I was on the road at dusk and viewed what appeared to be the beginning of an average sunset … so I drove home. Not five minutes later, my wife looked up from her desk and told me that there was…
An image that depicts urban growth and congestion with the serenity of a neighborhood baseball field. The tower cranes at sunset overshadow the new construction that will alter the skyline and view from the park. The image was processed in Adobe Photoshop…
As the temperatures outside dip well below zero … I thought it’d be a nice time to think of something different … like a dramatic Maui sunset. Here are two versions of the same RAW file processed using different software achieving dissimilar outcomes.
Some of the most dramatic colors at sunset are during the winter months. Sadly, I was out of place to capture a magnificent display red sunset the other night … This winter sunset across a small lake in my neighborhood…
It goes without saying that a little editing, a few tonal adjustments including contrast and saturation plus an enhancement filter or two can alter not only the appearance but the feel of an image. These three examples of a solitary man on…
After completing an assignment at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, I witnessed an incredible sunset with no unobstructed view available to capture the sky. I was able to get in an elevator at a nearby parking garage and race to the…
Two images depicting sunset from the city of Safed in Israel (Tzfat). Both images were taken from the same spot just moments apart, and though the viewpoint of the camera is shifted, the dramatic difference was created by the change in…