Highland Roads

In this chapter, Karl adds an extra dimension to his landscape shots by adding in the model as well as devising a whole new shot with the model standing in the middle of the road in front of a stunning Icelandic landscape and a dramatic sky.

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  1. Hello! Karl. This is also cool.

    I am planning to adjust this situation as my shooting soon.

    I will use Hassleblad x2d.

    1.Which lens do i need to use?
    2.What ISO, shutter speed and exposure you use it?

    Thank you!

    David.

    1. Hi David, these images were shot on the H5 50mp camera with focal lengths varying from 20mm to 100mm. Each situation was different in terms of the selected ISO, shutter speed and aperture. You shouldn’t really consider the ‘settings’ as being important, what is important is the creative decisions, so for example in one shoot I wanted to capture the motion of the water so I was shooting with slower shutter speeds, in another shoot I was conscious of the depth of field so the aperture setting would have taken priority but in all of these situations (especially outdoors) the light is changing all the time and the ‘settings’ have to be adjusted to suit. As you learn more you will realise there is no one setting that is suitable for everything. Every shooting scenario is different and requires settings to suit that scenario. It is of course generally better to work with lower ISO’s where possible but not at the expense of the shot for example the X2D is very capable even at higher ISO settings, the most important things to consider are the narrative, the composition and the lighting and then adjust your settings to suit that.

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