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of the most difficult skills to learn when taking photos is patience,
especially when knowing you’ve just made a great shot. One’s natural
tendency is to pack up the camera and tripod and move on to the next
situation. This is true when photographing both people and landscapes.
Try to force yourself to stay in the moment to capture any unexpected
moments that might arise. In this case, my patience was rewarded when I
stuck around to capture the changing weather after the lightning storm
had passed through.Be alert to changing conditions. When shooting weather and landscapes, I force myself to settle down and quietly observe the changes in the light and atmosphere. It’s one of the highlights about working as a professional photographer.
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made sure that I properly exposed the sunlit clouds, since that was the
center of interest. Experience tells me that, depending on which camera
system I’m using, I may need to underexpose the picture. For this
image, I bracketed and underexposed by about 1 stop to ensure that the
highlights in the clouds looked correct. —Cotton Coulson
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