TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT
LIVE VIEW
Edyta says… If I’m searching for a good composition I’ll look through the viewfinder, but once the camera’s on the tripod I’ll refine my framing in Live View. The Grid and Virtual Horizon overlays are particularly useful when using the rule of thirds and ensuring your frame is perfectly level.
WHITE BALANCE
Edyta says… I always shoot Raw to retain as much detail as possible. This also means I can easily alter an image’s colour temperature in post. Despite this, I tend to use a white balance preset so I can better visualize what the final image will look like in-camera. My go-to preset is Cloudy.
BRACKETING
Edyta says… The dynamic range of Nikon’s latest cameras is amazing, but there are still high-contrast situations where it’s difficult not to clip the shadows or highlights. My solution is to capture a bracket of three varying exposures, which are then blended in Adobe CC to create a natural HDR.