I'll Just Put it Down, Here

Light Meter by Lisa K. Berton

While everyone else is deciding what to do next, sneak off for 1 or 2 minutes and try taking photos from a different angle. It’s not a matter of looking up or down or shooting while laying on your stomach, although that is quite fun, it’s something else. Find a flat or relatively flat surface that your camera can perch on while keeping the strap tightly secured around your wrist. Let’s not take any chances. If it’s dusk, dawn, or night time, set your camera to Night Landscape. If it’s daylight, you can set it to Landscape or use the built-in timer. That’s extra fun because you let go of the shutter button and the photo isn’t taken for 10 seconds*.

Here are a few photos I took this Fall at Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Here at Muppets 3D pre-show, I placed my camera on some props, angling the lens at other props and set it to Night Landscape. In this mode, the flash will not fire so don’t touch or move your camera because it’s going to be a long exposure. You don’t want blurred gags, do ya?!

Sometimes we get caught up looking for souvenirs and miss out on the loveliest of simple pleasures, a window with gently illuminated curtains and plant atop a dark wooden counter. Where? In the UK, just behind the array of tea and chocolates. For this image, I used Landscape. My camera rested on a shelf by the fireplace.

I see London. I see France. Mazel Tov I can’t see your underpants. I set my Canon PowerShot SX100 IS on the railing of the bridge and aimed it straight ahead. I wasn’t hoping for anything in particular but the railing itself is a leading line which draws your vision straight to the banner. Here I used the timer.

This picture is actually where my idea began for this blog. I wanted a long exposure for the waterfall but didn’t have a tripod so I set it on the rocks which of course, aren’t flat. I liked the tilt the rock gave my perspective as well as seeing part of the rock my camera sat upon. Set to Night Landscpae despite it being fairly light out, my rebelious streak holds steady.

Go on and give it a try next time you find yourself tired of the same old photographs. Oh, and they’ve decided to watch Off Kilter. You’d better catch up!

*Check your manual on how to set the timer. Some cameras have more choices than the standard 10 second delay.