Here we are again folks! I have managed to get another capture that I love and certainly would frame and put up on my wall. This journey landed me in Trinidad's beautiful twin isle, Tobago. Though Trinidad has its majestic locations and is a wonder on its own, it is not complete without the breathtaking places, culture and people in Tobago. As anyone can conclude by now, it is obvious that I'm a landscape kinda 'gal'. I don't particularly do well with photographing people, but I have a passion for landscape scenery and animals!
As I was taking my evening bath in one of the most popular beaches in Tobago, called Store Bay, I basked in the setting sun and soaked up in the clear, serene waters of this island. I then noticed that the sun's rays were in a particular focal point in the sky, and it was not like the red and mystical colours were forming and spreading out as yet; it was different, and I loved it. I was getting so caught up in the peacefulness of its aura that I almost forgot to take a snap of it!
As usual, there was some exciting drama to take out my capture! Life passes us by so fast that it is difficult sometimes to just get a still of what pulls everything together and makes it beautiful. I quickly swam out to the shore, trying to beat the clouds as they were passing by, I was worried that I would miss it. My heart raced as I swam, arms going left, right, left and right; taking a gasp here and there. I tried not to wet the camera, seeing as it is my only one! Trying ever so hard to get the horizon straight and keep my hand still from the adrenaline rush that I was experiencing, I took off the automatic setting and set it to landscape. There is a 'smartcapture' setting that I use a lot but this time I could have chosen 'Sunset' but I preferred for this picture to be a little dark and not too bright for the ray of light effect. Funny enough, point and shoot cameras come with almost the option for everything these days, paving the way for amateur photographers like myself. The secret to being a photographer though, is not having an expensive camera that costs more than your car, it helps, but it is the creativity of it all, being able to form life out of something dull, making what others see as dirt or old into something majestic and wonderful that evokes feeling and creativity.
To get great sunset pictures, you must be able to control your camera manually. The use of fast shutter speeds, closing the aperture and setting the ISO to the lowest possible. A tip is to include subjects and get to the location before the sun is completely gone. For this image, I used the yacht. A good time to be there is half an hour before a sunset; there the vast array of colours will shoot into the sky and light will refract and bend in so many colourful ways amongst the clouds. You never know what you can find, clouds have an energy of their own. Experiment and you would quickly find out what works for you as an individual and what meshes with your own style.
Subscribing to Youtube channels such as the "Ultimate Photoguide' has some perks in it. I get some tips and go out and try some.
Also watching some videos such as these on the same site, Youtube.
One thing that I am looking to buy is a tripod so I can steady my shots and an unstable, nervous, sweaty and shaky hand won't interfere with my photographs. Most of these sites and photographers tips is to have one, so sometime in the future I'm investing in one. I am positive it would make a great, significant improvement.
I also created a flickr account where anyone could check out my pictures. I won't link them yet until I created my portfolio with the pictures that I want to be shown alone.
I also posted this picture to my Facebook page. Remember to take a look at it for all the pictures that I took so far, if you do not wish to look at them here.
Until next time...
Enjoy your day and keep an eye out for the little wonders and beauty of life that surrounds you..
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